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From ABS-CBNNEWS.COM: PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s eldest son, Pampanga Rep. Juan Miguel ‘Mikey’ Arroyo, on Friday welcomed the filing of graft and perjury complaints against him in the Ombudsman, saying this would give him a chance to respond at the right forum. “I welcome this development and I even thank the group for bringing this issue,

From the PHILIPPINE STAR: THE right of the people to information on matters of public concern is enshrined in the Constitution. Among the public documents covered by the right to know are the official Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth that executive officials and lawmakers are required to file every year. The SALN could

FROM INQUIRER.NET MILITANT government workers have filed with the Ombudsman a graft complaint against Pampanga Representative Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo for not declaring his P63.7-million property in California in his statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN). “With the small salary he gets, it is unacceptable that his assets more than tripled,” said Ferdinand

READ news stories on Rep. Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo’s and senators’ reactions to VERA Files report that Mikey omitted to declare contributions he received in the 2004 and 2007 congressional elections which he said partly explained his wealth: Malaya: Chiz wants to sic PCGG on Mikey A Philippine Star: Senators want Mikey charged gmanews.tv: Palace

Philippine Daily Inquirer‘s Sept. 6 editorial on Pampanga Rep. Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo’s assets: Mikey’s hideaway To nobody’s surprise, Speaker Prospero Nograles quickly shrugged off the failure of Pampanga Representative Mikey Arroyo, who is believed to have worked behind the scene to put Nograles in the Speakership, to declare in his 2007 and 2008 Statement

PRESIDENTIAL son and Pampanga Rep. Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo continues to be in the news after VERA Files reported a P63.7 million San Francisco Bay property he failed to declare in his 2007 and 2008 Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth. Some of the stories: Mikey Arroyo under fire on YouTube—Philippine Daily Inquirer Malacañang

FOLLOWING are the editorials of the Philippine Star  and Malaya (Sept. 2) and Daily Tribune (Sept. 1) on the presidential sons’ California homes reported by VERA Files. Philippine Star‘s “Because they can”: Following in the footsteps of his parents, Pampanga Rep. Juan Miguel Arroyo is now under fire for assets that he reportedly failed to

MALACANANG defended Monday presidential sons Juan Miguel and Diosdado Arroyo over their purchase of luxury homes in the United States after the two were elected congressmen in the 2007 elections, according to a gmanews.tv report. Deputy presidential spokesman Anthony Golez Jr. said people should not judge them and should instead wait for the two congressmen

A CITIZENS group said Friday it will appeal the recent decision of the Office of the Ombudsman to charge only former Commission on Elections Chairman Benjamin Abalos and former National Economic Development Authority Director General Romulo Neri with graft and bribery before the Sandiganbayan in connection with the anomalous $329-million national broadband network (NBN) deal

THE race for the vice presidency will be tight if it were held today. Pulse Asia’s July 28 to Aug. 10 survey showed Filipinos split between Senators Francis Escudero (21 percent) and Loren Legarda (19 percent). Vice President Noli de Castro (15 percent), Makati City Mayor Jejomar Binay (12 percent) and Sen. Francis Pangilinan (12

SEVEN reelectionists and four former senators are among the probable winners in the senatorial elections if these were held now, Pulse Asia’s latest poll showed. Sen. Jinggoy Estrada registered the highest overall voter preference (50.2 percent), which Pulse Asia said translates to a statistical ranking of first to fifth places, the research organization said as

IF next year’s elections were held today, one in four Filipinos would vote Sen. Manuel B. Villar Jr. president, and former President Joseph Estrada would be his closest rival (19 percent), followed by Vice President Noli L. de Castro (16 percent), according to the latest Pulse Asia survey. The July 28 to Aug. 10 survey