Senator Manuel Villar’s statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) reflects his assets to reach P725,221,964 while maintaining no liabilities. Compared to his filed SALN for the previous year, Villar’s asset were reduced from close to P1 billion to about P725 million in the election year of 2010. Despite the decrease in asset size, [...]

The resignation of Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez is now trending on the internet. Gutierrez was said to have submitted her letter of resignation to President Aquino, 10 days before the schedule of her Senate impeachment trial which was set to begin on May 9. Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo said Gutierrez personally handed her resignation letter to [...]

At the height of the controversy surrounding the closure of the Aguire-led Banco Filipino Savings & Mortgage Bank, Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) president Jose Nograles has resigned from his post as head of the state-run deposit insurer.
Sources were quick to clarify that the decision of Nograles to quit was not in any way connected [...]

The Supreme Court (SC), in their last summer session in Baguio City, upheld the constitutionality of laws passed by the 11th Congress on the cityhood of 16 municipalities. The SC justices kept their 7-6 vote, dismissing the appeal of the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) that various cityhood laws be declared unconstitutional.
The cityhood [...]

Former governor Zaldy U. Ampatuan of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) is facing plunder charges. Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo said charges will be filed against Ampatuan after an audit report revealed that unaccounted amount of P2.5 billion in government funds. Robredo said the charges could be filed by the [...]

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) filed a P73.85 million tax evasion case against Ang Galing Party-list Representative Juan Miguel Arroyo and his wife, Angela. Perhaps, the biggest fish yet, in its campaign against tax evaders, BIR Commissioner Kim Henares said the couple were charged for attempting to defeat taxes and failing to file income [...]

The ongoing investigation of former military comptroller Lieutenant General Jacinto and wife Erlinda Ligot has produced results as United States Ambassador Harry Thomas Jr. announced on Thursday that the US government has turned over to the Philippines $132,000 worth of assets of Mrs. Ligot.
Thomas, in his meeting with Justice Secretary Leila De Lima, said, “Today, [...]

Because of the transport strike scheduled today by major transport groups, the authorities deployed before dawn the first batch of buses to give free rides to commuters who were affected. Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Francis Tolentino said their personnel also started monitoring as early as 4 a.m. The Armed Forces of the Philippines [...]

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) wants to immediately put their foot on the planned transport holiday of Jeepney operators on Thursday. The LTFRB warns those who will on the jeepney strike could suffer the same fate as some bus operators.
The agency was referring to the fate of bus operators whose franchises were [...]

Nine senators signed the arrest/detention order issued by the blue ribbon committee headed by Senator Teofista Guingona III for former military comptroller Jacinto Ligot. For humanitarian consideration, his wife Erlinda Ligot was not included in the arrest order.
Those who signed the order were Guingona, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, Senators Gregorio Honasan, Franklin Drilon, Serge [...]

Upon the order of Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, Senate doctors, led by Dr. Mariano Blancia Jr. went to the Ligot couple’s residence to check the true health status. They proceeded to house of the Ligots in an “undisclosed” location to check if their declaration of “being sick” were true.
The doctor said former military comptroller [...]

Citing health reasons in a letter sent by their lawyer, Rafael Zialcita, to the chairman of the committee, Senator Teofisto Guingona III, the controversial couple, former military comptroller Jacinto Ligot and wife, Erlinda, did not show today at the resumption of the Senate blue ribbon committee investigation into the alleged anomalies in the military.
The letter [...]

Senator ProTempore Jinggoy Estrada filed a motion to cite the Ligot couple in contempt for refusing to answer the senator’s queries during the Senate hearing on Monday.  This was immediately seconded by Senator Teofisto Guingona III, chairman of the Senate blue ribbon committee.
For lack of quorum, however, the committee failed to vote on the motion. [...]

Good news for many of us, Mr. President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III is coming home with $2.8 billion pledges of investment. This also includes the Millennium Challenge Corp. that grant $434 million and will be using for road construction, tax administration projects and specially for fighting the poverty.
This will help our economy to grow [...]

How many years ago since our former president Joseph Ejercito Estrada was kicked out on the palace because one of the issue that he was involved was in jueteng. Does the government really needs this fight against this illegal gambling? Or many in the government are making money for themselves out of it.
Now that the [...]

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has decided to extend the voting hours in the coming election on May 10. The Comelec said it will extend voting by three hours in order to accommodate a large numbers of voters in the clustered precincts.
The poll body released its General Instructions recently saying that voting precincts will be [...]

It’s official – Manny for Manny. Manny Pacquiao for Manny Villar that is. That is because the pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao has declared his support for Nacionalist Party (NP) president and standard-bearer Senator Manny Villar.
He officially joined the roster of NP members when he took his oath allegiance… err, membership, before Villar last Thursday in [...]

They could have been prepared with all their firepower, but they weren’t even able to fire them. Because Malacañang beat them to it and lifted the proclamation of martial law in Maguindanao today at 9 p.m. Hence, the Congress decided to terminate the joint session it scheduled for the deliberation of the martial law proclaimed [...]

And so ends months of speculations as the president of the country finally made known to the public her political plan for 2010. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo made the official announcement in an interview aired over government radio.
“I will file my candidacy for Congress in order to serve the hardworking people of my home province,” [...]

The Liberal Party (LP), led by its presidential and vice-presidential bet, Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and Senator Manuel Roxas III, together with their senatoriables, was the first to file their certificate of candidacy as a group.
The senatorial line up of the LP include Anakbayan Partylist Representative Risa Hontiveros-Baraquel, former National Economic Development Authority head [...]