According to a report made by Nancy Carvajal in Philippine Daily Inquirer, at least “5 senators and 23 members of the House of Representatives made available their pork barrel funds to dummy nongovernment organizations [NGOs] for purported ghost projects worth P10 billion over the past decade.” Affidavits were subsequently sent to the National Bureau of […]
Category: Philippine Politics
Who is Bam Aquino?
He is not only a look-alike of his uncle, the late Senator Ninoy Aquino, he is also a true-blooded Aquino being the son of the youngest brother of Ninoy, Paul Aquino. He talks fast like Ninoy and is very articulate.
Jackie Ponce Enrile runs for re-election as Cagayan Congressman
For Juan “Jack” Ponce Enrile Jr., next year’s campaign is a chance to finally purge an “atrocious reputation” as the prototypical bad boy of the ’80s when his father was lording it over as the late President Ferdinand Marcos’ martial law enforcer.
Senate votes 20-3, finds Corona guilty (Philippine Star)
MANILA, Philippines. May 29, 2012. The Senate, sitting as an impeachment court today handed a guilty verdict against Chief Justice Renato Corona. Twenty of 23 senator-judges voted to oust Corona. Corona goes down in history as the first public official in the Philippines to be forced out of office by an impeachment court.
CJ Corona named in murder rap
Impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona had threatened to blow away with a gun a hapless 83-year-old caretaker of a property of the Basa-Guidote Enterprises, Inc. (BGEI) in Manila, a whistle-blower has revealed in an explosive media interview.
President Benigno Aquino III dates Korean Grace Lee
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine-Korean relations have suddenly gotten warmer. The Philippine president Benigno Aquino III, told reporters that yes, he is dating again. This time it’s a South Korean woman who grew up in Manila and works there as a TV show host and radio disc jockey.
No Christmas furlough for Arroyo
A local court has ruled out house detention for former president Gloria Arroyo, even during the Christmas break. Judge Mupas of the Pasay City Regional Trial Court cited security reasons for not allowing Arroyo’s request. She wanted to spend the Christmas holidays in her house in La Vista, Quezon City.
188 congressmen impeach Chief Justice Corona
An overwhelming majority of the House of Representatives swiftly impeached Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona. The major reason, among 7 others were his interference in the prosecution of former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
Uncivil in civil society by Luis H. Francia
By now we have all had a good laugh over the considered pronouncement of Bongbong Marcos that, had it not been for 1986, his father would have transformed the nation into a Singapore. No doubt the very same loyalists who propelled him to the Senate take his pronouncements seriously. It seems that the country that […]
Lacson cleared of murder
Manila, Philippines. February 3, 2011. Fugitive Philippine Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson was cleared by the Court of Appeals of any involvement in the brutal slaying of publicist Salvador Dacer and his driver Emmanuel Corbito. They were abducted in the business district of Makati and Dacer’s car was later dumped somewhere in the outskirts of the […]
Fr. Ed Panlilio: “it is impossible for anyone to stop jueteng.” by Dino Crescini, BS, MBA
October 25, 2010. Sydney, Australia. In a well-organized media conference held in the Rouse Hill home of Marivic Manalo, Former Pampanga governor Ed Panlilio said: “There was no way for me to stop jueteng … because there seems to be a conspiracy between the leadership of the Philippine National Police and the jueteng operators in […]
Vice President Binay at the Coconut Palace
It was reported in the news that Binay complained about his new office, which is actually an old office used by former vice president Noli de Castro for six years. Binay said that his chair was too big, his office too small, too hot and too bare, and his budget was too small — lesser […]