Napoles leaves Sandiganbayan after plunder hearing
Detained businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles, who is reportedly behind at P 10-billion pork barrel scam, has left the Sandiganbayan in ...
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Napoles acquitted of serious detention charges
The Court of Appeals (CA) has acquitted the so-called pork barrel queen Janet Lim Napoles of serious illegal detention case ...
Read moreBong Revilla visits father who is undergoing operation
Former Senator Bong Revilla visited his father at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Taguig City on Saturday morning. His father, ...
Read moreDuterte supports Napoles acquittal
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Monday signified his approval of the move of Solicitor General Jose Calida for the dismissal of ...
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Palace, solon insist 2017 budget pork-free
MALACAÑANG on Thursday insisted that the P3.35-trillion national budget this year was compliant with a Supreme Court ruling that declared ...
Read moreGigi Reyes’ motion to quash plunder case junked
The Sandiganbayan has dismissed the motion to quash filed by Ex-Senator Juan Ponce Enrile’s former chief of staff Jessica Lucila ...
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Ping: Solons got P5-b pork
SOME lawmakers were given up to P5 billion in “pork” allocations in the General Appropriations Act of 2017, Senator Panfilo ...
Read moreGraft raps versus 5 over pork
FORMER Social Welfare Secretary Esperanza Cabral is facing two counts of graft before the Sandiganbayan anti-graft court in connection with ...
Read moreEx-Nueva Ecija lawmaker faces graft over PDAF scam
Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales has recommended the filing of graft and malversation charges against Former Nueva Ecija Third District Representative Aurelio ...
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Another pork barrel budget
Senator Panfilo Lacson urged President Rodrigo Duterte to veto pork-like items in the 2017 national budget to prove that he ...
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