Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Friday said she would meet with Commission on Elections Chair Sixto Brillantes Jr. on Tuesday to discuss how to better protect witnesses in the election sabotage cases filed against former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
One of Cebu’s top politicians declared she maintains her alliance with former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and doesn’t see it as an obstacle to her entry into the Senate slate of Vice President Jejomar Binay’s United Nationalist Alliance (UNA).
Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada on Thursday slammed the door on two political parties identified with former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo over a possible coalition with the newly formed United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) for next year’s midterm elections.
Christian evangelist Bro. Eddie Villanueva on Thursday assailed a Court of Appeals ruling which affirmed the resolution of the Department of Justice indicting him for estafa based on the complaint filed by a “cousin” of Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo, husband of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Zambales Rep. Milagros Magsaysay on Wednesday scored the Liberal Party for vilifying Vice President Jejomar Binay and making him choose between President Aquino and former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo after Binay’s coalition for the 2013 midterm elections, the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA), invited allies of Arroyo and critics of the administration to join its initial senatorial lineup.
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Wednesday welcomed the arraignment in the Sandiganbayan of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on graft charges in connection with the scuttled national broadband network deal with China’s ZTE Corp.
The Court of Appeals has tossed out due to technicality the petition of former Quezon City Vice Mayor Charito Planas questioning President Benigno Aquino III’s order that voided the “midnight appointments” made by former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Police said they are in favor of holding the bail hearings of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City.
The defense team on Wednesday said Justice Secretary Leila De Lima’s testimony during the proceedings was like hearsay.
The prosecution team on Wednesday slammed the defense panel’s argument on why Chief Justice Renato Corona was singled out in the impeachment case when other Supreme Court justices were involved in the ruling on the temporary restraining order for former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte should protect the rights of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as a member of the House of Representatives by ensuring that she has access to a laptop and mobile phone in order to continue functioning as a lawmaker even during her incarceration.
Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo has dispatched the daughter of his brother, Rep. Ignacio “Iggy” Arroyo to London to take charge of the arrangements for the homecoming of his youngest brother, a spokesperson for the family on Friday said.
Just like Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The $50,000 that Sen. Lito Lapid’s wife tried to bring into the United States last year was meant for medical treatment to cure her bone ailment, according to the senator himself.
