Philippines puts former leader on travel watch list

khaleejtimes 09-AUG-11

Earth Hour starts too soon in Philippines

javno 26-MAR-11

Fight for Freedom of Information Bill is still on

abs 06-JUN-10

Mindanao Muslim Exodus Escalating: UN

islamonline 27-MAY-09

(UPDATE) Senate resumes ethics probe vs Villar

abs 14-MAY-09

Lakas, Kampi push merger

yehey 14-APR-09

Poll: Rise In Americans With No Religion

CBSnews 12-MAR-09

Mancao can be state witness, says Gonzalez

yehey 10-MAR-09

Fight over ‘Joc-Joc’ heats up

manilatimes 12-NOV-08

Five policemen killed in Dagestan

bbc 21-OCT-08

Philippines police overseas travel suspended

radioaustralia 16-OCT-08

High court upholds Palace position on Senate hearings

manilastandardtoday 26-MAR-08

Arroyo vows to hold corrupt officials accountable for failed contract

IHT 24-FEB-08

Villar: Neri will appear again at Senate

manilatimes 19-FEB-08

Malacañang sends Razon, 2 secretaries to the Senate

manilastandardtoday 11-FEB-08

Lozada pins down Abalos

manilatimes 07-FEB-08

Court rules Estrada can keep assets

ft 30-JAN-08

Philippine officials turn out in force to defend deal

thestar 20-SEP-07

Senators split on wiretap inquiry

manilatimes 23-AUG-07

Trillanes will remain in prison cell, court rules

manilastandardtoday 31-JUL-07

De Venecia back in charge in House

manilatimes 23-JUL-07

Michael Ray gets 6 years in prison

manilastandardtoday 19-JUL-07

New Philippine Senator is attempted coup leader

reuters 14-JUN-07

Maguindanao tally reset once again

manilastandardtoday 25-MAY-07

Candidates' Votes Scrutinized

NPRnews 18-MAY-07

JV, Jinggoy come together for GO

manilatimes 20-MAR-07

Oreta rues Erap’s betrayal; he funded ASO jingle

manilatimes 12-MAR-07

Noli won’t back entire admin slate

manilatimes 28-FEB-07

Arroyo appoints Ebdane DND chief

manilatimes 31-JAN-07

Seizureprobe readied vs. Perez

manilatimes 09-JAN-07

From hospital, Gringo transferred to Santa Rosa camp

manilatimes 17-NOV-06

Michael Ray pleads guilty to espionage

manilatimes 25-JUL-06

Villar assumes Senate presidency (1:28 p.m.)

sunstar 24-JUL-06

Philippine military concentrates on fighting leftwing rebels

peopledaily 19-JUN-06

Philippines moves to end death penalty

aljazeera 06-JUN-06

Coup suspect killed in Philippines

aljazeera 29-MAY-06

Nachura to Palace: Steer clear of Aragoncillo case

inq7 08-MAY-06

Malacañang urged to back off Aragoncillo case

inq7 07-MAY-06

Former FBI analyst pleads guilty to leaking secret info

kuwaittimes 06-MAY-06

Ex-VP aide, FBI analyst admits spying

cnn 05-MAY-06

Bishops, businessmen join Cory's anti-Cha-cha drive

inq7 28-APR-06

Estrada denies laundering money

RSS 26-APR-06

Senate ready to use power vs gov't execs

inq7 23-APR-06

Estrada plunder trial resumes

RSS 29-MAR-06

SolGen defends 1017 at SC; Senate to investigate its abuses

manilatimes 06-MAR-06

Armbands, shaved heads typify protest

manilatimes 01-MAR-06

Mine firms warn of job, capital risks

inq7 30-JAN-06

Arroyo breakfasts with Pacquiao on glove-shaped chicken pies

inq7 27-JAN-06

Editorial : Wiretap army

inq7 21-JAN-06

AFP doing its own probe into Isafp wiretapping controversy

manilatimes 12-DEC-05

Palace: Opposition not interested in truth

inq7 24-NOV-05

Pulse Asia dims GMA’s glad return

manilatimes 21-NOV-05

'Infiltration of PSG not unusual' -- Robles

inq7 31-OCT-05

Palace does not believe FVR link to coup

inq7 28-OCT-05

Cameron quiet on Davis role rumours

ananova 24-OCT-05

Spy case won’t fray RP-US relations

manilatimes 09-OCT-05

White House cooperates in spy probe

RSS 07-OCT-05

Former staffer in White House spying probe

cnn 06-OCT-05

Pressure mounts against Arroyo

IHT 13-JUL-05

Commentary: Arroyo's troubles leave investors sleepless in Manila

IHT 30-JUN-05

Arroyo faces renewed attacks after admission

reuters 28-JUN-05

President-elect expected to respect democracy: Khatami

tehranglobe 26-JUN-05

End 'jueteng' probe, Bunye urges solons

inq7 26-JUN-05

Ping makes bid to unite Gloria’s foes

manilatimes 23-JUN-05

Thousands Demand Ouster of Arroyo

guardian 11-JUN-05

Manila alert amid coup rumour

RSS 10-JUN-05

'Iggy' Arroyo practiced brother's signature for weeks--Cam

inq7 09-JUN-05

Lawyer faces raps for role in alleged destabilization tape

inq7 07-JUN-05

Lomibao: I'm doing my job, even if bishop doesn't think so

inq7 05-JUN-05

'Small people are the ones victimized'

inq7 30-MAY-05

Palace: Legal jueteng OK

manilatimes 23-MAY-05

Bishop to present 'jueteng' witness

inq7 22-MAY-05

RP's new VAT bill all talk no action--analysts

inq7 15-MAY-05

Ecuador to hold constitutional referendum

RSS 05-MAY-05

Palace absolves Roces

manilatimes 16-APR-05

Poe widow unites Arroyo foes

inq7 15-APR-05

Enrile quits Senate minority bloc, proclaims independence

inq7 14-APR-05

Lawmakers troop to Nur’s Laguna cell for Jolo hearing

manilatimes 21-FEB-05

CA to scrutinize Gonzalez over ‘illicit affair’ charges

manilatimes 21-FEB-05

Jinggoy, Aglipay settle their quarrel

manilatimes 24-JAN-05

Erap whisked to Tanay

manilatimes 15-JAN-05

Actor Fernando Poe Jr in hospital

inq7 12-DEC-04

Commission on Appointments grills DILG chief for 3 hours

inq7 23-NOV-04

Angara: Erap approved meeting with President

manilatimes 16-NOV-04

Angara is open to Cabinet post

manilatimes 10-NOV-04

Jun to woo Miriam all over again--for Arroyo tax plan

inq7 23-OCT-04

Garcia a no-show at House hearing

inq7 11-OCT-04

[-told]: >Panfilo Lacson will be presenting documents and at least two new witnesses to prove that former First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo is the real owner of the two helicopters that were sold as brand new to the Philippine National Police (PNP) in 2009. Gusto ko marinig ang testimony nila although may pasabi na meron silang maco-contribute sa hinahanap naming katotohanan sa Senate hearing, which is to establish the identity or ownership of the secondhand helicopters ,

gmanews 09-AUG-11

[-said]: Let’s see when they come here and testify. I would also like to hear for myself their testimony although it’s been said that they have something that could contribute in our quest for truth, which is to establish the identity or ownership of the second-hand helicopters,

tribuneonline 09-AUG-11

[-said]: I could move to have him subpoenaed or it could be another senator. But I’m sure there will be a move to subpoena him,

tribuneonline 09-AUG-11

[-added]: He said he’s back but will he attend? That’s the problem. If he will attend this Thursday, he himself will be able to face his accusers and deal with them in the proper forum, the Senate, because we’re the ones conducting investigation and it is in our hearings that testimonies and evidence on his (supposed) ownership of the choppers came out,

tribuneonline 09-AUG-11

[-told]: I was told by my staff there’s another police officer in my office and he wants to show me something. Maybe later we’ll invite you to find out what he intends to say,

gmanews 28-JUL-11

[ added]: Did you exercise due diligence (in the purchase),

gmanews 28-JUL-11

[-said]: The alleged cheating in 2004 and 2007 would not have been possible without the indispensable cooperation and direct participation of public officers from the Comelec and other branches and entities of the national and local governments involved in the electoral exercise,

gmanews 26-JUL-11

[-said]: I hope that the troika – Bedol, Ampatuan and Garcillano – will collaborate and cooperate altogether in favor of the truth about the mockery of our country’s electoral process as institutionalized (allegedly) by (former president and now Pampanga Rep.) Gloria Arroyo,

tribuneonline 19-JUL-11

[-said]: I hope that the troika namely Lintang Bedol, Zaldy Ampatuan and Virgilio Garcillano will collaborate and cooperate altogether in favor of the truth about the mockery of our country’s electoral process as institutionalized by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Then, it will finally unravel what the Filipino people have known all along, albeit short in details,

abs 19-JUL-11

[-said]: posters plastered in many parts of the country. Binigyan ninyo sila ng P2 million pero ang nangyari instead na gawin for charity, nagpagawa ng maraming posters (You gave them P2 million but what happened was it was not used for charity but for posters),

gmanews 18-JUL-11

[-said]: Maski saang anggulo ko po tingnan, wala akong makitang charitable purpose,

abs 18-JUL-11

[alleged:]: Gawin Natin-Lakas Pinoy

abs 13-JUL-11

[ said]: We would not want to deviate or be diverted. We will resist attempts by those affected by this inquiry to divert the issue. We want to stick to the core issue of the anomalies the corruption in the PCSO,

gmanews 12-JUL-11

[-said]: Both of them can be hauled to court,

tribuneonline 08-JUL-11

[-said]: Intelligence funds are still subject to auditing procedures, only that it’s not coursed through regular process or through resident auditors,

tribuneonline 08-JUL-11

[-said]: The search for truth about corruption and misuse and abuse of public funds will never be a waste of time and resources. Only those who support such shenanigans or are themselves guilty of committing those acts will say so,

gmanews 06-JUL-11

[-said]: Kahapon dinalaw ko siya at tiningnan ko kanyang kalagayan. Ok naman, high spirit siya, kasama niya ang pamilya kahapon, magulang niya at kapatid, mataas ang morale,

gmanews 05-JUL-11

[-said]: Bakit babayaran ng Philippine National Police sa halagang P35 to P37 million pesos ang isang lumang helicopter, o ang dalawang helicopters na nagkakahalaga bawat isa ng limang milyong piso,

gmanews 05-JUL-11

[ said]: While it's bad enough that the two units were overpriced and therefore grossly disadvantageous to the government, passing them off as brand-new smacks of brazen deceit and utmost bad faith,

gmanews 05-JUL-11

[ added]: And since the proceeds could exceed the P50-million threshold in a series of acts, those liable are candidate for a plunder case under our existing laws,

gmanews 05-JUL-11

[-explained that]: May government officials, may hindi government officials, may personalities na nababanggit. But then, we cannot reveal the names, as of now, kasi kailangan i-certify pa.

abs 04-JUL-11

[-said]: to the then PCSO Board to release such funds to lawmakers allied with her. The Arroyo camp has yet to comment on the controversy. Inter-parliamentary courtesy But Lacson also admitted the Senate could not invite, much less summon, Arroyo to its Blue Ribbon Committee investigation on the controversy because of inter-parliamentary courtesy. The Senate is to hold on July 6 and 7 its initial hearings on the PCSO controversy, where millions of pesos in PCSO funds were given to lawmakers and even bishops who wer

gmanews 03-JUL-11

[-said]: >Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) funds to allies of the past administration lead to no other than former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. This was according to Sen. Panfilo Lacson, citing the initial batch of documents he has reviewed for this coming week’s Senate investigation into the controversy involving the dole outs allegedly given by the PCSO. Nakita ko ang ibang dokumento, siya nag-apruba... May nakita akong dokumentong may pirma siya (I saw some of the documents, and they bore her signature i

gmanews 03-JUL-11

[-said]: On Sunday, a newspaper report quoted the PCSO as saying lawmakers allied with Arroyo supposedly received P92.2 million in endowments. They included: * Then presidential son Rep. Diosdado Arroyo of Camarines Sur (P500,000 for Naga City hospital); * Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez (P68 million for 16 hospitals); * Negros Oriental Rep. George Arnaiz (P11.5 million); * Bulacan Rep. Ma. Victoria Sy-Alvarado (P8 million); * Nueva Ecija Rep. Antonino (P5 million); * Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rodriguez (P5 million); * Then Bu

gmanews 03-JUL-11

[-said]: Secretary De Lima is at it again. The mandate of DOJ is to serve justice by prosecution. No way they should crucify people before the bar of public opinion,

gmanews 29-JUN-11

[-said]: Sen. Teofisto Guingona III [blue ribbon committee chairman] and I are in possession of several documents showing several anomalous transactions involving PCSO and some personalities who weren't supposed to be receiving from PCSO,

gmanews 29-JUN-11

[-asked]: So what did she accomplish by announcing to the public an inconclusive finding that Hubert Webb may have been in the country when the Vizconde Massacre happened, except to be seen on TV and in the newspapers at the expense of the same people who cannot be prosecuted anyway under the principle of double jeopardy?

abs 29-JUN-11

[-added]: But in 2013 I would have served government for 42 years. I think that's more than enough,

abs 16-JUN-11

[-said]: Ganoon naman ang buhay ko, parang roller-coaster, na nasa taas nasa baba, minsan lumalagapak talaga. Pero minsan naman may mga high points.

abs 16-JUN-11

[ said]: Like kung saan ako nagtago, pwede ko rin sabihin dun (I can also reveal that in the book),

gmanews 16-JUN-11

[-said]: Mahirap tanggapin ang rumor.

abs 16-JUN-11

[-said]: Where in the world would you find a Cabinet member who would put the President on the spot?

gmanews 16-JUN-11

[-said]: said the decision penned by Associate Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales. The SC said that only the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG), on behalf of the State, may run to the SC to appeal the CA's dismissal of a criminal action. However, the OSG, which represents the Department of Justice (DOJ), had waived its right to file an appeal with the high court. Justice Secretary Leila de Lima had earlier said that instead of bringing the matter to the SC, her department will just re-investigate the case. Promptly

gmanews 14-JUN-11

[-told]: That’s beyond her authority. That is the call of the judge, not [the] DOJ. They can only oppose being the prosecutor,

gmanews 14-JUN-11

[-said]: He has nothing to link me to the case,

gmanews 13-JUN-11

[ said]: It’s been a long time coming. Even ex-Senior Superintendent Aquino must be expecting his return to the country to have his day in court,

gmanews 13-JUN-11

[said:]: It’s been a long time coming. Even ex- Sr. Supt. Aquino must be expecting his return to the country to have his day in court.

tribuneonline 13-JUN-11

[-explained]: The very simple explanation why we should arrest the population explosion is that poverty contributes a lot to difficulties that most of our countrymen are suffering from right now,

tribuneonline 25-APR-11

[-said]: Personally, I think it (RH bill) will pass in the Senate...it’s difficult to quantify because I have not attended sessions for a long time but if we talk about the chances, I think it will be approved,

tribuneonline 25-APR-11

[saying that:]: the threats to arrest petitioner would not only be a violation of his constitutional right to liberty, but would also be a deprivation of the sovereign right of the people particularly the millions of electorates who voted him to office the right of representation in the Senate.

tribuneonline 11-APR-11

[said:]: I’ve only read that in the papers.

abs 31-MAR-11

[-was charged]: a fugitive from injustice.

ChinaPost 29-MAR-11

[-added]: Who among those being forced to do will not suborn to commit perjury against Glen Dumlao? What is clear is that Glen Dumlao said that he was being forced by Hazel Valdez to come up with such an affidavit and that she even went to the US to write up the statement of Cesar Mancao. IS it not clear that this is a case of subornation of perjury?

tribuneonline 28-MAR-11

[-said]: That was not the way for them to perform their tasks if what they wanted to do was to seek the help of a person,

tribuneonline 28-MAR-11

[-added]: When they pushed them (Dumlao and Mancao) to a corner, they gave them an offer—such as a beautiful house and that they would be made state witnesses, to get them off the hook. Then they asked them to point to me as the brains. Who prepared their affidavit if Prosecutor Hazel Valdez.

tribuneonline 28-MAR-11

[-added]: I never felt like one,

tribuneonline 28-MAR-11

[-further maintained that]: Probable cause doesn't concern Mancao

abs 02-MAR-11

[said:]: it may not be the best way to spend geezerhood, but unless you get me ahead of my time, I prefer to suffer in pain but with dignity, sitting alone with my conscience for the rest of my life, rather than do time in jail for a crime I did not commit.

abs 03-DEC-10

Lacierda [-said]: As you all know, he’s a crusader for good governance, and when he mentioned that he has evidence or documents proving his point, then we certainly expect him to do so. So we’re just waiting, as the public is, on the revelations of Senator Lacson,

tribuneonline 06-JUL-11

Aquino [ said]: I specifically deny there was any order given to me by then Police Director General Panfilo M. Lacson to liquidate any person, specifically a certain ‘Bero’ and ‘Delta’ sometime in October 2000 or as testified by Mr. Mancao in open court during his testimony in support of his Motion [for] Discharge as State witness ‘sometime in September and early part of October 2000,’

gmanews 26-JUN-11

Enrile [-said]: When we were distributing the committees, we asked the preference of Senator Lacson through his staff,

manilastandardtoday 10-MAY-11

Estrada [-told]: I have always believed that Lacson should face the charges against him squarely and prove his claim that he is innocent,

manilastandardtoday 23-AUG-10