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Former Anakalusugan party-list representative Mike Defensor admitted Friday that he has been helping the 18 individuals presented as former Marines who claimed they delivered suitcases full of cash to politicians — pero he insists he had nothing to do with their affidavit or testimony. In an interview on Super Radyo dzBB,
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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung is set to make his first-ever state visit to the Philippines on March 3-4, Palace Press Officer Claire Castro announced Friday. The visit comes upon the personal invitation of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. — and it couldn't be more strategically timed. This will
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The Senate Ethics Committee, led by Senator JV Ejercito, is finally getting to work — he announced that an executive session will be held next week to begin vetting the growing pile of complaints filed against six of their colleagues. Senate President Sotto has lent his conference room for the March
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has given his blessing to a Department of Budget and Management proposal that could fundamentally change how the national budget works: capping unprogrammed appropriations at just 3% of the total budget. Palace Press Officer Claire Castro confirmed the President's support on Thursday. Unprogrammed appropriations
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The live broadcast of Duterte's ICC hearing was partially redacted on Day 3 after the defense team repeatedly disclosed information that could identify victims and witnesses — prompting the prosecution to request immediate protective measures. ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I Presiding Judge Iulia Antoanella Motoc confirmed that redactions were applied
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Hours after Salvador Panelo declared the prosecution's case 'shattered to pieces,' the victims' camp fired back with a blunt rebuttal: hindi totoo. Human rights lawyer Neri Colmenares said he saw no indication that the defense weakened the prosecution's evidence during Day 3 of
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Defense lawyer Nicholas Kaufman revealed that he visited former President Rodrigo Duterte at the ICC detention facility the night before Day 3 of the confirmation of charges hearing — and found his client 'in good spirits' despite the enormity of the charges against him. 'I went up to
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Duterte's lead defense counsel Nicholas Kaufman dropped a bombshell argument at the ICC on Thursday — pointing the finger at President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and asking why nobody is investigating the current administration for vigilante killings that, according to data, continued well after Duterte left office. 'There is
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Former presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo emerged from The Hague on Thursday night brimming with confidence — claiming that the defense team had 'shattered to pieces' the ICC prosecution's case against former President Rodrigo Duterte. Pero in the very same breath, he admitted: 'We are hoping for
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Senator Ronald 'Bato' dela Rosa is finding out what happens when you ghost the Senate for over three months — you lose your committee seats, one by one. Senate President Tito Sotto confirmed Thursday that the absentee senator has been stripped of 'almost all' his committee memberships,
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Former President Rodrigo Duterte's defense lawyer Nicholas Kaufman took center stage at the International Criminal Court on Thursday, Day 3 of the confirmation of charges hearing, and delivered what might be the most critical argument of the entire proceedings: walang smoking gun. Kaufman told the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber
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It's over, and the PNP is calling it a win. Philippine National Police chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. declared that both the 40th EDSA People Power anniversary and the Trillion Peso March Part 3 concluded on February 25 without any major untoward incident. About 6,000 people