(GMA NEWS) Dismissed Mayor Alice Guo corroborated a Senate panel’s theory involving a “crucial personality” in the operations of illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) in the country during Tuesday’s executive session, Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros said Wednesday. “Hindi pa [r]in ako masyadong satisfied sa mga pahayag sa Executive Session, bagama’t there was…
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(GMA NEWS) The Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality ordered Tuesday the issuance of subpoenas against former Bamban, Tarlac mayor Jose Antonio Feliciano and others. Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada moved for the issuance of the subpoena, noting that Feliciano declined the invite due to a prior commitment. “According to…
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(GMA NEWS) The birthplace indicated in the birth certificate of Cassandra Li Ong, the authorized representative of the POGO firm Lucky South 99, does not exist, Senator Jinggoy Estrada said Tuesday.advertisement Estrada questioned the details in Ong’s birth certificate during the continuation of the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality with…
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(GMA NEWS) Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Saturday urged lawmakers to give the Office of the Vice President (OVP) its proposed P2 billion budget for 2025 for it to “function properly.” “Paano naman magpa-function ang OVP kung tatapyasan mo ng pondo? (How will the OVP function if you reduce their budget?) Remember, she is the second highest…
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(GMA NEWS) MANILA — A Chinese national facilitated ex-Bamban mayor Alice Guo’s escape from the Philippines before she was nabbed in Indonesia, according to Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada.The senators learned the individual’s name after they pressed Guo into revealing who helped her get out of the country. “Tinanong ko ‘who facilitated your escape?’…
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(GMA NEWS) Dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo on Monday insisted that she has no relationship with Sual, Pangasinan Mayor Liseldo Calugay as the Senate continued its probe into her alleged link to a raided Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators hub in her town. Guo said she is friends with Calugay when Senate President Pro…
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(GMA NEWS) Senators on Monday lost patience as dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo refused to answer questions during the inquiry of the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality. Committee chair Senator Risa Hontiveros and Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada were asking Guo for the name of the owner of…
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(GMA NEWS) The Senate Committee on Public Information and Mass Media on Monday cited in contempt Jojo Nones, one of two independent contractors of GMA Network who are accused of sexually assaulting Sparkle artist Sandro Muhlach. Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada made the motion at the continuation of the Senate hearing where Nones repeatedly…
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(GMA NEWS) The Senate congratulated gymnast Carlos Yulo for winning the Philippines’ first gold medal in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Yulo bagged the gold medal in the men’s artistic gymnastics floor exercise, making him the second Filipino Olympic gold medalist after weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz won her medal in Tokyo in 2020. On their respective Facebook pages, the…
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(GMA NEWS) Senate committee on foreign relations chairperson Imee Marcos said Monday her panel would scrutinize the newly-signed Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) between the Philippines and Japan to guarantee that it will protect the country’s interest. ”We welcome having stronger security ties with our neighbors in the Asia-Pacific region. However, as with other treaties, the Senate committee…
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