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Robredo welcomes Duterte's support on COVID-19 relief ops

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Updated as of Apr 05 11:18 AM

MANILA - Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday welcomed President Rodrigo Duterte's move to fire an anti-corruption official who sought for a probe against her coronavirus pandemic relief efforts. Read more »

Duterte fires PACC exec who sought probe on Robredo's coronavirus relief efforts

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 04 12:07 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday night said he fired Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) commissioner Manuelito Luna for calling an investigation on Vice President Leni Robredo's efforts for the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

VP Robredo, dapat umanong imbestigahan dahil sa pakikipagkompetensiya sa gobyerno sa paghatid ng COVID-19 relief

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Updated as of Apr 02 11:32 PM

Bukod sa medical supplies at PPE, nagbigay din si Vice President Leni Robredo ng libreng shuttle service at dormitoryo sa mga health worker. Gusto itong paimbestigahan sa NBI ni Commissioner Manuelito Luna ng Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission. Katwiran ni Luna, tila nakikipagkompetensya si Robredo sa gobyerno sa paghahatid ng COVID-19 relief.  Read more »

'Outraged' minority senators condemn PACC official's call to probe Robredo's COVID-19 relief drive

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 02 05:27 PM

The Presidential Anti-Crime Commission's (PACC) should "stop adding to the failures" of the Philippines in responding to the coronavirus crisis, minority senators said Thursday, hours after the agency urged authorities to probe Vice President Leni Robredo's donations for coronavirus-hit Filipinos. Read more »

DILG chief sees no Robredo violation of Bayanihan act after PACC official's probe call

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Posted at Apr 02 04:52 PM

MANILA - Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said Thursday he sees no violation committed by Vice President Leni Robredo in pursuing relief operations to support the needy amid the lockdown in Luzon to prevent the spread of COVID-19.  Read more »

Call to probe Robredo over relief ops commissioner's 'personal opinion,' not PACC stand: Belgica

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Updated as of Apr 03 12:09 AM

MANILA (UPDATE) - The call of an anti-corruption official to investigate Vice President Leni Robredo for supposedly competing with government's relief efforts amid the COVID-19 pandemic was just his "personal opinion."   Read more »

Prisons officials' 'ignorance' of good conduct law 'no excuse': official

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Updated as of Sep 04 10:59 AM

Ignorance of the law does not excuse prison officials from being liable for releasing heinous crime convicts, an official of the President's anti-corruption body said Wednesday. Read more »

Panelo did not 'appear' to endorse Sanchez release: anti-corruption official

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 04 09:11 AM

There is "no basis yet" to investigate Panelo over the attempt to his former client, Antonio Sanchez, to be freed early on good conduct, said Commissioner Manuelito Luna of the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission. Read more »

Palace distances from Robredo impeachment talk

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 15 04:03 PM

Malacañang said Monday it is leaving it up to the courts to decide whether Vice President Leni Robredo should be impeached over her remarks supporting the United Nations resolution seeking to review the drug war. Read more »

PACC chief says Robredo impeachment rap remark a 'warning'

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Updated as of Jul 15 08:54 AM

PACC commissioner Atty. Manuelito Luna said he does not intend to file any impeachment complaint against Robredo. Read more »

Robredo camp not threatened by PACC impeachment comment

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 15 12:23 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo is willing to face any impeachment call, her spokesperson Atty. Barry Gutierrez said on Sunday. Read more »

Anti-corruption body: Robredo can be impeached for supporting UN resolution

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 13 09:46 PM

Robredo on Friday said she would welcome UN investigators when their review on the alleged human-rights violations starts. Read more »

Trillanes plea vs inciting to sedition indictment blocked

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 19 03:35 PM

MANILA - A group of lawyers has opposed Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV's plea for the Pasay City Prosecutor's Office to reconsider his indictment for inciting to sedition over remarks he made in the Senate last year. Read more »

Labor chief wants PACC exec sacked over probe 'abuse'

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 08 09:20 AM

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello on Tuesday said he will seek the ouster of an anti-corruption commissioner for alleged abuse of authority in an investigation against him and 2 other Cabinet members. Read more »

Lawyers insist Trillanes incited sedition, planned coup vs Duterte

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 08 07:10 PM

The lawyers who filed an inciting to sedition and proposal to commit coup d’etat complaint against Sen. Antonio Trillanes submitted their reply-affidavit before the Pasay City Prosecutor’s office Thursday afternoon, rebutting the points raised by the senator in his counter-affidavit. Read more »

Constitutional amendment needed to reform party-list system: election lawyer

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Posted at Oct 26 04:17 PM

A veteran election lawyer said a constitutional amendment is needed in order to reform the country's party-list system. Read more »

Duterte's anti-corruption body probes alleged anomalies in 3 Aquino gov't projects

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 17 08:06 PM

The Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) is investigating a multi-billion anomaly “at a very large scale” that allegedly took place during the term of former President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III.  Read more »