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In the ongoing investigations of the Senate Blue Committee, whistleblower Ruby Tuason gave details that served as proof against Senator Jinggoy Estrada’s involvement in the said scam. It was in year 2004 that the first transaction was made with the senator, Tuason said. She said she was the one who personally delivered the P5.7 million in kickbacks of Sen. Jinggoy Estrada in his house in Greenhills, San Juan, from his P37.5 million funded project. […]
State witness Ruby Tuason said that she’d rather die than go to jail, in response to Senator Sonny Angara’s question on what she would feel if she’s not accepted as state witness.
Eastern Visayas will experience rainfalls brought by the tail end of the cold front while Eastern Mindanao will experience rainfalls brought by trough of a low-pressure area. Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon will experience occassional rain showers.
Whistleblower Ruby Tuason admitted that she was not involved in any direct transactions with Senator Juan Ponce Enrile. In her testimony, she said she usually makes transactions only with the senator’s chief of staff, Atty. Gigi Reyes.
New witness on the pork barrel scam, Ruby Tuason denied accusations that she only testified to escape the filing of cases against her. She said that if she had wanted to escape, she could have stayed and hid in America and not would not have returned in the Philippines. She emphasized that her testimonies were all true.
(Reuters) – When Philippine President Benigno Aquino compared China to the Germany of 1938 and called for global support as his country battles Beijing’s claims in the South China Sea, he put the focus on a case that Manila has filed in an international court. The Philippines has taken its dispute with China to arbitration under the United Nations’ Convention on the Law of the Sea and its lawyers say that the tribunal has discretionary […]
Philhealth will impose fines on government hospitals who will make poor patients pay for their services. According to Philhealth, members should not pay for hospital expenses. This is part of the service offered by Philhealth to its 14 million poor clients.
MANILA, Philippines — On Saturday, February 15, the Iglesia Ni Cristo will be conducting a “walk for a cause” for victims of supertyphoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) to further help families affected by the strongest typhoon on record. INC Executive Minister Eduardo V. Manalo recently approved the holding of the activity in cooperation with its socio-civic arm, the Felix Y. Manalo Foundation, Inc. A circular was read in local congregations of the INC […]
(Reuters) – A wire fox terrier named Sky won “best in show” at the 138th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York on Tuesday, besting canines in six other groups at one of the oldest sporting events in the United States. Betty Regina Leininger of Frisco, Texas, awarded the top prize to the assured terrier at this year’s event in Madison Square Garden in Manhattan. The win makes it the 14th time the wire fox terrier […]
The Cultural Center of the Philippines announces that it shall be holding the CCP National Rondalla Workshop on April 8-12, 2014(Tuesday to Saturday) from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM at various venues in the CCP complex . The Workshop is open to rondalla groups all over the country who have been in existence for at least two (2) years and who wish to further hone their skills in rondalla technique and performance. The workshop modules […]
Nelly Palabay, a 55 year old resident of San Mateo, Rizal and employee of the Livestock Development Council of the Department of Agriculture, was shot by a man while riding a public utility jeepney at the Central overpass Monday night (Feb. 11).
(Reuters) – North and South Korea held their first high-level talks in seven years on their armed border on Wednesday, exploring ways to improve ties while the South and the United States geared up for large-scale military drills that have angered Pyongyang. The meeting was set up with unusual speed and great secrecy at the North’s suggestion last week, the latest example of conflicting signals coming from Pyongyang that included an abrupt cancellation of an […]
