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PROBE LTO’S ROAD IT INFRA PROJECT – PIMENTEL

Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel III urged the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee to immediately act on his filed resolution seeking for an investigation on the alleged “undue payment” given by the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to a joint venture in connection with a P3.19-billion Road information Technology (IT) Infrastructure project. “It’s about time that the […]

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IMPOSE HIGHER PENALTIES FOR PERJURY – GORDON

Senator Dick Gordon, chairman of the Blue Ribbon Committee, expressed confidence that the proposed higher penalties for the crime of perjury will deter persons from imputing or incriminating other individuals. During the amendment period for Senate Bill No. 1354 which seeks to give more teeth to the Revised Penal Code provisions for perjury and false […]

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LRA MAY HAVE ABETTED SYNDICATES IN DEFRAUDING GOVERNMENT – GORDON

With the modus operandi further unraveled during the resumption of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s probe into the alleged P8.7 billion road right-of-way (RROW) “scam” in General Santos City, Senator Dick Gordon said recent disclosures merely fortified suspicions that the Land Registration Authority (LRA) may have abetted the syndicates in defrauding the government of billions […]