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(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a measure that will impose community service as punishment for those who commit only minor offenses, instead of jail time. A statement from the office of Senator Richard Gordon, principal author of the Community Service Act in the Senate, said the President signed the measure on August 8. Under the measure, once convicted by the court, the offender may engage in community service in the place where […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Richard Gordon on Monday, Dec. 3, said no charges would be recommended against former Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña in connection with the entry of shabu in the country allegedly via magnetic lifters. According to Gordon, the blue ribbon committee which he chairs, however, would recommend charges against sacked Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Deputy Director Ismael Fajardo and dismissed Senior Supt. Eduardo Acierto. “Lack of commitment to the job, that makes the criminal […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Two of four individuals who have been cited in contempt by the Senate blue ribbon panel for skipping hearings on the missing P11-billion shabu shipment are now in Senate custody. The Office of Senator Richard Gordon, who chairs the panel, identified them as SMYD Trading owner Marina Signapan and Emily Laquingan. Laquingan, said to be the former wife of Hsu Chun Chung, the alleged liaison of the drug syndicate behind […]
(Eagle News) – Pormal nang pinasinayaan ang kauna-unahang Hemodialysis Center ng Philippine Red Cross sa bansa. Mismong si PRC Chairman at Senator Richard Gordon at Health Secretary Francisco Duque ang nanguna sa pagbubukas ng bagong pasilidad na dating headquarters ng Red Cross. State of the art ang Red Cross Hemodialysis Center kung saan binubuo ito ng sampung bagong nipro hemodialysis machines at dalawang automated reprocessing machines. May kakayahan umano ang pasilidad na makapag-accommodate ng mahigit […]
(Eagle News)—-Senator Richard Gordon is proposing the addition of a ninth ray to the sun in the Philippine flag to “rectify the omission of the Muslims from the group of Filipinos given due recognition… for their heroic struggle against the colonial invaders from the West.” “With their bravery, our Muslim heroes left an imprint on national history that, at the very least, must be given due recognition in the most heraldic item of national importance–the […]
(Eagle News) — Newly elected Senate President Tito Sotto on Thursday, May 24, said he wants his predecessor, Koko Pimentel, to head the chamber’s ethics panel. “I was thinking he would take over that committee..,” Sotto said at a weekly forum. According to Sotto, Pimentel “has the stature, his work ethics is impeccable.” He said, however, that he has not talked to Pimentel about the possibility yet. The Senate ethics panel is currently headed by […]
MAYNILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – Ginawaran ng pagkilala ng Philippine Red Cross ang Eagle Broadcasting Corporation dahil sa papel nito sa pagpapakalat ng adbokasiya ng nasabing organisasyon. Ang pagkilala ay iginawad sa 32nd Biennial National Convention ng Red Cross sa Maynila kamakailan. May temang “The lifeline of the people” ang isinagawang aktibidad. Ginawaran din ng pagkilala ang iba pang media na nasa online, radio broadcast at TV broadcast, at ang mga outstanding chapter ng Red Cross. […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Richard Gordon on Saturday said the “syndicate” behind the proliferation of fake medicines in the market should be “unmasked and be held accountable.” Gordon made the statement days after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the arrest of peddlers of the counterfeit substances and the filing of charges against them. He issued the order after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an advisory against fake paracetamol being sold in the market. According to Gordon, […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senator Richard Gordon, Chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, said that anomalies surrounding the procurement of Dengvaxia vaccine would be revealed in the Committee’s hearing on Monday, December 11. Senator Gordon also called on the Office of the Ombudsman to also conduct its own investigation in the controversial procurement of the dengue vaccine “Dengvaxia” done during the Aquino administration because the lives of thousands of children have been […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senate Blue Ribbon Committee Chairman Richard Gordon said that former officials of the Bureau of Customs, including former Customs chief Nicanor Faeldon can still be made liable on the more than Php 6 billion shabu shipment that had passed through customs during his time. “There is yet no final evidence to establish that Customs personnel are not in any way liable for the importation of drugs and on its […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV has filed an ethics complaint against Senator Richard Gordon. In his complaint made public on Thursday, Trillanes asked the chairman and members of the Senate committee on ethics and accountability to hold Gordon liable for “unparliamentary acts, language, conduct” which he said were tantamount to misconduct. Last month, Trillanes said he would file the complaint after he and Gordon had a heated exchange during an Aug. 31 blue ribbon […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The Senate committee on ethics has declared the complaint filed by Senator Richard Gordon against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV “sufficient in form and substance.” The ethics committee led by Senator Vicente Sotto III, also the Senate majority leader, gave Trillanes 10 days to respond to the allegations stated in the complaint, which Gordon filed after the former military man indirectly accused him of “badgering” a witness during a hearing […]
