Former President and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo hopes the country’s leaders would uphold the rule of the law and the Constitution, as she lamented what she said was the continued campaign to vilify her and her family.
President Benigno Aquino’s spokesman welcomed former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s arraignment on a charge of electoral sabotage at a Pasay City on Thursday, saying justice may now take its course.
President Benigno Aquino III’s spokesman welcomed former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s arraignment on a charge of electoral sabotage at a Pasay City on Thursday, saying justice may now take its course.
Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Thursday entered a plea of not guilty to charges of electoral sabotage.
A lawmaker on Wednesday said that Malacañang’s move to reform “sin taxes” should strike a balance between the state’s goal of increasing revenues and the local industry’s ability to survive with higher costs.
Security will be tight Thursday at the Pasay Regional Trial Court in preparation for the arraignment of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for electoral sabotage.
Ombudsman prosecutors have contested the plea of Navy officers charged with the murder of Ensign Philip Pestaño to transfer their case to a military tribunal, but also said they were willing to have the case transferred to the appropriate court if it finds that the Sandiganbayan has no jurisdiction over the case.
Based on the schedule announced Wednesday, the wake of Negros Occidental Representative Ignacio “Iggy” Arroyo will take place in three areas following his arrival from Ninoy Aquino International Airport—the house of Aleli Arroyo, the ancestral house of the Arroyos and Bacolod City, then back to Aleli’s house before interment on Saturday.
Last year, former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Governor Zaldy Ampatuan offered to testify against his own father and brother in the Maguindanao massacre.
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima has vowed an “honest to goodness” investigation into the death in Antipolo City of San Beda law student Marvin Reglos in suspected hazing rites of the Lambda Rho Beta—the allied fraternity of her own sorority.
Prosecutors on Wednesday dropped two other charges against Chief Justice Renato Corona in the third article of the impeachment complaint a day after Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile rejected a witness called to testify that Corona enjoyed free plane tickets from Philippine Airlines (PAL) while it was pursuing a case in the Supreme Court.
Catholic Church leaders have urged the people to mark the celebration of the 26th anniversary of the Edsa People Power Revolution on Saturday with gratitude to God for attaining freedom through “bloodless” means, but warned those using the event for personal motives and interests.
Senator Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday blamed the “fast break” mode the prosecutors used in crafting the impeachment complaint for the heckling they were getting from the Senate tribunal.
