STATEMENT OF JOEY DE VENECIA III DISMISSAL OF IMPEACHMENT CASE DUE TO INSUFFICIENCY OF SUBSTANCE
November 26, 2008
This is a sad day not only for us the complainants and the minority lawmakers, but more so for the Filipino people. Our right to take President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to task …

POLITICS | CORRUPTION  The House Justice committee on Wednesday junked the fourth impeachment complaint against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, declaring the complaint “insufficient in substance.” Read the story

Reaction: Joey de Venecia Calls Junking ‘Sad Day,’ Vows to Bring Case Vs Arroyo ‘Straight to the People’

POLITICS | CORRUPTION  The Philippine Daily Inquirer reports that “a resolution extending the term of (President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo beyond that year has quietly found its way into the powerful House committee on constitutional amendments.”

ZTE-NBN scandal whistleblower Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada says he has paid the price for telling the Filipino people what they already know “and yet do not want to be told.”

Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr.
(PDP-Laban) today warned Malacañang against a
government plan to allow China’ ZTE Corp. to operate a
mining concession in the gold-rich Mount Diwalwal in
Mindanao.
Pimentel said the reported impending entry of ZTE as a
major player in the Mount Diwalwal gold rush area has
caused restiveness among the various stakeholders,
there particularly the small scale miners who fear
that their mining …

PinoyPress Blogs: Make no mistake about it: politics is the only reason Lozada is still alive. If he’s murdered or harmed at this point, it would be a political disaster for Arroyo. And she needs that disaster like a hole in the head.

Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Nene” Q. Pimentel,
Jr. (PDP-Laban) today said “it may be difficult but
not impossible” to convince the Supreme Court to
reverse its ruling on the Neri case which he branded
as a “grave mistake.”
Pimentel said the high court’s ruling on the case was
based on a number of erroneous premises as he
expressed the hope that the tribunal’s members who
ruled in favor …

Joey files writ of habeas data vs AFP, PNP, Abalos, JPE

Businessman Joey de Venecia III today filed a petition for writ of
habeas data before the Supreme Court to unearth all activities by the
military, the police, former Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos Sr. and
Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile to illegally wiretap his phone conversations.
In his petition, Joey also asked the Supreme Court to …

We are greatly disappointed with the Supreme Court decision upholding executive privilege in the testimony of ChEd chair Romulo Neri.
The sheer number of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s appointees in the High Court has no doubt influenced this troubling decision. From attempting to kidnap witness Jun Lozada to packing the High Court with appointees based on loyalty and not on integrity, this …