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Madriaga lawyers seek probe into prosecutor’s political activities

MANILA, Philippines – The lawyers of Ramil Madriaga, who claims to be a former bagman and aide of Vice President Sara Duterte, on Friday asked the Office of the Ombudsman to also look into the engagement of one of its prosecutors in “partisan political activities” that may warrant criminal and administrative cases. Madriaga’s lawyers went

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Manila court allows Teves to post P500,000 bail

MANILA, Philippines—The Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 30 has allowed former Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. and two of his co-accused to post bail for their temporary liberty. Teves, together with Richard Cuadra and Rolando Pinili, were co-accused in the 2019 murder of Pacito Libron. Libron was shot dead while riding a motorcycle in

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Bulacan flood control: For every P100M, only P35M left — Alcantara

MANILA, Philippines — For every P100 million in flood control projects in the Bulacan 1st District Engineering Office (DEO), only up to P35 million has been actually spent on implementation. State witness Henry Alcantara, former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) district engineer of the Bulacan 1st DEO, revealed it during the Sandiganbayan Third

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PNP ready to handle return of Zaldy Co

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Friday said it was prepared to assume custody of arrested former Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Elizaldy “Zaldy” Co and that all procedures would be carried out in accordance with existing laws and due process. In a statement, the PNP seconded President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s earlier

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