Suspended Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia did not get the temporary restraining order (TRO) she had been praying for but the Court of Appeals on Wednesday ordered oral arguments on her petition next week.
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Wednesday night said she had been informed that no temporary restraining order (TRO) has been issued by the Court of Appeals on the suspension order meted out to Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia.
So it has come to this. At least 188 members of the House of Representatives voted last Monday to impeach Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona for culpable violation of the Constitution, betrayal of public trust and graft and corruption. The articles of impeachment, grounded on eight charges, were transmitted to the Senate yesterday, which [...]
The health of former President and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo remains a hot topic in the news and social networking sites. According to the latest medical bulletin on GMA issued by the St. Luke’s Medical Center, the scheduled third operation to repair a dislodged titanium implant in her neck had to be postponed because [...]
A fifth plunder charge was filed against former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo with the Office of the Ombudsman on Tuesday for the alleged misuse of funds of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office during her term.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has launched its own probe into allegations that seven bishops had received sports utility vehicles from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO). But a senior prelate said he could not compel the bishops to appear at a Senate probe into the controversy. “I cannot tell them [what [...]
Eight lawmakers, including Representatives Diosdado “Dato” Arroyo of Camarines Sur and Danilo Suarez of Quezon, were granted by the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) a total of P92.2 million in endowments for their constituents’ hospital and medical expenses in the last three and a half years of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s presidency. According to PCSO documents showing [...]
Special Prosecutor Wendell Barreras-Sulit on Friday asked the Supreme Court anew to grant her appeal to stop Malacañang from implementing disciplinary actions against her following the Office of the President’s order to file administrative charges against her and suspend her in connection with the controversial plea with accused plunderer, retired military general Carlos Garcia. “In [...]
An incumbent lawmaker is facing graft and malversation charges for allegedly misappropriating P18.6 million in government funds in 2008. Acting Ombudsman Orlando Casimiro ordered the filing of criminal charges against North Cotabato Representative Jesus Sacdalan in connection with the release of funds for fuel purchases when he was the province’s governor. In a statement, Casimiro [...]
MANILA, Philippines—Corrupt officials at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) have been receiving as much as P5 million from convicted drug lords to order the transfer of their rival drug dealers to penal colonies, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said Monday. De Lima said she was “shocked” to hear reports that some officials of the Bureau [...]
A Bureau of Customs clerk was ordered dismissed from service by the Office of the Ombudsman in the Visayas for embezzling P6.6 million in government funds. Sunshine Saliendra, cashier at the Customs-Philippine Economic Zone Authority clearing office in Lapu-Lapu City, was found guilty of dishonesty. Aside from the administrative offense, Saliendra will face court trial [...]
The Office of the Ombudsman has filed criminal cases against the incumbent mayor of Tuguegarao City, and four former mayors for various offenses ranging from allowing illegal bingo games to making a former girlfriend a ghost employee. Tuguegarao City Mayor Delfin Ting was charged with violation of the graft law for allegedly allowing the demolition [...]
MANILA, Philippines—Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has been subpoenaed by the Department of Justice (DoJ) in connection with a P551-million plunder complaint filed against her over the alleged misuse of overseas Filipino workers’ funds. Arroyo, now a representative from Pampanga, was ordered to attend the preliminary investigation of the complaint on June 6. The complaint was [...]
