Estrada hits guingona over handling of pork scam hearing. Jun 08, 2017 watch as former fbi director james comey testifies before the senate intelligence committee. Hearing hearings united states senate committee on. Antonio trillanes 4th believes that ruby tuason does not deserve to be a state witness because she is withholding information that could prove damaging to sen. The assault on the first amendment on college campuses section. May 2 the office of the ombudsman granted ruby tuason immunity from. Manila senator alan peter cayetano on monday criticized vicepresident jejomar binays statements against socialite ruby tuason, saying that his comments could discourage other. Senate hearing on russian interference in election usa today network the senate intelligence committee has been gathering information on russias interference in the 2016 elections. Nov 24, 2010 manila, philippines the philippine senate has started the live streaming of select sessions on the internet on wednesday. The united states, the russian federation and the challenges ahead. During their 2014 annual session the escapwmo typhoon committee announced that the name haiyan. Updating savings policy for the modern economy how do i submit a statement for the record. Rosenstein faces questions on russia investigation at house judiciary committee hearing politics updated on dec, 2017 1. Washington, dc today, chairman lindsey graham rsc and ranking member sheldon whitehouse dri held a hearing of the senate judiciary subcommittee on crime and terrorism to examine russian efforts to undermine democracies, including the united states and its elections.
Tuason accepted as provisional state witness dzrh news. Speaking to ancs headstart, trillanes said tuason was holding back during the senate blue ribbon committee hearing and had based her recollection of the kickbacks she allegedly gave senators jinggoy estrada. Quick response team qrt is a daily newscast anchored by jiggy manicad that takes viewers to the scene of a breaking news story. Tuason lawyer assures client will be back dzrh news. Ruby tuason s testimony that she personally handed commissions to senator jose jinggoy estrada is a very, very strong evidence that could pin. Senate judiciary hearings russian interference in the 2016. Presidentelect donald trumps nominee for secretary of housing and urban development. Ruby tuason, the accusedturnedpork barrel scam whistleblower, told a senate hearing on thursday that she had a falling out with former first gentleman jose miguel mike arroyo after she. Enrile, estrada to steer clear of tuason at hearing. Typhoon haiyan, known in the philippines as super typhoon yolanda, was one of the most. In this february file photo, provisional state witness ruby tuason enters the senate hall for the blue ribbon committee hearing on the pork barrel scam. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube.
Enrile, estrada to steer clear of tuason at thursdays hearing. Jan 12, 2017 the senate committee on banking, housing and urban affairs holds a confirmation hearing for ben carson, u. Manila it was a case of friends denying their close ties in court. These will be comeys first public comments since he was fired on may 9. Ruby tuason testifies at senate pork scam hearing duration. Any individual or organization wanting to present their views for inclusion in the hearing record should submit a typewritten, singlespaced statement, not exceeding 10 pages in length. Warners opening statement at senate intel committee hearing on russian hacking jan 10 2017 thank you mr. Pork scam whistleblower ruby tuason has left the country. Dec 09, 2015 federal bureau of investigation fbi director james comey testified at a senate judiciary committee oversight hearing on his agencys operations.
Ruby tuason s testimony that she personally handed commissions to senator jose jinggoy estrada is a very, very strong evidence that could pin him down in the alleged p10 billion pork barrel. Senator brewster taking on howard hughes in the aviator this feature is not available right now. March 4 the senate concurred the ratification the countrys separate. Committee on appropriations room s128, the capitol, washington, d. Hearing united states senate committee on appropriations. Cynthia villar, chief of the senate agriculture committee investigating rice smuggling. Wells fargos ceo will apologize at senate hearing cbs news. This is the official facebook account of the senate of the philippines. United states senate committee on foreign relations. Jinggoy estrada at the antigraft courts fifth division. Manila socialite and former palace aide ruby tuason arrived in the senate thursday morning to answer questions involving the alleged misuse of pork barrel funds. Jinggoy estrada arent keen on facing off with ruby tuason over the pork barrel scandal on thursday, preferring to meet her in court. The hearing included testimony from a panel of experts in the tools. Manila, philippines the senate blue ribbon committee holds a hearing on the p6.
Rosenstein faces questions on russia investigation at. Senate hearing partisan hacks during yesterdays senate hearing on russias involvement with the 2016 election of donald trump, and whether or not members of the trump team were complicit, sally yates said to state the obvious, you dont want your national security adviser compromised by the russians. Tuason seeks for immunity from all suits on malampaya fund. Jun 08, 2017 james comey, former fbi director who was fired last month by president donald trump, will testify before the senate intelligence committee on thursday morning. Committee on house administration committee hearings and. Antonio trillanes on friday said he is suspicious about the testimony of socialite ruby tuason because she is not telling the whole truth about the pork barrel scandal. Socialite ruby tuason told the sandiganbayan, on monday, that she had applied for immunity from suit in relation to the alleged misuse of p900 million in. Senate of the philippines, pasay city, philippines. A view of the senate blue ribbon committee hearing on the funds scam allegedly masterminded by businesswoman janet lim napoles. Ruby tuason testifies at senate pork scam hearing youtube. Senators spent almost six hours on thursday trying to get janet limnapoles to spill the beans on the p10 billion pork barrel scam, but failed. Ang peryodiko the newspaper feb 16 feb 28 issue by ang.
Nov, 2017 the senate foreign relations committee hearing on the authority to order the use of nuclear weapons will begin around 10 a. You are currently searching within the free speech 101. Committee on women, children, family relations and gender equality february 20, 2020 duration. Tuason pinned down estrada on thursday over his involvement in the pork scam, adding that she personally delivered kickbacks to estradas residence and office in the senate.
Senate confirmation hearing videos and latest news articles. Jan 17, 2018 representatives from facebook, youtube and twitter faced lawmakers on capitol hill on wednesday to give testimony about extremist content on their platforms. Senate hearing on tokhang for ransom south korean businessman jee ick joo reportedly was a victim of tokhang for ransom and died in the hands of the philippine police. Jun 06, 20 senator ron wyden questions director of national intelligence james clapper in a senate hearing in march. Sep 02, 2011 senator brewster taking on howard hughes in the aviator this feature is not available right now. In his testimony, luy said he was hired as the personal assistant of businesswoman janet lim napoles after he passed the medical technology board exam in 2002. Provisionary state witness ruby tuason is sitting beside benhuy luy, a napoles employees turned informant. United states senate homeland security and governmental affairs committee. Bills and resolutions referred to the committee on women, children, family relations and gender equality 18th congress 1st reg. Manila united nationalist alliance una interim president toby tiangco expressed surprise that the senate blue ribbon committee has dropped from its roll of resource persons the key corroborator in the p900million malampaya fund scam.
Hearings senate homeland security and governmental affairs. Tuason testimony very, very strong evidence vs estrada. Updated during estradas bail hearing at the antigraft court, tuason maintains she personally delivered to the senator millions of pesos in. Edge davao 07 issue 14 by edge davao the business paper. So, what the heck happens now pork barrel scam whistleblower ruby tuason, who once served as the social secretary of former president joseph estrada, left the country on sunday, mar 2, on board cathay pacific cx902 that left manila at 6. Chairman and i want to echo first of all your comments commending all of the witnesses, but particularly director clapper and director brennan for your great service to our country. Ruby tuason, the exsecretary of former president joseph estrada, faces the senate blue ribbon committee to testify on the pork barrel scam. Mat ranillo allegedly introduced janet napoles to lawmakerswhistleblower ruby tuason, speaking on thursday, feb, before the senate hearing on the. Jinggoy estrada expects nothing less than being demonized when socialite ruby chan tuason testifies before the senate thursday on how she delivered bags of pork barrel kickbacks to. Manila whistleblower benhur luy testified thursday before the senate blue ribbon committee hearing on the alleged p10 billion pork barrel scam. Tuason says she delivered p19m to jinggoy abscbn news. Tuason, the former social secretary of expresident joseph estrada, arrived in the country from the united states to reveal her supposed knowledge of the pork scam. Easily share your publications and get them in front of issuus. Senators fail to get napoles to spill beans on pork scam.
Senate hearing on pork barrel scam part 2 duration. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Hearing hearings the united states senate committee on. The commission on audit coa has found that the p900 million drawn from the malampaya fund as financial aid to farmers stricken by typhoons ondoy and pepeng in. Ruby tuason recalls giving kickback cash to jinggoy at. You are currently searching within the oversight of the federal bureau of investigation section. The public can now view selected plenary proceedings, as well as hearings and meetings of senate committees, via the upper chambers official website. Senate committee holds hearing on presidents ability. If i dont get immunity, id ask the lord to take me, she says.
Napoles, 37 others face plunder, graft raps inquirer news. National security challenges and ongoing military operations thurday, september 22, 2016 washington, d. This is starting to get more and more interesting, what with mat ranillo already in the mixread. Philippine senate starts live streaming of proceedings abs. Tuason bares falling out with cousininlaw mike arroyo. May 08, 2017 a top obama administration justice department official will testify to congress for the first time monday about the most explosive contacts to emerge so far between president trumps former top aides and senior russian officials, the focus of several investigations on capitol hill. Lp allies in senate hiding something in malampaya probe. Graham, whitehouse hold hearing on russian interference in. Manila closedcircuit television cctv footage of a woman resembling pork barrel state witness ruby tuason is now the center of senator jinggoy estradas bail hearing at the sandiganbayan. Oct 02, 2017 wells fargos ceo will apologize at senate hearing. Philippines aquino appoints past senator to helm typhoon rehab. She is accompanied by officials of the department of justices witness protection program. Does the nsa collect any type of data at all on millions or.
Acting dni testifies before congress on trump ukraine phone call nbc news duration. Model curricula for journalism education tgk unesco digital. Ruby tuason, benhur luy february, 2014 for more news, visit. At a senate commerce committee hearing, the tech giants gave a rare glimpse into the inner workings of silicon valley companies as lawmakers probed the companies on what antiterrorism. Sep 22, 2016 united states senate hearing to receive testimony on u. The committee also pressed further investigation to other four involved. We do not believe the prepared remarks are enough to satisfy senate democrats or to put to bed the fake account controversy. Buenaventura cites napoles acquittal by the court of appeals ca in the serious illegal detention case filed against her by benhur luy, the whistle blower in the pork barrel scam. Socialite ruby tuasons appearance at the senate blue ribbon committee hearing will test her credibility and the weight of. Confirmed by the senate secretariat as staff members of senator jinggoy estrada, the two reportedly accompanied ruby tuason to the senators office. Top pharmaceutical executives testify before the senate finance committee on drug prices duration. Ombudsman indicts enrile, jinggoy, bong, for plunder abs. The announcement friday that the ombudsman had granted her immunity in the socalled pork barrel scam case turns our collective sense of. Jun 12, 2018 committee on health, education, labor and pensions 428 senate dirksen office building, washington, dc 20510 2022245375 2022245375.
Clapper has denounced revelations in the media that phone and internet records have been. Jun 07, 2017 the hearing was focused on the foreign intelligence surveillance act fisa, though there were a slew of questions involving the firing of former fbi director james comey and russian interference. Meeting hearings united states senate committee on the. His case, of course, includes his former chief of staff, lawyer gigi reyes, who whistleblower ruby tuason pointed to as the one she transacted with in the pork barrel scam. Its a no holds barred for state witness ruby tuason when she faced the senate for the first time on thursday to shed light on the p10 billion pork barrel funds scam, senator teofisto. Mindanao, bishop calang submitted this report to the senate legislative oversight committee on. Committee on house administration committee hearings and meetings video. Ruby tuason s testimony that she personally handed commissions to senator jose jinggoy estrada is a very, very strong evidence that could pin him down in the alleged p10 billion.
She also reiterated the previous testimony she gave during the bail hearing of detained sen. Guingona opened the last hearing on february by saying the testimony of bagman ruby tuason was a 3point, buzzerbeater, winning shot even before she could testify. See the committee on house administration profile for committee activity and links to committee documents. Sen, amartya, inequality reexamined, clarendon press, 1992. The senate reached agreement on a continuing resolution to fund the government through april 15, 2011. When socialite ruby tuason returned from hiding in the united states last february and testified before the senate blue ribbon committee, her muchanticipated turn on the witness stand proved to be a disappointment. This comes after customs seized 604 kilos of shabu in valenzuela. Fred rogers testifies before the senate subcommittee on communications. In a senate hearing, she claimed she personally delivered the pork kickbacks to senator estrada and enriles chief of staff, gigi reyes.
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