Rody to Dick: You got P88 million pork?
President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday asked Senator Richard Gordon whether it is true that he “parked” at least P88 million in ...
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VP, senators, allies mourn passing of ex-DSWD chief ‘Dinky’ Soliman
Former Social Welfare Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman passed away Sunday morning after complications from renal and heart failure, her family ...
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Luxury cars for Pharmally execs
Officials of the small pharmaceutical company that bagged P8.5 billion in government contracts for COVID-19 pandemic supplies rewarded themselves by ...
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Palace-Senate ‘ruckus’ looms over probes
President Rodrigo Duterte is requiring all Cabinet secretaries to first get his approval before attending Senate hearings on the deficiencies ...
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De Lima takes a swipe at Rody in Senate reso
Opposition Sen. Leila De Lima has filed Senate Resolution 898 expressing the sense of the Senate that President Rodrigo Duterte ...
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PRC may be compelled to open its books, Palace says
The Duterte administration could ask the courts to compel the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) to submit its financial records for ...
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Senators confusing Yang’s two distinct events–lawyer
The legal counsel of former presidential economic adviser Michael Yang said Sunday senators were confusing Yang’s meeting at the Palace ...
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PRC told: Open books or suffer funding cut
President Rodrigo Duterte has urged Senator Richard Gordon to open the financial records of the Philippine Red Cross for thorough ...
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The way I see it
"I believe COVID is here to stay, and that graft and corruption will continue in this last year of the ...
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Gordon dared to step down as PRC boss
President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday continued his attacks on Senator Richard Gordon, who is leading a Senate investigation into questionable ...
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