Latest in preventive suspensionJustice Secretary Fredderick Vida rejected Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano’s call to suspend NBI Director Melvin Matibag alongside Acting Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Mao Aplasca, saying he sees no grounds for such a move and that it is not within his authority as Justice Secretary to issue a…
Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano on Friday, May 15, called on Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla to suspend National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin Matibag alongside Acting Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Mao Aplasca, saying the NBI chief is more culpable in the Senate shooting…
Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla on Friday signed a six-month preventive suspension order against Acting Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Mao Aplasca, effective immediately, making it the first concrete institutional consequence of the shooting incident that rocked the Senate on the night of…
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