Having had enough, re-electionist Sen. Loren Legarda has lashed out at a publicist she identified as “Willie F.” who she claimed had been hired by a fellow senatorial candidate to dislodge her from the top spot in surveys.
Senator Loren Legarda allegedly failed to declare as part of her assets a posh condominium unit on Park Avenue in New York for four years, and did so only in 2011 just before she and the other senators convened as an impeachment court to try then Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona.
Former Chief Justice Renato Corona on Thursday said the filing of tax evasion case against him is part of political persecution after he was impeached by the Senate sitting as impeachment court.
Supporters of Mayor Ferdinand Amante (Liberal Party) held a motorcade Sunday to decry allegations by his challenger in the May elections that the city government declared a heavy equipment still in good running condition as “unserviceable” and sold it scrap.
A worker of the Liberal Party (LP) in Zamboanga del Sur was shot to death Sunday morning in Pagadian City.
The Office of the Ombudsman has filed anew a P20-million graft case against former Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) Director General and now Iloilo Rep. Augusto “Boboy” Syjuco Jr. and his wife, former Iloilo Rep. Judy Syjuco.
An aged piece of heavy equipment has become this city’s newest campaign season celebrity of sorts.
Former military comptroller Jacinto Ligot on Friday posted a P66,000 bail at the Sandiganbayan for the perjury charges filed against him.
The Sandiganbayan on Thursday ordered the arrest of retired Lieutenant General Jacinto Ligot in connection with the numerous false declarations in his statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) from 1993 to 2003.
An alliance of religious groups in the country has expressed disappointment and frustration over the three-year-old Aquino administration particularly for its supposed failure to punish the corrupt and resolve cases of human rights violations.
Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) General Manager Nereus Acosta on Thursday said political harassment and vested interests were behind the perjury case that prompted the Sandiganbayan to order his and his mother’s arrest on Wednesday.
Army Colonel George Rabusa expressed disgust on the Ombudsman’s decision dismissing the plunder complaint against former military generals and other ranking officers over alleged misspent P2.3 million military fund.
Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon’s suggestion that the agency he heads be abolished and replaced with a private institution needs to be looked into.
