The Special Second Division of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) ruled in favor of the faction of Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi recognizing them as true and official members of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) party.
DOE Secretary Alfonso Cusi (Photo from DOE Facebo
ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Rowena Nina Taduran (File photo) MANILA - ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Rowena Nina Taduran recently filed a resolution seeking a congressional investigation on the reported modus operandi of Pangasinan-based newsman Jaime Aquino which involved the filing of fake criminal complaints that has victimized several people including government officials. In House Resolution No. 2521, Taduran called on "the appropriate committee to investigate aid of legislation on the practice of filing false criminal complaints" pursuant to the letter dated March 7 from Undersecretary Jose Joel M. Sy Egco, Executive Director of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS)" who exposed the criminal activities of Mr. Aquino. As stated in Taduran's resolution, "USec. Egco narrated that a certain Jaime Aquino, said to be the publisher of the Northern Star (supposedly a local newspaper) and former correspondent for The Manila Times, is involved in the filing of
Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) executive director, Undersecretary Joel Sy Egco (File photo) MANILA - Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) executive director, Undersecretary Joel Sy Egco on Friday appealed to both the Senate and the House of Representatives to immediately conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the "criminal enterprise" of a Pangasinan-based newsman, involving the filing of bogus rape charges. Ego said the scheme has already victimized several government officials in what could be best described as a "rape case for hire". In a statement, Egco, as head of the country's lead agency mandated to protect journalists from threats and violence, said he officially wrote Senate President Vicente Sotto III and ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Rowena Nina Taduran of ACT-CIS, to investigate the "modus operandi" of Jaime Aquino. Aquino's modus targeted public officials through the filing of bogus criminal complaint
EXPELLED. National Press Club (NPC) president Paul Gutierrez announces the expulsion from NPC's roster of members of Jaime Aquino, former provincial correspondent of the Manila Times, during a joint press conference at the NPC Building in Intramuros, Manila on Wednesday (Feb. 16, 2022). Gutierrez said Aquino and his group in Pangasinan have been accused of manufacturing bogus rape cases that led to the incarceration for nine months of Lopez, Quezon councilor Arkie Manuel Yulde. (PNA photo by Avito Dalan) MANILA - The National Press Club of the Philippines (NPC), the country's biggest organization of active members of the press, on Wednesday announced the expulsion from its roster of members, without any possibility of reinstatement, of Jaime Aquino, formerly a provincial correspondent in Pangasinan of the Manila Times. At a joint press conference at the NPC building with Palace Undersecretary Joel Sy Egco, Executive Director of Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS)
The accusation of rape against Raul Lambino, administrator and chief executive officer of the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority and presidential adviser for Northern Luzon, is so serious and disturbing that he should immediately be suspended from holding his Cabinet position.