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‘Negligent, incompetent’: Why President Marcos should fire Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman, according to Rep. Egay Erice
Caloocan 2nd District Rep. Edgar “Egay” Erice on Saturday, October 18, called on President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to fire Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman, saying her department failed to prevent what he described as “unprecedented diversions and insertions” amounting to ₱1.45 trillion over…
‘Bakit siya?’: Leviste hits appointment of Arrey Perez to DPWH, cites ‘questionable record’ in BCDA procurement
Batangas 1st District Rep. Leandro Leviste on Friday questioned the appointment of Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Undersecretary Arrey Perez to a key procurement role, citing what he described as a “questionable history” in bidding and procurement during Perez’s time at the Bases…
‘Huwag subukan ang pasensya ng tao’: Tiangco presses DFA to revoke Zaldy Co’s passport
Navotas Rep. Toby Tiangco on Friday, October 17, urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to cancel the passport of former Ako Bicol Rep. Zaldy Co, warning that inaction could test the patience of the public and erode trust in the ongoing investigations into anomalies in trillions worth of…
Passing 2026 DPWH budget without 25% reduction tantamount to approving kickbacks, Leandro Leviste warns
Batangas 1st District Rep. Leandro Leviste warned that approving the 2026 budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) without lowering project costs by 25 percent would be tantamount to endorsing the entrenched system of kickbacks that has long plagued the agency. “Kung papayagan…
Leandro Leviste urges DPWH to cut 25% from infra budget in his district to eliminate kickbacks, build new classrooms
If it were your own money, would you knowingly spend it on overpriced projects? This was the question that Batangas 1st District Rep. Leandro Leviste sought to answer as he announced plans to begin his reform push within his own district. During “The Public Works Reform Agenda Series” segment of…
Zaldy Co ‘apprehensive’ about returning to the Philippines
While he claims he has “every intention” of coming home, embattled Ako Bicol Partylist Rep. Elizaldy “Zaldy” Co said he is “apprehensive” about returning to the Philippines. Co made the statement following the revocation of his travel clearance by Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy III, citing safety…
May pera sa basura? Ex-security aide details how kickbacks are delivered to Martin Romualdez, Zaldy Co
The ex-security aide of Ako Bicol Rep. Zaldy Co testified before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee that he personally delivered suitcases filled with cash to the houses of Co and former House Speaker Martin Romualdez. During the committee’s hearing on Thursday, September 25, Orly Guteza told…
Zaldy Co has four days left to return to PH
Ako Bicol Rep. Elizaldy “Zaldy” Co has only four days left to comply with House Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy III’s order revoking his travel clearance and directing him to return to the Philippines. Dy earlier gave Co 10 days to come home, citing the “paramount interest of the public” and “pressing…
House Speaker Bojie Dy revokes Rep. Zaldy Co’s travel clearance, orders return to PH
House Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy III has revoked the travel clearance of Ako Bicol partylist Rep. Elizaldy “Zaldy” Co and directed him to return to the Philippines within ten days. In a formal letter dated September 18, Dy told Co that his travel clearance for a personal trip was “revoked…
Ping Lacson hails Leandro Leviste for rejecting ₱360M bribe, leading entrapment vs. DPWH engineer
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson praised Batangas 1st District Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste for rejecting an alleged ₱360-million bribe from a Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) district engineer and for helping stage an entrapment operation that resulted in the official’s arrest. “My…
Lacson says senators, too, may be implicated in flood control anomalies
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Saturday warned that members of both houses of Congress may be implicated in anomalies surrounding billions of pesos worth of flood control projects, citing the practice of budget insertions in the General Appropriations Act (GAA). Speaking in an interview on DZRH…
Ping Lacson denies allegations of ‘playing safe’ on impeachment case vs Vice President Sara Duterte
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Friday, August 8, cleared insinuations that he “played safe” during the August 6 plenary session which tackled whether or not to archive the Articles of Impeachment for the Vice President. This, after he emerged as the lone abstainee with the upper chamber of…
Makabayan partylist umapela sa Korte Suprema sa pagdeklarang ‘unconstitutional’ ng articles of impeachment vs VP Sara Duterte
Naghain ng Joint Motion for Reconsideration sa Korte Suprema ang mga kinatawan ng Makabayan party-list at mga lider-masa upang hilinging baligtarin ang desisyon nito noong Hulyo 2025 na ideklarang labag sa Konstitusyon ang impeachment proceedings laban kay Vice President Sara Duterte. Kabilang sa…
Senado in-archive mga articles of impeachment vs VP Sara Duterte
Sa botong 19-4-1, in-archive ng Senado ang mga inihaing impeachment case laban kay Vice President Sara Duterte, alinsunod sa desisyon ng Korte Suprema na idineklarang unconstitutional ang mga ito. Ito ay matapos ibasura ng Senado ang mosyon ni Senate Minority Floor Leader Vicente “Tito” Sotto III…