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SENATE PROBE ON ‘PORK PARKING’ SCAM SET IN JANUARY – VILLAR

Senator Cynthia Villar said the Senate could also hold a parallel probe on the “pork parking” scam issue, which involved billions of alleged funds insertion in the proposed 2019 budget. Villar stressed, however, that Senate would not want to preempt the outcome of the investigation being initiated by the Lower House. “We still don’t know […]

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SENATE TO PROBE MISERABLE WORK CONDITIONS OF OFW TRUCK DRIVERS IN DENMARK – VILLANUEVA

Senator Joel Villanueva filed a resolution that seeks to investigate the reported miserable work conditions suffered by rescued Filipino truck drivers in Padborg, Denmark last October. Under Senate Resolution No. 946, the senator called for an inquiry on “social dumping” or a practice wherein multinational countries from “high-wage” countries seek to lower down their operational […]

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GORDON TO PNP, NBI: INTENSIFY MANHUNT VS SYNDICATE FINANCIER BEHIND P8.7B ROAD RIGHT OF WAY PAYMENT SCAM

Senator Dick Gordon has urged the Philippine National Police and the National Bureau of Investigations to intensify the manhunt for the alleged financier of the syndicate that has defrauded the government of P8.7 billion in road right of way (RROW) payments. During the recent hearing of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, Gordon, committee chairman, flashed […]