Enrile agrees to subpoena Ombudsman,
solon, others; okays 48-hour trial break

By FRED GABOT
Editor in Chief

PASAY CITY – Finally,  Chief Justice Renato C. Corona agreed to testify before the Senate Impeachment Tribunal on allegations that he has an undeclared $10 million account.
The decision which caught the Senator-Judges, the House of Representatives prosecutors and those following the trial by [...]

Sec. Panetta also affirms US vow to Phl on Mutual Defense Treaty as Scarborough Shoal row widens

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA
Special to Philippines Today
WASHINGTON D.C – United States Department of State Secretary Hillary Clinton declared  in Washington, D.C. that the U.S. does “not take sides on the competing sovereignty claims to land features in the South [...]

Cojuangco family loses in final ruling of Supreme Court; P5 B value rejected

BAGUIO CITY  – Voting 14-0, the Supreme Court (SC), in a landmark decision, upheld on Tuesday its earlier decision mandating the total distribution of the 4,915-hectare Hacienda Luisita owned by the family of President Benigno Aquino III to 6,296 farmers.
The SC, during its summer [...]

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA
Exclusive to Philippines Today

CHICAGO (jGLi) – Silence did not figure as too golden for Filipino American caregiver Carmelita Pasamba when she suddenly found a “new wealth” from her forgetful elderly ward Marshall F. Davies, 93, who could no longer “tell his age or day of the week.”
Instead of keeping everything to herself [...]

Aquino’s LP to field own bets; GMA allies joining coalition

By FRED GABOT and CLAIRE M. TRUE
 
MANILA – The next Philippine elections are one year away but the country’s major political parties have started flexing their muscles for the May 2013 senatorial, congressional and local elections.
Already, former Philippine President Joseph Ejercito Estrada and his Partido ng Masang [...]

Clinton and Gazmin meet this month on deal before Obama-Aquino summit

By FRED GABOT
CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City – The Philippine government is offering wider access by American troops at its airports, seaports and other zones, including former US bases in Clark and Subic, in exchange for more military assistance in the wake of a growing tension [...]

Chief Justice insists one property in California owned by a daughter

MANILA – Chief Justice Renato Corona has been tagged as alleged owner of several properties in California and Florida but it turned out he does not own any house, apartment or lot there.
This recalled the accusation by the House of Representatives prosecutors that Corona and [...]

Survey says most Pinoys think CJ guilty but many senators disagree
By FRED GABOT 

PASAY CITY -– The leaders of the Senate have assured that the chamber, sitting as impeachment tribunal, will render its verdict on the impeachment complaint against Chief Justice Renato Corona before the sine die adjournment of Congress on June 7.
”We will finish it [...]

Chief Justice, family beef up security, use bullet-proof car
By FRED GABOT

MANILA – Chief Justice Renato Corona has been receiving many death threats prompting him to tighten security for him and members of his family. And as a precaution, Corona has started using a bulletproof car, using his personal funds and not government funds.
Corona supporters made [...]

Camp of Arroyo blamed by loyalists
as Armed Forces denies coup jitters

By FRED GABOT
CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City — Reports are afloat of plots to oust President Benigno S. Aquino III from Malacanang.
Even former coup leader, now Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, has confirmed the coup plot against Aquino but said that those being recruited to join did not [...]