Maila AgerInquirer.netJanuary 5, 2011MANILA, Philippines – A mockery of the county’s justice system was how an administration senator described on Wednesday the government’s failure to put back former military comptroller Carlos Garcia in jail.Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said letting Garcia escape with the plunder charge filed against him was a

January 5, 2011Manila Bulletin  MANILA, Philippines (PNA) — Senator Alan Peter Cayetano urged on Wednesday the concerned Senate committees to investigate the reason why the Office of the Ombudsman agreed to enter into plea bargain with former Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) comptroller Gen. Carlos Garcia.”This plea bargain would serve

Press StatementJanuary 5, 2010On February 25, 2010, on the day we were supposed to be celebrating the anniversary of People Power, another midnight deal was being hatched by the office of the Ombudsman, government prosecutors (under the Arroyo regime), and the camp of comptroller Carlos Garcia for a plea bargain

Abante ToniteBoyet JadulcoDecember 31, 2010Sa pagpasok ng Bagong Taon, hinamon ni Sen. Francis ‘Kiko’ Pangilinan ang administrasyong Aquino na sampolan ang mga smugglers sa bansa.Ayon kay Pangilinan, matagal nang peste sa kalakalan ng bansa ang smuggling kung kaya’t sa bagong landas na tinatahak ng administrasyon ni Pa­ngulong Noynoy Aquino, dapat

Maila AgerInquirer.netDecember 30, 2010MANILA, Philippines—A reformed and progressive nation under the Aquino administration was senators’ wish for the country in 2011.”I pray for a great year renewal, transformation and reform,” Senate Minority Leader Alan Cayetano said in a text message on Thursday.”May the President and his whole family be successful

Press StatementDecember 27, 2010The Aquino administration is right on track at the start of the year with the signing of the national budget on time for the first time in eleven years. This is a signal that this administration intends to fulfill its mandate and govern within the confines of

Press Statement December 24, 20102010 was a year of change for our country. President Noynoy Aquino’s victory in the elections was the catalyst our nation, aspiring for something better, needed most. Several months hence, we saw and felt these changes happening around us, albeit in a pace that would leave

Maila AgerInquirer.netDecember 23, 2010MANILA, Philippines – Even senators were surprised by the Sandiganbayan’s gag order on the controversial plea bargain involving former military comptroller Carlos Garcia, calling this move “unfortunate” and “very odd.”Garcia, who was charged with plunder for allegedly amassing P303 million in unexplained wealth, had been allowed to

Press StatementDecember 23, 2010Dapat kumilos tayo laban sa “gag order” sa kaso ng plunder kay dating major general at AFP Comptroller, Carlos Garcia.Sa gag order, sa halip na tumahimik eh dapat lalo pang busisiin at pag-usapan ang kaso dahil habang ‘di pinag-uusapan eh baka mauwi sa aregluhan. Malaking isyu ang