Enrile defends his age: I’m not out to ‘wrestle’ with fellow senators

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 09:34:48 +0000

Former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile defended his old age, saying that he is not out to “wrestle” with fellow senators if elected.

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News Briefs: Dec. 11, 2018

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 21:30:31 +0000

Former Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. may have already been acquitted, but the trial of former Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile in connection with his P172.8-million plunder case will start only in February.

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3 ex-senators in pork scam running again

3 ex-senators in pork scam running again

Detained former Sen. Bong Revilla entered the 2019 race for the Senate on Wednesday, completing the senatorial triumvirate implicated in the P10-billion pork barrel scam that is trying to return to power.

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‘Massacres during Marcos regime gave birth to Moro resistance’

A militant Moro group has reminded former Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile that at least four massacres of Muslims under dictator Ferdinand Marcos had driven the Moro people in Mindanao to launch an armed resistance to the dictatorship.

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Pimentel: Martial law victims best proof vs Enrile lies

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.

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‘Kapal naman ng mukha n’yo,’ Satur Ocampo tells Enrile over ‘no arrest’ claim

‘Kapal naman ng mukha n’yo,’ Satur Ocampo tells Enrile over 'no arrest' claim

Former Bayan Muna representative Satur Ocampo reminded former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile on Friday that he, including some of the individuals detained during the Martial Law period, are still alive and can attest to the alleged atrocities of the Marcos regime.

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WHAT WENT BEFORE: P10-B pork barrel scam

In July 2013, the Inquirer broke the story on the scam to funnel P10 billion in Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) allocations of lawmakers to ghost projects in exchange for kickbacks in a scheme allegedly masterminded by businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles.

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