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OPINION: In July, Calida sought a businessman’s help with Trillanes

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Oct 05 07:17 PM

The country’s democratic institutions took a beating just to save Solicitor General Jose Calida from having to answer his security agency’s dealings with the government. Read more »

Tulfo siblings won't return gov't funds in advertising deal

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 11:31 PM

Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chairman Richard Gordon said there's a clear conflict of interest, following Tusday's probe into the tourism department's controversial ad placement.  Read more »

Senate panel files report on Dengvaxia mess

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 01 03:41 PM

A Senate panel that investigated the controversy surrounding government's nationwide dengue immunization program has filed its report which found former President Benigno Aquino III and some of his officials liable. Read more »

Aquino sinisi sa Dengvaxia issue ng Gordon panel draft report

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 11 07:25 PM

Tinawag si dating Pangulong Aquino na 'manhid' kaugnay ng isyu ng Dengvaxia sa ulat ng komite ni Senador Gordon na hindi pa napipirmahan ng ibang mga miyembro ng komite. Read more »

Aquino, 'conspirators' should face raps over Dengvaxia: Gordon

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 11 06:46 PM

MANILA - (UPDATED) Former President Benigno Aquino III and his former aides "should be held criminally liable" over the scrapped P3.5 billion dengue vaccination program, according to a Senate panel report bared Wednesday by Senator Richard Gordon.  Read more »

'Smuggling' numbers don't lie

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 20 07:22 PM

Senator Richard Gordon discusses with Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) representatives a discrepancy between the value of imports with the Bureau of Customs and the taxes collected by the BIR, during the Senate Blue Ribbon hearing on the P6.4 billion 'shabu' smuggling from China, on Tuesday.  Read more »

PAO to continue with autopsies despite dengue expert’s statements

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 14 11:05 PM

The Senate blue-ribbon committee will recommend criminal charges against former President Aquino and other officials linked to the Dengvaxia controversy. Read more »

Mga naturukan ng Dengvaxia, dapat isinailalim muna sa pre-test: eksperto

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 13 08:38 PM

Iginiit ng US-based dengue research expert na si Dr. Scott Halstead na bago bakunahan ang isang indibidwal, dapat munang magsagawa ng pre-test o "sero-screening." Read more »

Dengvaxia timeline shows apparent haste in vaccine approval: Gordon

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 09 03:39 PM

The head of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee believes there was "apparent haste" in the decision of the Aquino administration to procure billions of pesos worth of the dengue vaccine Dengvaxia before the end of President Aquino's term in 2016.  Read more »

Faeldon transferred to Pasay City jail

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 30 12:33 PM

MANILA - Former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon has been transferred to the Pasay City Jail on Tuesday after being cited in contempt by the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee.    Read more »

Senate orders Faeldon transfer to Pasay City Jail

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 29 10:43 PM

(UPDATED) Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chairman Richard Gordon said senators unanimously decided to cite former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon in contempt and transfer him to the Pasay City Jail. Read more »

Senate invites Aquino to dengue vaccine probe

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 12 11:06 PM

The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has invited former president Benigno Aquino III to its next hearing on the controversial Dengvaxia dengue vaccine. Read more »

Faeldon, pinakakasuhan sa P6.4 bilyong shabu shipment

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 24 02:08 AM

Inirekomenda ng Senate blue ribbon committee sa Ombudsman na kasuhan si dating Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon kaugnay ng nakalusot na P6.4 bilyong shabu shipment mula sa China. Read more »

OPINION: Don’t forget the 604 kilos of shabu

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Oct 19 03:56 PM

Every drug-related killing should be a reminder to the public of the 604 kilos of shabu that passed through Customs without inspection because someone influential sponsored it. Read more »

Anong intensiyon mo? Ping questions why Faeldon met with players

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 04 03:04 PM

Senator Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday questioned former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon's motive for pulling together all players in a meeting before. Read more »

Customs employee claims she collected bribes for bosses

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 04 11:53 AM

A customs employee came forward on Wednesday alleging she had been instructed to collect bribes from fixer Mark Taguba for her 2 bosses on at least 3 occasions. Read more »

Pacquiao says he'll spend money to find out who spread 'fake news'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 29 07:23 PM

Senator Manny Pacquiao said he will spend personal money to find out who disseminated the "fake news" that he and six others did not sign Senate Resolution 516, which seeks to probe the deaths of youth under the drug war. Read more »

Gordon: Faeldon to be held at Senate or city jail

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 08 12:32 PM

Former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon will be detained at the Senate or the city jail in Pasay or Muntinlupa if he refuses to cooperate in the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on alleged corruption at the Bureau of Customs, panel chair Sen. Richard Gordon said Friday. Read more »

OPINION: Paolo Duterte’s silence would be a deafening confirmation of his role in ‘Davao group’

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Sep 06 04:49 PM

The saying “A fish is caught by its mouth” applies to President Duterte on the issue of the alleged involvement of his son, Davao City Mayor Paolo Duterte, and his son-in-law, Atty. Manases Carpio in the release without inspection by the Bureau of Customs of a shipment containing 604 kilos of shabu worth P6.2 billion last May. Read more »

Paolo Duterte, Mans Carpio, haharap sa pagdinig ng Senado

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 05 01:12 AM

Pinahaharap sa Senate Blue Ribbon Committee sa Huwebes, Setyembre 7, sina Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte at bayaw niyang si Atty. Manases "Mans" Carpio. Read more »