Congressional leaders on Monday welcomed President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s call for a special session of Congress on June 17 to deliberate priority legislation and act on pending appointments requiring confirmation by the Commission on Appointments.
Rodante Marcoleta told the Office of the Ombudsman that the plunder and indirect bribery complaint filed against him over alleged campaign donations totaling P75 million lacks the legal basis required to support the charges.
Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said on June 13 that she would continue to defend President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as long as she believes his actions are correct and based on truthful information, while also telling him when she believes he has made a mistake.
Alan Peter Cayetano defended his recent references to Benigno ‘Ninoy’ Aquino Jr., arguing that no family has an exclusive claim to the late statesman’s legacy.
Batangas Rep. Gerville Luistro said Thursday that the House prosecution panel has confidence in the Senate’s impeachment process regardless of whether acting Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian, Sen. Francis Escudero, or former Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano presides over the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.
Palace Press Officer Claire Castro on Friday rejected Vice President Sara Duterte’s statement that she has no intention of taking President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s position, citing Duterte’s previous remarks calling for the president’s removal from office.
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) filed criminal tax charges against former Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo on Thursday over an alleged tax deficiency of more than P1 billion, accusing her of tax evasion and failure to file income tax returns from 2019 to 2023 after an investigation into her assets, expenditures, and financial transactions.
Former Ilocos Sur governor Luis ‘Chavit’ Singson declined to identify the complainant in the cyberlibel case filed against him, saying only that the individual had previously sought his assistance but later filed a complaint against him.
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is examining 16 computers assigned to suspended officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Bulacan 1st District Engineering Office as part of an investigation into alleged irregularities involving flood control projects, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
The Senate Impeachment Court’s decision to close the June 18 pre-trial conference in the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte to the public and media follows standard court practice, lead House prosecutor Gerville Luistro said on Wednesday.