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(Eagle News)—Senator Joel Villanueva is seeking a probe into what he said were the miserable conditions of some Filipino truck drivers in Padborg, Denmark. In filing Senate Resolution No. 946, Villanueva noted the 22 Filipino truck drivers who were rescued by Danish authorities from a camp were supposed to be working in Poland with a monthly pay of 1,060 EUR including meal allowance, free accommodation, overtime pay, medical benefits and life insurance based on their contracts. […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News) — Senators hailed President Rodrigo Duterte’s signing of the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act that gives full tuition subsidies to state universities and colleges, local tertiary schools and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda)-accredited institutions. “I thank PRRD (Duterte) for signing the Free Tertiary Education Act. This will be one of the lasting legacies of his presidency and administration,” Senator Francis Escudero said. “Mission accomplished for revolutionary free tuition law,” […]
QUEZON City, Philippines — Senator Joel Villanueva on Monday (January 23) at the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing recommended that a complaint for perjury be filed against former Bureau of Immigration officials Atty. Michael Robles and Atty. Al Argosino. This is because they did not reveal in a previous Senate hearing that they received bribe money from Jack Lam.
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senator Joel Villanueva filed a motion for reconsideration on the decision of the Ombudsman dismissing him from service. The senator said that he will leave it in the hands of the Senate leadership to decide on the said dismissal. On the other hand, Senate President Aquilino Pimentel said that he will wait for the decision of the Ombudsman regarding the motion of reconsideration filed by Senator Joel Villanueva before […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales has ordered the dismissal from public service of Senator Joel Villanueva for his administrative liability over the allegedly anomalous use of 10 million pesos from his pork barrel allocation as a House member. Villanueva’s dismissal stemmed from his indictment for malversation, graft and falsification of public documents over the allegedly anomalous disbursement of his 10 million-peso Priority Development Assistance Fund or PDAF during his stint as […]
