Enrile’s blood pressure shoots up after verbal clash with Alan Cayetano
By Maila Ager
Senate President Juan Ponce-Enrile’s blood pressure shot up to 180/100 after a heated exchange on Wednesday with Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano.
Senate President Juan Ponce-Enrile’s blood pressure shot up to 180/100 after a heated exchange on Wednesday with Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano.
No less than the office of Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago has received more than P15-million additional maintenance and other operating expenses (MOOEs) in 2012, the head of the Commission on Audits said.
Senate President Juan Ponce-Enrile admitted that his motion to declare his post vacant was his way to get the “vote of confidence” of his peers.
The number of votes that will approve Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile’s motion to declare his post vacant could have been enough if Liberal Party senators were present, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said Tuesday as he alleged that the result was “pre-empted.”
The United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) on Tuesday hit at Senator Aquilino Pimentel III’s vote to oust Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile.
All senators except for Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago will be facing an ethics complaint that an anti-crime group is planning to file in the Senate in connection with the millions of pesos given to them last year.
Senator Panfilo Lacson said he is planning to file graft charges against some of his colleagues, who may be proven to have used Senate funds for personal needs, including groceries for family members.
