House minority junks impeach bid vs P-Noy

The House of Representatives’ minority bloc has junked the impeachment complaint of a certain Danilo Lihaylihay against President Benigno S. Aquino III.

The House of Representatives’ minority bloc has junked the impeachment complaint of a certain Danilo Lihaylihay against President Benigno S. Aquino III.

Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Leila De Lima believes that there was conspiracy among members of the Supreme Court when it issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) through an 8-5 vote stopping implementation of watch list order (WLO) against former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Nov. 15, 2011.

Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Leila De Lima on Wednesday told the Senate Impeachment Court that if she was convinced that the health condition of former President and now Pampanga (2nd District) Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was “life-threatening”, she could have allowed her to travel abroad to seek medical treatment for her bone disease.

Senator-judge Miriam Defensor Santiago on Wednesday supported Senate President-presiding judge Juan Ponce Enrile in rejecting a Philippine Airlines (PAL) executive as “witness” in the ongoing impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona.

The House of Representatives’ prosecution panel on Wednesday dropped other allegations in Article 3 of the impeachment complaint against Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona.

Malacañang welcomed the recent recognition of the Philippines after it became one of the creditor nations in the 180-nation International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Senate minority leader Alan Peter Cayetano on Wednesday welcomed the appointment of American professor Robert Klitgaard as anti-corruption consultant of the Aquino administration and expressed optimism that institutional reforms will soon be in place.

An old warship donated by the United States (US) government is expected to arrive in the Philippine shores this May, the Philippine Navy (PN) said Wednesday.

The Social Security System (SSS) said Wednesday its members can now get updates on the status of their benefit claims and relay their concerns to SSS by sending a message using their mobile phones.

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has charged a 53-year old female food vendor before Pasay City Prosecutor’s Office for violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, after selling methamphetamine hydrochloride, or ‘shabu’ to the agency’s poseur-buyer.













