PHILSTAR: GMA may transfer from VMMC to Makati Medical Center Former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo may be transferred from the Veterans' Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) in Quezon City to the Makati Medical Center (MMC) tomorrow, following a choking episode on Thursday, her husband said yesterday. Jose Miguel "Mike" Arroyo said his 65-year-old wife told him that she already made arrangements to be transferred to the MMC next week, if possible by tomorrow where there are more advanced medical facilities.
Sunday, September 29, 2013
PARANG KAHAPON LANG: KIMBERLY JANE TAN, GMA News March 13 2012 7:24pm
The Senate, sitting as the impeachment court, on Tuesday reprimanded defense counsel Jose Roy III for claiming last month that Malacañang dangled a P100-million bribe for each senator-judge in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona. Roy was earlier cited for contempt for refusing to disclose the source of the defense's information and the identify the senator-judges whom he said were approached by Malacañang.
The Senate, sitting as the impeachment court, on Tuesday reprimanded defense counsel Jose Roy III for claiming last month that Malacañang dangled a P100-million bribe for each senator-judge in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona. Roy was earlier cited for contempt for refusing to disclose the source of the defense's information and the identify the senator-judges whom he said were approached by Malacañang.
TRIBUNE: Several Palace breaches in extra pork - Joker
"Abad opens himself to liability for the crime of falsification of legislative documents under Articles 170 and 171 of the Revised Penal Code which penalizes, 'any public officer who, taking advantage of his official position shall falsify a document by causing it to appear that persons have participated in any act or proceeding when they did not in fact so participate (or) making untruthful statement in the narration of facts," he said. "That is exactly what Abad did when he issued a deceptively crafted press release that made it appear that, although I voted to acquit Corona, I was, nonetheless, given P47 million along with other senators who allegedly received P50 million each over and above their PDAF allocations, which is now perceived to be a gratuity for their vote of conviction," he added.
"Abad opens himself to liability for the crime of falsification of legislative documents under Articles 170 and 171 of the Revised Penal Code which penalizes, 'any public officer who, taking advantage of his official position shall falsify a document by causing it to appear that persons have participated in any act or proceeding when they did not in fact so participate (or) making untruthful statement in the narration of facts," he said. "That is exactly what Abad did when he issued a deceptively crafted press release that made it appear that, although I voted to acquit Corona, I was, nonetheless, given P47 million along with other senators who allegedly received P50 million each over and above their PDAF allocations, which is now perceived to be a gratuity for their vote of conviction," he added.
PHILSTAR: ATTY JOSE SISON - In this three years in office, PNoy even increased the pork barrel funds of the legislators by more than 150 percent. Thus people are now saying that never has there been so much money stolen and/or wrongfully used than during his administration. And this observation is indeed confirmed by the on-going probe and continuing expose on the P10 billion pork barrel scam allegedly masterminded by Janet Lim Napoles.
PHILSTAR: ATTY JOSE SISON - In this three years in office, PNoy even increased the pork barrel funds of the legislators by more than 150 percent. Thus people are now saying that never has there been so much money stolen and/or wrongfully used than during his administration. And this observation is indeed confirmed by the on-going probe and continuing expose on the P10 billion pork barrel scam allegedly masterminded by Janet Lim Napoles.
MLA STANDARD: BOBI TIGLAO - P559 MILLION RELEASED BEFORE SENATE VOTE VS. CORONA
As it turns out now, then Supreme Court Justice Renato Corona didn't have a chance in the impeachment trial. It was all a charade, a tele-novela by the Senate and the administration. To use that biting Pilipino term, "pera-pera lang pala," ("It was all about money.")
As it turns out now, then Supreme Court Justice Renato Corona didn't have a chance in the impeachment trial. It was all a charade, a tele-novela by the Senate and the administration. To use that biting Pilipino term, "pera-pera lang pala," ("It was all about money.")
MLA STANDARD: DRILON GOT P100M FROM PALACE 'PORK'
Senators confirms off-budget fund releases - SENATE Pres Franklin Drilon on Sunday confirmed the existence of an off-budget Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) fund that critics described as presidential pork barrel distributed to senators in 2012 shortly after they convicted impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona, and in early 2013, which each receiving P50 million to P100 million.
Senators confirms off-budget fund releases - SENATE Pres Franklin Drilon on Sunday confirmed the existence of an off-budget Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) fund that critics described as presidential pork barrel distributed to senators in 2012 shortly after they convicted impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona, and in early 2013, which each receiving P50 million to P100 million.
INQUIRER: JOKER ARROYO - OUTRIGHT BRIBERY AT PALACE DOORSTEP
Former Sen. Joker Arroyo on Sunday accused Malacañang of attempting to deceive the public by lumping him together with 19 senators who received additional pork barrel amounting to P1.107 billion a few months after the Senate voted to convict then Chief Justice Renato Corona last year.
Former Sen. Joker Arroyo on Sunday accused Malacañang of attempting to deceive the public by lumping him together with 19 senators who received additional pork barrel amounting to P1.107 billion a few months after the Senate voted to convict then Chief Justice Renato Corona last year.
PHILSTAR: DICK PASCUAL
- The public can no longer put up with this Senate charade, performed at great taxpayer's expense, of the CORRUPT INVESTIGATING THE CORRUPT. There should be some way of forcing the senators who have dipped their sticky fingers into the pork barrel to return at least 99 percent of the loot as an initial act of restitution to mitigate the plunder. After that penitential act, the YELLOW RIBBON committee can SELF-DESTRUCT. Senators who want a closer view of big-time corruption in government can just look at themselves in the mirror. That solo act is less oppressive to taxpayers.
- The public can no longer put up with this Senate charade, performed at great taxpayer's expense, of the CORRUPT INVESTIGATING THE CORRUPT. There should be some way of forcing the senators who have dipped their sticky fingers into the pork barrel to return at least 99 percent of the loot as an initial act of restitution to mitigate the plunder. After that penitential act, the YELLOW RIBBON committee can SELF-DESTRUCT. Senators who want a closer view of big-time corruption in government can just look at themselves in the mirror. That solo act is less oppressive to taxpayers.
MALAYA: ROU (Reformist Officers United) MANIFESTO
"From the first day, PNoy, using useless advocacy of 'Matuwid na Daan', has actually steered the country in one direction alone, that of private gains and and mindless arrogance... for more than three long, unhappy years (Aquino) has drifted with neither will or ability to govern, muddling through all our national crises, setting a record of corruption and plunder, incompetence and clumsiness... offering solutions which are short-sighted, meaningless palliatives and rhetoric that leave more frustrated than ever.
"From the first day, PNoy, using useless advocacy of 'Matuwid na Daan', has actually steered the country in one direction alone, that of private gains and and mindless arrogance... for more than three long, unhappy years (Aquino) has drifted with neither will or ability to govern, muddling through all our national crises, setting a record of corruption and plunder, incompetence and clumsiness... offering solutions which are short-sighted, meaningless palliatives and rhetoric that leave more frustrated than ever.
ABS-CBN: Ex-CJ Puno tells Senate: You risk destroying yourself
Former CJ Reynato Puno said the Senate will wreck itself as an institution if it will surrender its right to investigate in aid of legislation. The Senate, thru its Blue Ribbon Committee, should uphold its right to investigate is a crucial component of the power to enact laws which the Constitution right to investigate in aid of legislation cannot be defeated nor diminished by any confidentiality rule which is only found in the Rules of Procedure of the Office of the Ombudsman. An administrative rule can never negate a constitutional grant of power," he said.
Former CJ Reynato Puno said the Senate will wreck itself as an institution if it will surrender its right to investigate in aid of legislation. The Senate, thru its Blue Ribbon Committee, should uphold its right to investigate is a crucial component of the power to enact laws which the Constitution right to investigate in aid of legislation cannot be defeated nor diminished by any confidentiality rule which is only found in the Rules of Procedure of the Office of the Ombudsman. An administrative rule can never negate a constitutional grant of power," he said.
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