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Says Senator Gordon’s remarks that hearings will be conducted ’til Kingdom come’ already tantamount to “grave abuse of discretion” (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte directed his cabinet members not to attend hearings being conducted by the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee anymore saying its chair Senator Richard Gordon is already “overstepping” his jurisdiction and already committing “grave abuse of discretion. President Duterte during his “Talk to the People” on Sept. 30, said he has […]
(Eagle News) –The Senate blue ribbon committee on Friday approved former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon’s request to be temporarily released from the Senate. In his request Faeldon had said he wished to witness his wife giving birth. “Maraming pong salamat chairman Richard Gordon for your decency and compassion,” Faeldon said in a statement. He said with his temporary release, he could now also take his oath as deputy administrator III of the Department of National […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Richard Gordon on Thursday revealed he was “approached” by Sanofi so they could have a meeting with him. “But I’m sorry, I’m not going to meet with them. It’s not advisable and not timely to do so knowing what I read,” Gordon said, apparently referring to the reports of bribery and false claims, among others, that have hounded Sanofi in other parts of the world. He said the French ambassador also […]
Manila, Philippines (Eagle News) — Wala raw katotohanan ang alegasyon ng Senate Blue Ribbon Committee na hindi niya pinapahalagahan ang kaso ng P6.4 billion na smuggled shabu shipment. Ito ang reaksyon ni Aguirre sa draft report ng Blue Ribbon Committee na nagsabi na tila ipinaubaya lang niya sa kaniyang mga deputy ang kaso dahil siya ay abala sa maraming trabaho. Ayon pa kay Aguirre, totoong abala siya sa maraming gampanin bilang kalihim ng Department of […]
(Eagle News) — Both Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte and Mans Carpio on Thursday admitted to knowing Charlie Tan, a supposed player in corruption in the Bureau of Customs, but noted that they knew nothing about his supposed illegal activities. The presidential son said Tan was his “friend” whom he knew to be a nightclub owner who was also engaged in a seafood business in Palawan and in a piggery business. Carpio said that was […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte is not giving any legal advice to his son, Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte and his son-in-law Atty. Manases Carpio, husband of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio. Duterte said that his only advice to his son and son-in-law is that they should appear before the Senate, if they are not hiding anything. The two are set to be at the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on Thursday, […]
(Eagle News) — Several senators have links to Kenneth Dong, the man tagged as the middleman in the P6.4-billion drug shipment that entered the country in May, but they vowed they would not condone any wrongdoing. Senators Francis Pangilinan, Risa Hontiveros, Juan Miguel Zubiri admitted on Wednesday they served as sponsors to the wedding of Dong, who appeared for the first time before the Senate blue ribbon committee investigating the entry of the contraband. In a […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – Senator Richard Gordon said that the Senate Blue Ribbon committee hearing into the alleged bribery scandal in the Bureau of Immigration had produced many revelations, which may lead to other immigration employees to be filed cases in connection to it. During the hearing, Gordon said that it was clear that former BI Deputy Commissioners Al Argosino and Mike Flores had accepted money from the Macau-based gaming tycoon Jack Lam […]
MANILA, Philippines, June 1 (Eagle News) — More senators support the filing of a plunder case against Vice-President Jejomar Binay. Two more senators, Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero and Senator Serge Osmeña will also sign the draft report of the Senate Blue Ribbon sub-committee, which recommends the filing of the plunder case. Earlier, four senators already signed the draft report, namely, Senator Grace Poe, Senator Antonio Trillanes, Senator Alan Peter Cayetano and Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel, […]
Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito is asking the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee to investigate the multi-billion peso license plate program of the Land Transportation Office (LTO).
The Senate Blue Ribbo Committee is currently probing various controversial issues in aid of legislation. Under the leadership of Senator Teofisto Guingona III, Chairman of Peace, Unification and Reconciliation, each issue is examined thoroughly – including issues about health like the Ebola virus. Senator Guingona asks the media to be responsible in its reportage to prevent public panic. So far, the Philippines remains Ebola-free. Other issues being investigated by the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee includes […]
Despite the investigation pending in the Office of the Ombudsman, the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee will conduct its own investigation on the allegedly overpriced Iloilio Convention Center.
