Without waiting for the police to question him, a local politician and former chief of staff of Ang Galing Pinoy Representative Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo on Friday denied any link to the suspected American drug dealer recently arrested in Makati City and to the government vehicle found loaded with nine kilos of “shabu.”
The former staff of Ang Galing Pinoy Partylist Representative Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo on Friday denied ownership of the government-owned vehicle tagged in the arrest of an American national allegedly involved in illegal drugs trade.
A former staff member of Ang Galing Pinoy party-list Representative Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo was the last known user of the government vehicle that yielded some nine kilos of “shabu” during a police antidrug operation in Makati City on Tuesday, according to the National Power Corp. (Napocor).
Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office Chairperson Margarita Juico apologized on Wednesday for not immediately correcting news reports that seven Catholic bishops got the high-end Pajero sports utility vehicles from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) under the Arroyo administration.
The seven Catholic bishops criticized for receiving donations of utility vehicles for charity projects in their dioceses during the Arroyo administration have decided to come face-to-face with senators looking into the controversy.
Recognizing the urgency of the matter, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines’ permanent council on Saturday took over the investigation of bishops who received money from the Arroyo administration for the purchase of sports utility vehicles.
A Catholic priest said on Wednesday that only Pope Benedict XVI could punish the Philippine bishops accused of committing impropriety in accepting or soliciting Pajero sports utility vehicles from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office during the Arroyo administration.
Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo on Monday said that a Senate inquiry might just be the right forum to clear the issue involving several bishops in the alleged misuse of funds of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO). But Pabillo said it was also high time for the state-run PCSO to spell out its functions [...]
The head of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines called on the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes on Saturday to stop singling out Catholic prelates and also name the other religious groups that received financial help from the Arroyo administration.
The House of Representatives is to summon past and present officials of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office and the Catholic Church to shed light on alleged funding irregularities at the PCSO, including the grant of expensive vehicles to certain Catholic dioceses in violation of the Constitution.
“Question: What will the CBCP do about it? Will it play blind, deaf and dumb to the scandal? Or will it give the issue formal attention and official action?” These were the questions posed by a former president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Thursday concerning some bishops who had purportedly [...]
Charges that some bishops had been gifted Mitsubishi Pajeros by then President Macapagal-Arroyo at the height of the “Hello Garci” election fraud scandal should be thoroughly investigated and backed by evidence, Senator Alan Peter Cayetano said Tuesday.
