by Carla Gomez
from Inquirer Visayas
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20100208-251903/Teodoro-aunt-bares-husband-Dandings-pain

BACOLOD CITY—“Anybody but Gibo…anybody but him,” said Gretchen Oppen Cojuangco, wife of business tycoon Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco, when asked by reporters here whom she would support for president in the May 10 elections.

Gibo, the nickname of the administration party’s standard-bearer, Gilbert Teodoro, is a nephew of Cojuangco’s.
Gretchen told reporters that as far as she was concerned, Teodoro would always be “the person who abandoned her husband.”
“I feel bad for my husband because Gibo left without saying a word to his uncle who helped and supported him …

by Christine Avendaño
from Philippine Daily Inquirer
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20100207-251827/Lacson-camp-Why-use-old-affidavits-in-Dacer-slay
MANILA — One of the lawyers of Sen. Panfilo Lacson questioned the move of a judge to use the old affidavits of the senator’s two former police aides in issuing the warrant of arrest against him for the Dacer-Corbito murders.

The testimonies of Glenn Dumlao and Cezar Mancao II before the Manila City Regional Trial Court Branch 18, the latest of which was given only last Jan. 28, would show Lacson was not involved in the November 2000 slaying of publicist Salvador “Bubby” Dacer and his …

One of the Nacionalista Party website’s “Frequently Asked Questions” says:
Q: Are the Nacionalistas pro-administration or opposition?
A: The Nacionalista Party is part of a coalition supportive of the present administration. However, true to its character of independence, there are members of Congress who belong to the minority, and even positions taken by its leaders which may, at times, run counter to the dictates of Malacañang.

Isn’t that an implied admission that there’s is a “political” relationship between Nacionalista Party and the administration party, Lakas-Kampi-CMD? It’s no wonder that Manny Villar never attacked any …

by Michael Lim Ubac, Marlon Ramos, Tina Santos
from Philippine Daily Inquirer
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20100207-251720/International-manhunt-on-for-Lacson
MANILA, Philippines–The Interpol is seeing red.

Sen. Panfilo Lacson may be arrested on sight in any of the 188 member-countries of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) once he is included in the “red notice” list, according to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).
Ricardo Diaz, spokesperson of the NBI and chief of its Counter-Terrorism Division, said the bureau would file on Monday a letter of request to the Interpol to include Lacson in the “red notice” list.
“We’re doing our best to …

Source: abs-cbnNEWS.com

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/02/04/10/loony-ex-judge-wants-be-chief-justice
MANILA, Philippines – A dismissed trial court judge who consulted a dwarf or “duwende” in deciding cases wants to become the Philippines’ next Chief Justice.
Former Malabon Regional Trial Court Judge Florentino Floro nominated himself to the top post in the judiciary, which will be vacated on May 17 when Chief Justice Reynato Puno retires.
One of the reasons Floro used to support his bid is his being a visionary and prophet. In his application, Floro attached a picture of himself with a stuffed toy dwarf.
Floro said he was able to …

by Artemio A. Dumlao
“Huge Counterfeit Money Ring Busted In Baguio”

BAGUIO CITY (February 5, 2010) – Politicians reportedly patronizing counterfeit Philippine bills are being tracked down by agents of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) of the PNP after a huge ring manufacturing 1,000, 500, and 200 bills was busted Thursday night here.
“We are deep into investigating initial information that some politicians are patronizing their products (counterfeit money),” said Chief Inspector Lucrecio Rodrigueza Jr, chief of the Baguio CIDG team that busted four members of the fake money ring inside …

WATCH WINNIE MONSOD EXPLAIN THE CONTROVERSIAL C-5 ROAD EXTENSION WHICH BENEFITTED MANNY VILLAR FINANCIALLY.
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by Aries Rufo
from abs-cbnnews.com/Newsbreak 
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/02/04/10/frontrunner-chief-justice-accused-impropriety
MANILA, Philippines – The race for the next Chief Justice is generating more heat after one of the frontrunners was accused of impropriety by a losing litigant.
In a letter to the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) dated Jan. 31, businessman and lawyer Fernando Campos insinuated that Senior Justice Renato Corona Jr. accepted a bribe in the form of free airline tickets to Las Vegas to watch Manny Pacquiao’s fight there in May last year.
Reportedly the favored bet of Malacañang, Corona is seeking to replace Chief Justice Reynato …

PRESS STATEMENT OF SENATOR BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
February 3, 2010
1. I am not surprised with this turn of events. First, our opponents have had a long head start in this campaign. And while I diligently perform my functions as a legislator, the others are practically campaigning fulltime, neglecting their mandate with those who entrusted them with their votes. Second, for all the unprecedented and sustained ads spending in all forms of media of the other camp and the unrelenting and increasingly below-the-belt and baseless black propaganda against me by my …

by Philip Tubeza
from Philippine Daily Inquirer
 
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20100203-251140/Aquino-camp-Villar-bulldozing-us-with-ads
 MANILA, Philippines — How do you face up to P2.5 billion worth of ads?
The deluge of political ads from Sen. Manuel Villar’s camp fueled his surge in the polls and led him to tie with Sen. Benign “Noynoy” Aquino III in the most recent Pulse Asia survey, Aquino’s spokesperson said on Wednesday.
Lawyer Edwin Lacierda said the Aquino camp estimates that Villar has come out with up to 20 political ads and that it has spent around P2.5 billion for them.
“He is bulldozing us with ads. …