MANILA, Philippines -- The Court of Appeals has ordered the Senate to comment on the petition of the son of former agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn "Joc Joc" Bolante, which questioned the arrest of his father.
Read Full StoryMANILA, Philippines—The company that supplied the overpriced fertilizers in the controversial P728-million fertilizer fund scam should be facing prosecution by now, said Sen. Richard Gordon.
Read Full StoryMANILA, Philippines - This time, Senator Richard Gordon wants the Senate to conduct a "full-blown" investigation into the killing of a former agriculture employee over the alleged fertilizer fund scam.
Read Full StoryJOCELYN “Joc-joc” Bolante for senator. Why not? At least three things are going for him: (1) tremendous media exposure since his coming back from the United States several weeks ago; (2) he has outsmarted our incumbent senators; and (3) he’s backed by Malacañang.
Read Full StoryMANILA, Philippines -- The alleged misuse of agriculture funds continues in the Department of Agriculture even after its former undersecretary Jocelyn “Joc-joc” Bolante left the agency, Senator Manuel “Mar” Roxas said Saturday.
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