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Relampagos lawyers’ withdrawal denied

The Sandiganbayan has turned down the motion of the lawyers of fugitive former Budget undersecretary Mario Relampagos to withdraw as legal counsel in his...

CoA junks petition of 2 Zambo del Norte officials

THE Commission on Audit has junked the petition of two government officials from Zamboanga del Norte for the illegal transfer of a P4.713-million Priority...

Revilla to SC: Stop plunder and graft proceedings

DETAINED former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. has again prodded the Supreme Court to stop the proceedings at the Sandiganbayan, in connection with the...

Ex-solon Teves indicted for role in PDAF scam

THE Office of the Ombudsman on Wednesday indicted former representative Herminio Teves of Negros Oriental for his supposed involvement in a P10-million Priority Development...

Probe set on ‘missing’ Napoles reward

The Department of Justice will also investigate the P10- million rewards dangled by the Aquino administration for the arrest of suspected pork barrel scam...

Charges against me ‘ridiculous’–Aquino

FORMER President Benigno Aquino III denied on Wednesday any involvement in the multimillion-peso Priority Development Assistance Fund. He dismissed accusations linking him to the misappropriation...

Plunder raps vs Napoles upheld

A SUPREME Court decision on Tuesday meant alleged pork-barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles will not be released despite the solicitor general’s decision to reverse...

Like Muslims, Ping detests pork

The Almighty has not endowed Senator Panfilo Lacson with any of the characteristics of a canine being, but there is one capability that the...

Ecija’s Umali: PDAF properly spent

CABANATUAN CITY—The camp of former three-term Nueva Ecija governor Aurelio Umali on Saturday broke its silence on accusations of misuse of his Priority Development...

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 discretionary and lump sum...

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 Lacson said Wednesday. “After all...

Graft 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 a P9.4-million pork barrel...

CoA orders return of P18.45-m PDAF

The Commission on Audit has called the attention of the provincial government of Agusan del Sur for failing to return over P18.451 million in...

Raps readied vs Honasan

THE Ombudsman has indicted Senator Gregorio Honasan for graft charges for alleged misuse of his Priority Development Assistance Fund. The raps stemmed from Honasan endorsement...
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