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Gordon binatikos ang LTO sa kabagalan ng pagpapatupad sa Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act

Robert Mano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 08 11:20 PM

MAYNILA - Ipinagpatuloy ng Senate Blue Ribbon Committee nitong Huwebes ang pagdinig sa umano'y anomalya sa pagpapatupad ng Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act.   Read more »

Senate panel to recommend graft, corruption raps vs LTO over delayed motorcycle plates

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 04 01:34 PM

DELAYED FOR 8 YEARS: The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee will recommend the filing of graft and corruption charges against Transportation officials involved in the delayed release of motorcycle plate numbers, the panel's head said Thursday. Read more »

Gordon calls for resumption of Senate probe into PhilHealth over alleged anomalies at regional hospitals

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 20 01:23 AM

The state insurer, Gordon said, still owed the Philippine Red Cross, a nongovernment organization Gordon heads, about P700 million as of February 16. Read more »

Senate committee launches online complaint desk on LTO’s ‘poor, slow, unlawful’ services

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 10 09:22 PM

The Senate panel’s chairperson, Sen. Richard Gordon, said in a statement that the online desk would cater to the public who have concerns on the “poor and unlawful services” from LTO.    Read more »

Gordon eyes probe into illegal COVID-19 vaccinations in PH

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 05 03:25 PM

Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chair Richard Gordon on Tuesday said the Senate should look into the reported illegal COVID-19 vaccinations happening in the country, including the inoculation of some Chinese nationals and Presidential Security Group personnel. Read more »

Senate allows alleged 'ninja cop' leader to be transferred to Angeles City jail

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 28 05:31 AM

The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has allowed the alleged leader of the Pampanga "ninja cops" to be transferred to the Angeles City Jail due to "humanitarian" considerations, panel chair Sen. Richard Gordon said Tuesday. Read more »

Gordon defers submission of report on PhilHealth anomalies to avoid 'dividing' Senate

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 07 06:52 PM

Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chair Richard Gordon on Monday deferred presenting in plenary his panel's findings on alleged anomalies in the Philippine Health Insurance Corp (PhilHealth), saying he does not want to "divide the Senate." Read more »

P249.7M worth of claims to remove ‘ingrown nails’? Senate panel flags PhilHealth overpayments

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 25 11:42 PM

The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on Tuesday said several PhilHealth regional offices released a total of P249.70 million spanning 4 years for claims linked to removing ingrown nails and other foreign objects from infected skin. Read more »

Senate panel eyes raps vs Garin, Abad over alleged PhilHealth irregularities

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 25 10:00 PM

The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee recommends the filing of charges against two former Cabinet secretaries over their alleged involvement in an illegal disbursement of funds in 2015. Read more »

Gordon tags regional vice presidents as 'real' members of PhilHealth 'mafia'

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 25 05:09 PM

Sen. Richard Gordon on Tuesday tagged the Philippine Health Insurance Corp's (PhilHealth) regional vice presidents as the members of the "mafia" that is allegedly behind anomalous disbursements and corruption in the state-run insurance firm. Read more »

Senate report exposes PhilHealth exec's 'office nightclub' scene in birthday party

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 25 03:31 PM

MANILA - As a birthday present, one Philippine Health Insurance Corp (PhilHealth) executive received an "enormous box" right in his office, and out came a scantily dressed dancer who then gyrated before him in a sexy show.    Read more »

Senate denies request to transfer alleged 'ninja cop' leader to Pampanga jail

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 22 03:04 PM

The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has rejected a petition from Pampanga police officials who are seeking custody of Police Major Rodney Raymundo Baloyo IV, the alleged leader of the "ninja cops," Sen. Richard Gordon said Wednesday. Read more »

6 syndicates tagged in money laundering scandal

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 06 12:19 AM

Officials of the Philippine Anti-Money Laundering Council on the hot seat as the Senate probes the entry into the Philippines of millions of dollars in cash linked to Chinese offshore gaming operators. Read more »

Senators urge Duterte to act on anomalies involving POGOs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 05 01:03 AM

The chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee believes the Duterte administration's close ties with the Chinese government are making Philippine authorities hesitant to crack down on anomalies linked to Chinese workers of offshore gaming operators. Read more »

'Unacceptable' how 16 Bilibid killings since 2011 unsolved: Gordon

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 04 01:28 PM

It's "unacceptable" how the deaths of 16 prison officials in the national penitentiary since 2011 remain unsolved, Senator Richard Gordon said Wednesday, as he led an investigation into the latest fatality. Read more »

Senate panel recommends filing charges vs Faeldon, BuCor officials over GCTA mess

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 05 06:35 PM

MANILA - A Senate panel has recommended the filing of charges against former Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Nicanor Faeldon and 6 other officials in the national penitentiary for violations of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act after they allegedly accepted payments for the early release of some inmates.    Read more »

Senate panel recommends removing PNP control over internal investigating body

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 06 09:38 PM

The PNP’s internal investigating body should be moved under the supervision of the Ombudsman or the justice department, the Senate blue-ribbon committee said. Read more »

All Blue Ribbon members, except Lapid, back graft, drug raps vs Albayalde, Pampanga cops

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 06 09:47 PM

Sen. Lito Lapid was the lone Senate Blue Ribbon Committee member who refused to sign the panel's partial report.  Read more »

Gordon trusts colleagues would back draft panel report on ninja cops

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 19 09:50 PM

MANILA - Senator Richard Gordon believes his colleagues in the upper chamber will back the findings of the Blue Ribbon committee on the so-called ninja cops. Read more »

Gordon hits drug trafficker's 10-month hospital stay

Christian Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 19 05:00 PM

MANILA—A convicted drug trafficker left her high-security prison on at least 3 occasions, spending 10 months at a private hospital at one point for “facial pain,” said Sen. Richard Gordon, who denounced privileges accorded to moneyed inmates in the country’s corruption-ridden prison system. Read more »