What’s wrong with Akbayan Rep?
By Danilo V. Adorador III, Leila Salaverria
Surigao del Norte First District Rep. Francisco Matugas on Thursday defended Akbayan party-list Rep. Kaka Bag-ao’s designation as caretaker of Dinagat Islands.
Surigao del Norte First District Rep. Francisco Matugas on Thursday defended Akbayan party-list Rep. Kaka Bag-ao’s designation as caretaker of Dinagat Islands.
Though some of her colleagues in the House of Representatives are branding it “patronage politics,” Akbayan Rep. Arlene “Kaka” Bag-ao on Wednesday defended her role as a conduit for funds for pork projects in Dinagat Island, saying any benefit it may have to her run for the district’s congressional seat next year was only “incidental.”
Dinagat Vice Gov. Geraldine “Jade” Ecleo posted bail on Friday to skip arrest for direct assault, even as her allies blamed the Supreme Court’s earlier flip-flopping on the province’s legal status, for the incident that triggered the charges against her.
Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. on Friday has ordered that Dinagat Islands Representative Ruben Ecleo Jr. be dropped from the roster of the House of Representatives.
He is one of those judges who cannot be intimidated. Judge Soliver Peras of Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 10 in Cebu City didn’t flinch when the parricide case of Rep. Ruben Ecleo Jr. of Dinagat Island was raffled off to his sala in 2009.
A cloud rat, endemic to one tiny island of the world—Dinagat Island—has been rediscovered after a more than 20-year search.
A cloud rat, endemic to one tiny island of the world—Dinagat Island—has been rediscovered after a more than 20-year search.
Ten years after his wife’s body was found inside a black garbage bag dumped in a ravine, Rep. Ruben Ecleo Jr. of Dinagat Island was found guilty of parricide and sentenced to reclusion perpetua, or at least 30 years’ imprisonment.
A 5.9-magnitute earthquake struck the southern Philippines on Friday, causing minor damage and a mall stampede that left at least 23 people injured, officials said.
The Supreme Court has denied with finality the appeal of Dinagat Island representative and cult leader Ruben Ecleo Jr. who had sought to overturn the Sandiganbayan ruling sentencing him and two others to 31-year prison terms for graft and corruption.
SURIGAO CITY—A meeting called to discuss Dinagat Island’s funding woes on Friday turned ugly when the confrontation between Vice Gov. Geraldine Ecleo and Surigao provincial budget officer Maria Gay Cotiangco became physical. The meeting, held at the Surigao del Norte Capitol here, was attended by officials of both provinces and presided over by Rene Burdeos, [...]
A meeting called to discuss Dinagat Island’s budget woes on Friday turned ugly when a confrontation between Vice Gov. Geraldine Ecleo and Surigao provincial budget officer Maria Gay Cotiangco degerated into a clawing, hair-pulling catfight.
President Benigno Aquino III questioned on Thursday night the Supreme Court’s impartiality, pointing out how it quickly ruled in favor of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo by issuing a temporary restraining order (TRO) on her inclusion in the immigration bureau’s watch list.
