Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez. INQUIRER Photo
House panel finds ‘sufficient grounds’ for Ombudsman impeachment
Voting 42-12, the justice committee ruled in favour of the second complaint filed by by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) secretary general Renato Reyes Jr. against Gutierrez over her alleged failure to go after those behind the P728-million fertilizer fund scam on Aug. 3, 2010.
Commission on Elections Chairman Sixto Brillantes. INQUIRER file photo
DZIQ: ARMM elections will push through, Comelec chair reiterates
The elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao will push through in August, Commission on Elections Chairman Sixto Brillantes reiterated Tuesday.
Ilocos Sur Representative Ronald Singson. INQUIRER file photo
Singson to tender resignation this week
Ilocos Sur Governor Luis “Chavit” Singson has formally notified Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. about the resignation of his son, Ilocos Sur Representative Ronald Singson, who is serving an 18-month prison term in Hong Kong for drug trafficking.
President Benigno Aquino III. INQUIRER file photo
Aquino refuses to govern with an iron hand
President Benigno Aquino III has thumbed down suggestions that the government employ an iron hand to speed up the country’s economic development.
Justice Secretary Leila De Lima. INQUIRER file photo
De Lima to inhibit self from slain journalist’s case
Justice Secretary Leila De Lima will inhibit herself from the case involving the death of broadcast journalist and environmental advocate Gerardo Ortega.
From the English translation of Aquino's inaugural speech
I can forgive those who did me wrong but I have no right to forgive those who abused our people. To those who talk about reconciliation, if they mean that they would like us to simply forget about the wrongs that they have committed in the past, we have this to say: there can be no reconciliation without justice.
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