ANC: Bucor Chief Gaudencio Pangilinan goes on leave pending probe on Rolito Go disappearance.

PHILSTAR: Cayetano confronts Comelec on P4.3-million purchase of beds, mattresses
 - Cayetano was alarmed over the price of a king-size bed with mattress at P91, 250 each and procurement of P430,552.35 worth of blinds and P694,589.72 for curtains for the Comelec mansion in Baguio.

PHILSTAR: Cayetano confronts Comelec on P4.3-million purchase of beds, mattresses
 - Cayetano was alarmed over the price of a king-size bed with mattress at P91, 250 each and procurement of P430,552.35 worth of blinds and P694,589.72 for curtains for the Comelec mansion in Baguio.

PHILSTAR: Ombudsman files 2 graft cases vs NBN deal whistle-blower
- The Office of the Ombudsman has filed two graft cases against national broadband network (NBN) deal anomaly whistle-blower Rodolfo Noel Lozada Jr. before the Sandiganbayan. The complaint filed on Tuesday by the PCGG said Lozada granted leasehold rights over public lands to his brother Jose Orlando and to a private company that has connections to him and his wife. Lozada was separately indicted for a second graft charge for also granting leasehold rights of another public land to Transforma Quinta Inc., a private entity that he and his wife were representing.

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As for his Ombudsman, even without waiting for Gloria and her counsels to reply to the charge, she quickly elevated this case to the Sandiganbayan. She, a former SC associate justice, was even preached to on basic rights by the Sandiganbayan.

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As for his Ombudsman, even without waiting for Gloria and her counsels to reply to the charge, she quickly elevated this case to the Sandiganbayan. She, a former SC associate justice, was even preached to on basic rights by the Sandiganbayan.

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But when the Pasay City judge granted Gloria bail, on account of the witness' questionable credibility and no hard evidence presented by the Comelec, and Gloria was out of detention, there went Noynoy again, ordering his Ombudsman to quickly charge her with plunder, again a non-bailable offense. That Noynoy had ordered his Ombudsman, who claims to be independent, but is hardly that, can be gleaned from the fact that, immediately after Gloria was granted bail, he told reporters that there was another plunder case already filed against the former President, which, of course, would cut short her temporary freedom. 

TRIBUNE: Worse, reports have already said that her panel of investigators had stated that there was no case for plunder against Gloria, and that at most, the charge could be technical malversation. What  did the Ombudsman do, if not get her trusted aides to reverse the findings, for the sole reason that Noynoy and she wanted Gloria detained on plunder. And that is what they call the Noynoy reforms in the justice system - fueled by vindictiveness.

TRIBUNE: Worse, reports have already said that her panel of investigators had stated that there was no case for plunder against Gloria, and that at most, the charge could be technical malversation. What  did the Ombudsman do, if not get her trusted aides to reverse the findings, for the sole reason that Noynoy and she wanted Gloria detained on plunder. And that is what they call the Noynoy reforms in the justice system - fueled by vindictiveness.

TRIBUNE: From the way she looks today, Gloria does not appear to be faking her ailment, and Noynoy's insistence on having her detained forever, if possible, is merely strengthening his image of a vindictive president and worse, even placing her health in danger.