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https://youtu.be/a_js7N-SouQ (Eagle News) – The Senate is eyeing the last week of November as the start of the impeachment trial of Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Chair Andres Bautista. Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III said that they would still have to prepare a lot of things for the impeachment trial such as drafting the rules, hiring additional staff members, and getting a trial practitioner as consultant for the senators. He said they would also […]
(Eagle News) — There is no longer any need for the impeachment trial of Commission on Elections Chair Andres Bautista if he steps down from his post. “Kung meron talagang resignation letter and deemed separated from government service na siya, e wala na. Dapat stop na yung impeachment..Kung umalis na siya sa posisyon, wala nang dahilan na magtuloy tuloy pa,” Senate President Koko Pimentel said in a radio interview on Thursday. So far, he said […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Several senators are confident that the proposed amendments to the Anti-Hazing Law will be passed before December 2017. Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri said that the Senate will pursue the approval of the amendments especially because of the tragic death of University of Sto. Tomas law student Horacio Castillo III during the hazing activities of the Aegis Juris fraternity. In an interview with GMA’s, Unang Balita, Zubiri said he and […]
(Eagle News) – The ethics complaint filed by controversial former Bureau of Customs commissioner Nicanor Faeldon against Senator Panfilo Lacson has been “held in abeyance” following his continued stubbornness to defy orders for him to attend senate hearings, which signified “disrespect” for Senate rules. The Senate ethics committee decided to do this so they can further study Faeldon’s complaints not only against Lacson, but also against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, as senators who are […]
(Eagle News) — John Paul Solano, a primary suspect in the death of Horacio Castillo III, said on Monday that he initially lied to the police about where he found the hazing victim’s body because a fraternity member told him to do so. Solano, who spoke before the Senate committee on public order and dangerous drugs, declined, however, to say who exactly told him to do this at that time. He said he would just […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Richard Gordon is set to summon San Juan Regional Trial Court Judge Jovencio Gascon to the next blue ribbon committee hearing into the P6.4-billion drug shipment that slipped through the Bureau of Customs via express lanes, and corruption in that agency. This was after it was revealed in Thursday’s hearing that Gascon failed to order the destruction of 890 kilograms of shabu seized in December 2016. According to Senator Panfilo Lacson, […]
(Eagle News) – Several senators expressed their disappointment that the House of Representatives had voted to give the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) a meager P1,000 budget, as they vowed to give the commission the P678 million it had asked for 2018, or even just re-allocate the P749 million budget it had for this year. Senator Panfilo Lacson, the sponsor of the P678 million budget for the CHR, said that he would continue to […]
(Eagle News) – Former Customs commissioner Nicanor Faeldon has now been detained indefinitely at the Senate premises. This was after he showed up at the Senate on Monday (Sept. 11), but still refused to attend senate hearing on the alleged smuggling activities at the Bureau of Customs which he once headed. “He’s a soldier. He knows there is such a thing as temporary incarceration,” said Senator Richard Gordon who had earlier asked the issuance […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate blue ribbon committee on Monday announced the restoration of protective custody over fixer Mark Taguba. It was Senator Richard Gordon himself who approved the restoration, following a motion by Senator Panfilo Lacson, who earlier criticized the Senate blue ribbon committee chair for removing protective custody over Taguba without the consent of the members of the committee. Apart from Lacson, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV criticized Gordon for his move. Gordon had accused […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Senate is willing to give former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon ample time and opportunity to explain himself, as the plan to arrest him on Friday over his failure to appear in Senate hearings did not push through. Senate Blue Ribbon Committee Chairman Richard Gordon said that he does not want to embarrass Faeldon by arresting him but stressed that the former Customs chief must explain why the P6.4-billion […]
(Eagle News) — After citing the names of Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte and presidential son-in-law Manases “Mans” Carpio in a senate hearing on Thursday, customs broker Mark Taguba apologized in writing to the President’s family clearing the two of any involvement in bribery and illegal drugs smuggling. The apology was contained in a statement sent by Taguba’s lawyer, Raymond Fortun. In the statement, Taguba stressed that he did not testify that the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has asked the Chinese government to cooperate in its investigation into the shabu shipment from China that passed the Bureau of Customs (BoC) without any inspection. “China must be willing to cooperate with the Philippines in investigating the PHP6.4 billion worth of shabu shipment from China that slipped through the Bureau of Customs (BOC),” Senator Richard Gordon, the committee chairman said in an interview […]
