Danilo Suarez: PAGCOR not PCSO should handle STL

Quezon 3rd District Representative Danilo Suarez said the Philippine Amusements and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) should handle the operations of the Small-Town Lottery (STL) instead of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office...

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PCSO hands over 26 brand-new ambulances to 4 Central Luzon provinces

Twenty six brand-new ambulances were formally turned over by the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) to the four Central Luzon provinces of Pampanga, Tarlac, Zambales and Bulacan Thursday, December 1. ...

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Nadaya? Quezon prov gov’t kept idle P13M in PCSO lotto share

The Quezon provincial government was awash with P13.8 million worth of charity funds from its share in the lotto and small town lottery...

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Sa wakas! Arroyos seek to fly together for first time in years

Now that she is no longer detained, former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her husband, former First Gentleman Jose Miguel "Mike" Arroyo now have the chance to go abroad...

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LP ally Maliksi charged for graft for releasing charity funds to his driver

Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) chair Erineo "Ayong" Maliksi is sued for graft for allegedly using his position to release charity funds for his...

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Arroyo allowed to spend X’mas, New Year at home

Detained former president and incumbent Pampanga 2nd District Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will be spending Christmas and New Year holidays with her family at their La Vista residence in Quezon City. This after the Supreme Court (SC) allowed her to leave the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) where she is under hospital arrest from 8 am...

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Suspension of Arroyo’s plunder trial extended to 90 days

From 30 days, the Supreme Court (SC) has extended to 90 days the suspension of the trial of former President and Pampanga 2nd District Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for plunder charges. The High Court issued the ruling after Arroyo filed a petition seeking the reversal of the Sandiganbayan 1st Division’s ruling last February dismissing her petition...

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Sandiganbayan won’t grant Arroyo bail following UN ruling

The Sandiganbayan Presiding Justice Amparo Cabotaje-Tang thumbed down granting former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo bail from plunder over an alleged charity funds mess just because the United Nations said so. In an interview at the House of Representatives plenary debate on the judiciary budget on Oct. 8, 2015, Tang said it would take a more radical...

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Arroyo complains of numbness in left arm

Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has another reason to complain about her supposed ailment. In a motion for hospital furlough filed Oct. 8, 2015, Arroyo’s lawyers asked the First Division for leave to allow Arroyo a check-up at the St. Luke’s Medical Center in Quezon city from Oct. 21, 9 a.m., to Oct. 22, 4 p.m....

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Last ditch effort for immunity? Arroyo seeks third term as Pampanga solon

Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo would seek a third term as Pampanga representative in the 2016 elections, an official of the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) said. In a press conference on Oct 8, 2015, Atty. Raul Lambino, Lakas-CMD senior deputy secretary general, said he would be the one to file Arroyo’s certificate of candidacy while the...

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