‘Yes, I swindled, Your Honor’

Ma. Ceres P. Doyo - @inquirerdotnet 09/30/2021

“Yes, I swindled, Your Honor” was not exactly how Pharmally executive Krizie Grace Mago phrased her admission before the Senate blue ribbon committee hearing. But in essence that was what she said for the next day’s headlines.…

Duterte threatens to find ‘what’s wrong’ with senators, starting with Gordon

Cathrine Gonzales - Reporter / @cgonzalesINQ 09/11/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Amid a Senate probe on the alleged overpriced medical supplies bought by the government, President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to find “what’s wrong” with senators, starting with Senator Richard Gordon. “We will not want…

Warning: Trillanes

John Nery - @jnery_newsstand 08/03/2021

  After another round of sniping at Vice President Leni Robredo last week, former senator Sonny Trillanes issued a lengthy explanation yesterday. The statement is a significant walking-back of his supporters’ more aggressive comments, but it still…

Duque admits some past DOH deals were corrupt as Gordon threatens to block budget

Christia Marie Ramos - Reporter / @CMRamosINQ 11/19/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Health Secretary Francisco Duque III acknowledged on Wednesday that there was “corruption” in some of the previous dealings of the Department of Health (DOH) after Sen. Richard Gordon threatened to block the approval of…

Philippine Red Cross chief to Duterte: ‘Hindi kami mukhang pera’

Cathrine Gonzales - Reporter / @cgonzalesINQ 11/06/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Richard Gordon on Friday said that President Rodrigo Duterte should avoid being impulsive in issuing comments after the latter called the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), which Gordon chairs, “mukhang pera” (greedy). In an…

‘Even God said rest on 7th day’: Sotto, Gordon defend Duterte’s absence in Rolly briefing

Christia Marie Ramos - Reporter / @CMRamosINQ 11/02/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Vicente Sotto III and Senator Richard Gordon on Monday defended President Rodrigo Duterte after the latter received flak for his absence during the government’s first briefing on its response to Typhoon Rolly.…

PRC most likely to suspend COVID-19 testing due to PhilHealth’s debt

Darryl John Esguerra - Reporter / @DJEsguerraINQ 08/16/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) will “most likely” suspend its COVID-19 testing due to the failure of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to pay its remaining balances to the humanitarian organization’s coronavirus testing…

Senate hearing drives Senator Gordon to tears

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 10/13/2019

The top post in the Philippine National Police has become a hot seat for beleaguered PNP Chief Oscar Albayalde that he has decided to vacate it on October 29 or 9 days ahead of his birthday when…

Gordon seeks probe of gov’t officials in right-of-way scam

Inquirer.net 09/30/2018

SENATOR Richard Gordon called on the Office of the Ombudsman, the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the National Bureau of Investigations (NBI) to conduct a lifestyle check on some government officials who might be involved in the…

Gordon urges gov’t to protest harassment of PH fishermen

Inquirer.net 06/10/2018

Senator Richard Gordon on Sunday condemned China’s harassment of Filipino fishermen in the West Philippine Sea, saying this behavior is making it difficult for the Philippines to be friends with Beijing. Gordon prodded the Duterte administration to…

Gordon wants law to boost job creation

Inquirer.net 04/30/2018

Senator Richard J. Gordon on Monday called for the passage of a bill that he said would boost job creation. In his Labor Day message, the senator said the passage of Senate Bill 1325 or the Regional…

Gordon, Gatchalian urge PNP to submit drug war info

Inquirer.net 04/08/2018

At least two senators on Sunday urged the Philippine National Police (PNP) to heed the call of the Supreme Court (SC) and submit investigation reports on the killing of drug suspects in President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on…

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