Kiko Pangilinan

Tetch Torres, Maila AgerInquirer.netMay 9, 2011Manila, Philippines – Senators allied with the administration of President Benigno Aquino III lambasted on Monday the Sandiganbayan’s approval of the plea bargain agreement with former military comptroller Carlos Garcia, one of them describing it a “serious blow” to the government’s campaign against corruption.The Sandiganbayan

Marlon PurificacionJournal OnlineMay 4, 2011SENATOR Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan called on Deputy Ombudsman Emilio Gonzalez III and special prosecutors particularly Wendell Barrera-Sulit to follow the move of Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez and resign.Pangilinan explained that Gonzalez and other special prosecutors no longer deserve their posts after striking a plea bargain agreement with

Maila AgerInquirer.netMay 3, 2011MANILA, Philippines—A senator on Tuesday asked the state prosecutors involved in the plea bargaining agreement with former comptroller Carlos Garcia to follow the lead of resigned Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez.”Yes, they should resign and if they refuse, then moves must be initiated to have them removed,” Senator Francis

Conrado de QuirosPhilippine Daily InquirerMay 2, 2011THE SENATORS are elated that Merceditas Gutierrez has resigned.Their effusive words are variations on a theme. Her resignation, says Juan Ponce Enrile, is the “best move” she could have taken. It “spares us a long and arduous impeachment process,” says Francis Pangilinan who was

Jun Pasaylo The Philippine StarApril 29, 2011MANILA, Philippines – Beleaguered Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez submitted her resignation letter to President Benigno Aquino III today, less than two weeks before the scheduled impeachment hearing against her at the Senate.Gutierrez’s lawyer, Tomas Syquia, quoted the Ombudsman as saying in her letter: “I am

ABS-CBNNews.comApril 29, 2011MANILA, Philippines – A known ally of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Friday criticized Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez for quitting her post and asked if anything was demanded in return for her resignation.House Minority Leader Edcel Lagman aired his suspicions about Gutierrez’s resignation, which preempted her impeachment trial

Kimberly Jane TanGMANews.TVApril 29, 2011Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez has submitted her letter of resignation to President Benigno Simeon Aquino III, 10 days before her Senate impeachment trial was set to begin on May 9, reliable sources from both camps said Friday.Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo said Gutierrez personally handed her resignation letter

Press ReleaseApril 29. 2011Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, who first called for Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez’s resignation in March this year, reacts to reports that the Ombudsman has met with the President and submitted her resignation letter on Friday .“Thank you, Merci for sparing us the long and arduous impeachment process,” the

TJ Burgonio, Nestor P. Burgos Jr.Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inquirer VisayasApril 16, 2011MANILA, Philippines—One of the would-be jurors at the impeachment trial of Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez on Saturday said former agriculture officials Luis “Cito” Lorenzo and Jocelyn “Joc-joc” Bolante should tell all they know about the P728-million fertilizer fund scam.“I think