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Ex-CIDG chief Magalong to appear before Senate hearing on GCTA mess

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 14 12:47 PM

MANILA - Baguio City mayor Benjamin Magalong on Saturday confirmed that he is set to appear in the Senate hearing on the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) mess next week. Read more »

Senate panel cites BuCor officials in contempt over Bilibid mess

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 12 11:48 PM

MANILA - The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee led by Sen. Richard Gordon on Thursday cited three Bureau of Corrections officials in contempt for being “evasive” in their responses to the panel regarding the alleged anomalies at the New Bilibid Prison. Read more »

BuCor submits to Senate list of heinous crime convicts freed under GCTA law

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Posted at Sep 05 01:14 PM

The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) has submitted to the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee the list of more than 2,000 heinous crime convicts released on account of good conduct since October 2013. Read more »

Gordon: BuCor officials 'connived' to allow rapist-killer Sanchez's early release

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Posted at Aug 31 03:19 PM

Several Bureau of Corrections officials connived to set free former Calauan, Laguna mayor Antonio Sanchez, who was convicted for raping and killing 2 college students, a senator said Saturday. Read more »

Senate to begin probe on controversial early release of inmates on Sept. 2

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 06:39 PM

The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee will probe next week the controversial early release of inmates for good conduct, particularly the case of convicted rapist-killer former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez. Committee chair Sen. Richard Gordon says convicts who committed heinous crimes should not be eligible for early release.  Read more »

Will cigarette smuggling worsen with sin tax hike?

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 27 09:32 PM

MANILA - Senate President Vicente Sotto III and Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chair Richard Gordon have expressed concern that smuggling of cigarettes and other tobacco products may worsen should the proposal to raise excise taxes gain the Senate's approval.  Read more »

Senate to probe unauthorized practice of foreign doctors in PH: Gordon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 27 05:49 PM

Gordon received reports that Pakistani and Nepalese doctors have allegedly been serving as medical consultants in several government hospitals in rural areas. Read more »

'4 dawit sa pagpuslit ng P11-B shabu, ipaaaresto'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 22 09:12 PM

Ipinaaresto ng Senate Blue Ribbon Committee ang isang dating opisyal ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency at tatlong iba pa dahil sa hindi pagsipot sa pagdinig ng Senado sa bilyon-bilyong pisong shabu shipment. Read more »

Ex-customs officer tagged in P6.8-billion drug shipment slip under Senate custody

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 25 04:55 PM

MANILA - Senator Richard Gordon said Thursday he has placed under the Senate's protective custody a former Customs officer tagged in the release of a P6.8-billion drug shipment through the port of Manila in August.    Read more »

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

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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

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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

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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

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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 Nov 21 05:56 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 Aug 13 03:58 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

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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 Jul 30 03:13 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 »