Makati City Mayor Jejomar Erwin “Junjun” Binay on Tuesday brushed off the plunder charges against him and his father, Vice President Jejomar Binay, saying they were filed by “perennial contenders and serial losers in Makati elections.”
The protests against President Benigno Aquino III over his continuing defense of his administration’s use of funds under the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) is a sighn of a “healthy democracy”, a Malacañang spokesman said Tuesday.
Malacanang on Tuesday said it trusted congressmen to decide on what must be done with the impeachment complaints filed against President Benigno Aquino III although it admitted that the decision of the lawmakers would ultimately be a numbers game.
Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada on Tuesday arrived at the Sandiganbayan for his bail hearing for plunder over his alleged involvement in the pork barrel scam.
Canada’s prime minister on Monday announced further economic sanctions against Russian entities and individuals, calling the downing of flight MH17 a “direct product of Russia’s military aggression and illegal occupation” of Ukraine.
