VERA FilesSEN. Francis Escudero said Wednesday the Senate should invite former Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn “Joc-Joc” Bolante after he was linked to the P5-billion loan of the Quedan and Rural Credit Guarantee […]
FORMER Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn “Joc-joc” Bolante could be headed back to Manila soon, now that a United States appeals court has denied his appeal for asylum. The 7th Circuit Court […]
THE Commission on Human Rights has declared as unjustified the arrest and detention of journalists during the six-hour standoff last Nov. 29 at the Manila Peninsula hotel in Makati City. […]
DETAINED Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV has filed a resolution seeking to initiate legislative action against Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita’s participation in a recent Senate meeting on bills on the country’s […]
SEN. Rodolfo Biazon suggested Wednesday that the Senate electoral reform committee investigate allegations that members of the Special Action Force of the Philippine National Police undertook the switching of 2004 […]
PHILIPPINE National Police Chief Avelino Razon ordered yesterday Chief Superintendent Leocadio Santiago, director of the Special Action Force, to look into VERA Files two-part report that the elite police unit […]
MALACANANG issued today the following press release in reaction to a VERA Files report that several police commandos have confirmed their participation in the switching of election returns at the […]
FORMER Cabinet members are asking Congress to pass immediately a law that would define the country’s baseline in keeping with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea […]
THE Philippines is “far from achieving Education for All” by 2015, concluded a fact sheet released on July 11 by the National Statistical Coordination Board. The NSCB, which consolidates […]
FORMER Vice President Teofisto Guingona will launch tonight his book, “Fight for the Filipino,” in which he reveals the reasons for his disillusionment with and eventual breakaway from President Gloria […]