Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile played Santa Claus last Christmas, making a list and checking it twice as he gave gifts to Senate members and personnel apparently on the basis of who were “naughty” or “nice.”
President Benigno Aquino III on Wednesday said he was committed to the full implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP).
Expect Senators Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan and Panfilo “Ping” Lacson to become members of the Aquino Cabinet when their terms expire next year.
Aside from his peso accounts and real estate properties, impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona allegedly has at least $10 million in bank accounts that the Ombudsman is now asking him to explain.
Land titles show a spate of acquisitions of prime real estate by Chief Justice Renato Corona and his family as late as 2010. Documents of the Land Registration Authority (LRA) obtained by the Inquirer from unimpeachable sources showed that 19 properties were registered under the name of Corona, his wife Cristina, their daughters Charina and Carla, and the latter’s husband Constantino Castillo.
Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Thursday sought to put to rest reports that he owns a multimillion-peso penthouse condominium in a glitzy Makati City address.
