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Sandiganbayan allows ex-VP Binay to travel to Italy

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 18 05:28 PM

The Sandiganbayan has allowed former Vice President Jejomar Binay to fly to Italy, with certain conditions.  Read more »

Mocha Uson, blogger sorry over offensive sign language video

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 17 11:56 PM

MANILA (UPDATED) - Presidential Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson on Monday said she will take full responsibility for the actions of blogger Andrew Olivar, who is accused of making fun of sign language in a video. Read more »

Nancy slams Mocha, blogger for 'mocking' sign language

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 17 05:18 PM

Senator Nancy Binay on Monday scored Presidential Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson and blogger Drew Olivar for supposedly making fun of sign language. Read more »

'Kakulangan sa crisis management' sa NAIA, pinuna ng mga senador

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 08:48 PM

Bagaman walang nasaktan sa insidente, kinuwestiyon pa rin ng ilang senador ang pagliban ng mga airline officials sa mga pagpupulong ng MIAA tungkol sa crisis management ng sitwasyon Read more »

Tugade grilled in Senate for not rushing to NAIA during runway closure

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 05:52 PM

Senators on Wednesday slammed Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade for not immediately going to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport during its 36-hour runway closure earlier this month. Read more »

Sandiganbayan junks move to turn ex-Makati official state witness vs Elenita Binay

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 04:39 PM

MANILA - The Sandiganbayan has junked the request of government prosecutors to turn former Makati City General Services chief Ernesto Aspillaga into a state witness against former Makati City Mayor Elenita Binay, who is accused of graft over the purchase of P72.065 million worth of office furniture. Read more »

Makati mulls real-time monitoring of police ops through body cameras

Ron Gagalac, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 22 09:12 PM

The Makati City government plans to connect Makati policemen's body cameras to the city's command center following the controversy over the arrest of three lawyers during a drug raid in a Makati bar.  Read more »

Makati subway: City gov't eyes December groundbreaking

Ron Gagalac, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 22 03:12 PM

The $3.7-billion project, which can serve more than 700,000 passengers daily was proposed by Filipino firm IRC Allied with several Chinese partners.   Read more »

Binay vs Binay? Mayor Abby says seeking reelection with dad's support

Ron Gagalac, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 22 02:52 PM

Makati City Mayor Abigail Binay said Wednesday she has the support of her father former Vice President Jejomar Binay Sr. to seek reelection in the 2019 polls.   Read more »

Customs should give smuggled rice to families hit by 'habagat': Binay

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 15 03:18 PM

Senator Nancy Binay on Wednesday urged the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to turn over the smuggled rice the agency has seized to the social welfare department’s relief operations program for flood victims. Read more »

'Kayo ang bastos!': Uson hits senators over federalism dance rebuke

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 07 09:14 AM

Palace Communications Assistant Secretary Margaux "Mocha" Uson on Monday fired back at senators who criticized her over a controversial video that sought to explain federalism.    Read more »

Nancy tells Mocha: Federalism not a comedy material

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 06 01:23 PM

Federalism is not an amusement piece or a comedy material, Senator Nancy Binay said Monday as Communication Assistant Secretary Margaux "Mocha" Uson drew flak after her co-host in an online show danced lewdly to promote this form of government. Read more »

SILIPIN: Mga bumida sa red carpet ng SONA 2018

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 11:04 PM

Bumida sa SONA red carpet ang Pinoy fashion mula sa mga likha ng mga katutubo at world-class designers. Read more »

'Match na match sa carpet': Nancy Binay jokes about her dress

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 23 02:54 PM

"O diba, match na match ako sa carpet?" Read more »

Makati subway to have station near Metro Manila subway, says Binay

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 18 09:03 PM

MANILA - The proposed Makati subway will have a station near the planned Metro Manila subway so that passengers from one railway can easily transfer to the other, Makati Mayor Abigail Binay said on Wednesday.  Read more »

Sen. Binay to police: Treat killings as 'systemic failure vs crime'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 04 03:56 PM

Law enforcers should acknowledge the recent killings of local officials, priests and journalists as a "systematic failure" in the campaign against crime, instead of branding these as isolated incidents, Senator Nancy Binay said Wednesday.  Read more »

Sandiganbayan junks Binays' plea to quash Makati high school building raps

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 26 01:27 PM

The Sandiganbayan 5th Division denied the motion that former Vice President Jejomar Binay and his son former Makati City Mayor Junjun Binay filed seeking to quash their graft and falsification of documents cases involving the construction of a building of the Makati Science High School. Read more »

Makati suspends 21 construction projects for building code violations

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 23 03:15 PM

The city government of Makati has suspended the construction of 21 buildings after they were found to be non-compliant with the National Building Code of the Philippines.   Read more »

Ombudsman recommends graft charges vs Binay over Boy Scouts-Alphaland deal

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 13 05:34 PM

The Office of the Ombudsman's field investigation office has recommended the filing of graft charges against former Vice President Jejomar Binay over the allegedly anomalous land deal between Alphaland and the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP).   Read more »

COA orders Binays to 'settle' P2.29-B spent for overpriced parking building

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 04 05:48 PM

The Fraud Audit Office of the Commission on Audit has sent two notices of disallowance to the Makati City government in connection with the P2.29 billion design and construction of the Makati City Hall Parking Building 2 project of former Makati City mayors Jejomar Binay and Jejomar Erwin Binay Jr.  Read more »