Former President Duterte to Senate: I have a death squad

Marlon Ramos - Reporter / @MRamosINQ 10/29/2024

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, faced for the first time a Senate inquiry into his administration’s brutal crackdown on narcotics, where he confessed to keeping a seven-member “death squad” that had carried out his…

Alice Guo turns evasive when faced with proof of Pogo role

Marlon Ramos - Reporter / @MRamosINQ 09/10/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Sherwin Gatchalian revealed on Monday that nearly P5 billion in cash and checks were deposited in the personal bank accounts of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, and two of her companies from…

DOTr chief: 19 OTS personnel fired for stealing from airline passengers

Marlon Ramos - Reporter / @MRamosINQ 09/27/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista has revealed that since July 2022, some 19 personnel of the Office of the Transportation Security (OTS), which is an attached agency of the Department of Transportation (DOTr), have been…

Degamo widow objects to Teves’ online Senate appearance

Marlon Ramos - Reporter / @MRamosINQ 04/15/2023

The widow of slain Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo on Friday appealed to Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa to reconsider his decision to allow suspended Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. to participate online at a Senate…

Padilla-led panel pushes 100% foreign ownership of land   

Marlon Ramos - Reporter / @MRamosINQ 04/01/2023

Despite the objection of many of his colleagues against Charter change (Cha-cha), Sen. Robinhood Padilla on Friday released for the first time a list of his committee’s recommended amendments to the 1987 Constitution, including full foreign ownership…

Morales warns vs Sino loans

Marlon Ramos - Reporter / @MRamosINQ 05/15/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales on Friday called on the public to be more vigilant and demand transparency in the implementation of government projects which were chiefly funded by China’s “corrosive” Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)…

Journo, unionist still detained after case dismissal

Marlon Ramos - Reporter / @MRamosINQ 02/13/2021

The lawyers for detained journalist Lady Ann Salem have asked a Mandaluyong City court to order her immediate release from detention following the dismissal last week of the criminal case filed against her and a union organizer.…

Report may change President’s mind about keeping Duque – Sotto

Marlon Ramos - Reporter / @MRamosINQ 09/07/2020

  MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte might change his mind about keeping Health Secretary Francisco Duque III in his Cabinet once he finished reading the Senate report on the multibillion-peso fraud that nearly crippled Philippine Health…

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