Former president Benigno Aquino III, some of his Cabinet officials, and incumbent opposition senators face 274 counts of alleged malversation of public funds acquired through the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP).
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Only judicial courts may order the arrest of a civilian like Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, former Solicitor General Florin Hilbay said on Wednesday, maintaining that the 1987 Constitution does not authorize President Rodrigo Duterte to detain any citizen arbitrarily.
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Disgusted that a big portion of the P296 million the government spent to equip transport terminals across the country with toilets may have gone down the drain because of contractor’s negligence, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) has decided to take action.
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The Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) on Wednesday maintained that the death of at least 60 schoolchildren have links to the controversial anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia.
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The specter of suffering the same fate as detained Sen. Leila de Lima is not lost on former President Benigno Aquino III as he urged the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday to junk the criminal complaint brought against him by President Rodrigo Duterte’s rabid supporters over the P3.5-billion Dengvaxia mess.
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