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De Lima slams SolGen for snubbing Senate probe on security firm

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 03:23 PM

MANILA - Detained Senator Leila de Lima on Thursday scored Solicitor General Jose Calida for supposedly disrespecting the Senate in his refusal to attend its inquiry into contracts between his family's security firm and several government agencies.    Read more »

Minority senators seek probe on Trillanes amnesty

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 02:47 PM

MANILA - Minority senators are seeking a legislative inquiry into President Rodrigo Duterte's proclamation voiding the amnesty granted Senator Antonio Trillanes IV over two failed uprisings more than a decade ago.  Read more »

SolGen mum on role in Trillanes amnesty woes

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 05 12:51 AM

Solicitor General Jose Calida on Tuesday kept silent on his role in a declaration voiding the amnesty granted to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV.  Read more »

Facing amnesty woes, Trillanes proceeds with probe on SolGen's security firm

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 04 12:45 PM

Senator Antonio Trillanes IV pushed through with an inquiry into the alleged conflict of interest in government contracts of Solicitor General Jose Calida's security firm on Monday, hours after an announcement that the lawmaker's amnesty was revoked.    Read more »

De Lima seeks probe on unclaimed 'Pantawid' cash

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 12:06 PM

MANILA - Detained senator Leila de Lima filed a resolution seeking an inquiry into the unclaimed cash grants for the beneficiaries of the government's Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or '4Ps.' Read more »

'Nagasta na': P60 million na ibinayad ng DOT para sa ad placement, hindi ibabalik

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 08:48 PM

Humarap na sa Senado si dating Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo at mga kapatid niyang sina Ben at Erwin Tulfo kaugnay sa P60 million ad placement deal ng Department of Tourism sa PTV 4.    Read more »

'Nagasta na': Wanda Teo says brother already spent P60-M

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 14 03:49 PM

The Tulfo brothers should not return the P60-million payment they received for running tourism ads on their television show, their sister, former Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo said Tuesday, contradicting an earlier announcement by her lawyer.    Read more »

Oops! Teo calls Surigao river 'Enchanted Kingdom' twice

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 14 01:43 PM

Former Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo on Tuesday referred to Enchanted River in Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur as "Enchanted Kingdom" at least twice during a Senate investigation. Read more »

Who tapped Tulfos for DOT ads? Teo, PTV point fingers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 12:31 PM

Former Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo and state television PTV on Tuesday gave conflicting answers on who made the decision to place P60 million worth of tourism ads on a show hosted by Teo's brothers. Read more »

Gordon admonishes Tulfo over Trillanes attack

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 14 02:04 PM

Senator Richard Gordon on Tuesday admonished broadcaster Ben Tulfo over the latter's personal attack against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. Read more »

Teo, Tulfos face probe on P60M DOT ad buy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 10:30 AM

Former Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo and her siblings, broadcasters Erwin and Ben Tulfo, showed up Tuesday at a Senate inquiry into a P60-million tourism ad placement on the brothers' television program. Read more »

Zero achievement? Senate probe sought on DILG's P500-M anti-crime program

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 05 04:35 PM

Senator Leila De Lima has filed a resolution seeking a legislative inquiry into a P500-million community-based program against illegal drugs, corruption and criminality, which state auditors flagged for failing to yield accomplishments. Read more »

Senate probe on 'Tisoy' death, 'tambay' arrests sought

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 25 12:26 PM

Senator Bam Aquino is seeking an investigation into the death of Genesis "Tisoy" Argoncillo and the intensified operations against loiterers violating local ordinances.  Read more »

Sotto rejects Senate probe into priest slays

Sherri Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 14 11:23 AM

Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Thursday criticized a proposal to mount a legislative inquiry into the assassination of 3 priests in the last 6 months. Read more »

De Lima seeks Senate probe on 'influx' of Chinese nationals

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 03 03:13 PM

Detained Senator Leila de Lima has urged the Senate to investigate an alleged "influx" of Chinese nationals in the Philippines.  Read more »

Bitag offer to return P60-M an 'admission of wrongdoing' - Trillanes

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 08 12:52 PM

MANILA - The offer of Bitag Media to return P60 million it received for running tourism ads in a TV show hosted by Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo's brothers is an admission of wrongdoing, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said Tuesday.  Read more »

Dela Rosa: Korean's slay, Senate probe lowest points of my career

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 16 12:44 PM

Outgoing national police chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa on Monday shared that the killing of a Korean businessman at the hands of police and a Senate inquiry into the government's war on drugs were the lowest points in his career. Read more »

Senate mulls probe into alleged P900-M Bitcoin investment scam

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 13 01:16 PM

MANILA - A senator on Friday said he is mulling an inquiry into the alleged P900-million Bitcoin investment scam, following the arrest of a couple supposedly behind the illegal scheme. Read more »

Aquino negligent, not liable for Dengvaxia mess: Ejercito

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 12 10:46 AM

Former health secretary Janette Garin and former budget chief Florencio Abad are primarily responsible for the scrapped P3.5 billion dengue vaccination program -- not former president Benigno Aquino III, Senator JV Ejercito said Thursday.  Read more »

Iwas 'nakaw-load': Telcos urged to notify users of credit deduction

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 06 11:13 AM

Telecommunications firms should notify prepaid subscribers of all mobile load deductions real-time, Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV said Tuesday.  Read more »