MANILA, Philippines -- Jose "Joey" de Venecia III, the whistle-blower in the controversial national broadband network (NBN) deal on Tuesday accused Transportation and Communication Secretary Leandro Mendoza, Assistant Secretary Reynaldo Berroya and a third retired general of plotting to have him killed.
Read Full StoryMANILA, Philippines -- Former vice president Teofisto Guingona filed on Tuesday a criminal complaint against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo before the Office of the Ombudsman to test the presidential immunity from suit guaranteed by the Constitution.
Read Full StoryMANILA, Philippines -- The self-styled “solid eight” opposition senators on Monday said they would not let the Glorietta mall bombing distract them from their probe of anomalies in the Arroyo administration.
Read Full StoryThe State is a powerful creation. So powerful in fact, that the framers of our Constitution (or more precisely, the framers of the Constitution on which we based our Constitution) saw it fit to limit its powers. The rights of the individuals governed by the State were therefore guaranteed for their protection.
Read Full StoryMANILA, Philippines - The president has ordered an investigation of the Palace cash dole-outs—by a presidential commission no less, which, of course, answers to the President and is controlled by the President. In the present executive privilege epidemic, expect any unfavorable report to be marked privileged!
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