‘Manong Johnny’: Senators mourn his passing

Wilnard Bacelonia - Philippine News Agency 11/14/2025

MANILA, Philippines – The Senate on Thursday mourned the passing of former Senate President and Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile, with Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III leading tributes to the statesman he described as one…

INC ‘logic’ against VP Sara Duterte impeach raps questioned by Enrile

Jerome Aning, Julie M. Aurelio - @inquirerdotnet 01/17/2025

MANILA, Philippines — The country would face a “very detrimental precedent” if Filipinos followed the implied reasoning of the recent Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) rally opposing efforts to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte. Chief Presidential Legal Counsel…

Enrile gives his take on Marcos’s reaction to Duterte’s claim

Zacarian Sarao - Reporter / @zacariansINQ 02/06/2024

Former Senate President was referring to the President Marcos clap back to former President Duterte’s drug allegations against the former President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. could have just chosen to ignore the drug allegations made by his predecessor…

Enrile contracts COVID-19: ‘To my critics and enemies, I am not going to die yet’

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQ 06/27/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Former Senate president Juan Ponce Enrile, 98, is confined in a hospital due to COVID-19. In a post on his personal Facebook account, the incoming legal adviser of President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos made an…

Edsa ’86: A beginning, not an end

Ambeth R. Ocampo - @inquirerdotnet 02/25/2022

Today, depending on the results of the coming elections, may be the last commemoration of Edsa 1986. Those who took part in that significant moment in our history look back with nostalgia first before accepting the reality…

Duterte orders part of Fuga Island allotted for PH Navy base

Frances Mangosing - Reporter / @FMangosingINQ 08/10/2020

MANILA, Philippines—President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (Ceza) to set aside a portion of Fuga Island in Cagayan province for use as a base by the Philippine Navy. On Monday (Aug. 10), Vice…

Family of slain Clarin mayor Navarro cooperating with NBI investigation – Enrile

Alven Marie Timtim 11/04/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  The National Bureau of Investigation Central Visayas Regional Office (NBI-CEVRO) is coordinating with the family of Clarin, Misamis Occidental Mayor David Navarro as they formally start investigation on his ambush-slay. “Galing yung dalawang…

Enrile: NBI-CEVRO ready to probe Clarin town mayor’s ambush-slay

Alven Marie A. Timtim 10/28/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The National Bureau of Investigation Central Visayas Regional Office (NBI-CEVRO) is prepared to take the lead in investigating the Friday afternoon, October 25, 2019, ambush-slay of Clarin town, Misamis Occidental Mayor David Navarro.…

Loot turns to NBI to clear him of ‘false criticisms’

Alven Marie Timtim 07/15/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — “It is his right.” This was what Police Brigadier General Debold Sinas, Police Regional Office 7 (PRO-7) director, had to say to former Daanbantayan mayor Vicente Loot, when the latter sent a letter…

NBI-7 chief: Suspect in Christine Lee Silawan murder, 17-year-old boy, nabbed

Paul Lauro 03/18/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Regional Director Tomas Enrile of the National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas (NBI-7) confirmed on Monday, March 18, that they had already apprehended the suspect in the killing of Christine Lee Silawan.…

Despite age, Enrile wants ‘to join the fun,’ announces Senate run

Inquirer.net 10/16/2018

Former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile will “join the fun” by running for senator in the 2019 midterm elections. “I want to join the fun,” the 95-year-old Enrile told INQUIRER.net in an interview over the phone on…

Pimentel: Martial law victims best proof vs Enrile lies

Inquirer 09/23/2018

Filipinos who lived through martial law should debunk claims there were no arrests, torture and killings during the 21-year rule of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III also reminded educators that they were…

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