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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 »

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

ABS-CBN News
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

ABS-CBN News
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 »