The ranking Liberal Party (LP) official criticized for calling the Philippine National Police chief over the arrest of housing developer Delfin Lee has been practically cleared by President Aquino.
The Muntinlupa government has filed a graft and corruption complaint in the Office of the Ombudsman against former City Mayor Aldrin San Pedro for what it described as an unauthorized, overpriced right of way road contract he signed in 2012 with the owner of a private lot in Barangay (village) Putatan.
Vice President Jejomar Binay has refused to be drawn into a word war with Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, another probable presidential contender who had said that the economy would suffer if Binay were elected president in 2016.
President Aquino has asked a ranking political ally to explain why he phoned Philippine National Police Director General Alan Purisima in connection with the arrest of fugitive housing developer Delfin Lee.
Pro-Russian activists attacked a pro-Kiev rally in Crimea with clubs and whips on Sunday as thousands took to the streets across Ukraine in rival demonstrations, escalating separatist tensions in the troubled ex-Soviet state.
Amid persistent calls on social network, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte reiterated on Sunday that no one could make him run for president in the 2016 elections.
Just a “victim of dirty politics.” Christian evangelist Bro. Eddie Villanueva on Friday said he believed his son Joel Villanueva, director general of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda), when he denied receiving a centavo from his pork barrel allocation during the Arroyo administration.
Sen. Jinggoy Estrada said Friday he was glad Vice President Jejomar Binay was considering him to be his running mate in 2016.
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s acquittal on sodomy charges was overturned Friday, in a fresh threat to the career of a charismatic politician who helped turn around the country’s once-hapless opposition.a
Vice President Jejomar Binay confirmed on Friday that he is considering, among others, Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada and Batangas Governor Vilma Santos as his running mate in 2016.
Vice President Jejomar Binay announced on Friday that boxing icon and Saranggani Representative Manny Pacquiao would be included in his senatorial slate in 2016.
Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago called on the public anew to reject in 2016 not only politicians who will be charged in court in connection with the P10 billion “pork” barrel scam, but also those “consistently silent” on the issue.
The Venezuelan government declared Panama’s ambassador and three other diplomats “persona non grata” Thursday, saying they must leave the country within 48 hours, a Panamanian official said.
