Beware the Ilocano vote—not just in the so-called Solid North but all over the country. Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday warned reelectionist senators who ratified the sin tax bill of a backlash from voters not only from northern Luzon but from their relatives and friends scattered all over the country.
Budget Secretary Florencio Abad on Friday denied charges aired by Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago that pork barrel funds were released in exchange for votes to convict Chief Justice Renato Corona.
The Senate session hall was so tightly packed with well-wishers that it took newly proclaimed Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III more than 15 minutes to cross its length and join his family in the VIP gallery. Clad in a cream-colored barong Tagalog, Pimentel slowly made his way across roughly 20 meters while shaking hands, posing [...]
