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Duterte: I’m not fit for national office

Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said that he was flattered by Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago’s comments that she is considering him as her running mate for the 2016 presidential elections. But Duterte quickly added, he’s not inclined to seek a national post, stressing that he’s not fit for national office.” Senator Santiago told a news briefing yesterday that Mayor Duterte would make an excellent Vice-President for enforcement because the country’s two main problems are corruption and peace […]

BIR notes progress in PIATCO tax case

The Bureau of Internal Revenue can now push through with collecting the alleged tax liability of the Philippine International Air Terminals Company Inc or PIATCO. This is after the 15th Division of the Court of Appeals declared the non-effectivity of the writ of preliminary injunction issued by Pasay City RTC Branch 114 last January 2010. Due to the writ of preliminary injunction, BIR was not allowed to issue its final assessment notices against PIATCO, stopping […]

Pork barrel scam whistleblower faces Sandiganbayan

Pork barrel scam whistleblower, Merlina Suñas, appeared before the Sandiganbayan. Before the magistrates of the 1st Division of the Sandiganbayan, Suñas admitted that she only saw Senator Ramon Revilla Jr., a few times, during the wake of Janet Lim Napoles’ mother. She also said that she has not spoken to the senator. Atty. Richard Cambe, Senator Revilla’s chief of staff, was the one who received the brunt of Suñas’ admissions, saying that she met him […]

Barangay Captain, wife and nephew arrested in Iloilo

A barangay captain allegedly involved in illegal drugs, his wife who is also a drug den maintainer and a nephew were arrested by anti-narcotics operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) during the implementation of a search warrant in Iloilo on September 5, 2014. PDEA Director General Undersecretary Arturo G. Cacdac, Jr. identified the suspects as Roger Belarde y Biana, 48 years old, married, a native of Dugwakan Banate, Iloilo and the incumbent Barangay […]