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Senator Bong Revilla (center) consoles his son, Cavite Vice Governor Jolo Revilla, at the Asian Hospital on Tuesday. The elder Revilla was allowed by the court to visit his son who sustained a gunshot wound on Saturday. Also in the picture is Sen. Revilla’s wife, Cavite Rep. Lani Mercado (right).(MNS photo) MANILA (Mabuhay) — Four Cavite properties of detained Senator Ramon ”Bong” Revilla Jr. were garnished by the Sandiganbayan Sheriff in connection with his pork barrel scam cases. In a report by the court sheriff to the First Division, two properties in Tagaytay City and two more in Silang have been garnished. Two 125-square meter lots under the name “Bong Revilla married to Lani Mercado” were garnished in Tagaytay City. In Silang Cavite, two more lots measuring 10,191 square meters and 14,834 square meters under the name “Jose Marie Bautista married to Jesusa Victoria Hernandez” were also garnished. Other properties, which were not garnished because they were not ascertained to be owned by the Revillas, were also reported by the court sheriff. These properties include a 443-square meter house with a 13-square meter guard house in Bacoor, Cavite, a Fuso Jitney, and shares at The Riviera Golf Club. The anti-graft court earlier ordered the garnishment of P224.5 million worth of Revilla’s properties. The assets include multiple bank accounts, real properties, shares of stocks as well as vehicles. The writ prevents Revilla, his relatives, or his agents from selling, transferring, or disposing of the assets. The Sandiganbayan gets temporary custody of Read More …

The public will soon be getting an idea how much money Vice President Jejomar Binay and his family have in their multiple bank accounts. The Court of Appeals (CA) has recently frozen 242 bank accounts and insurance policies belonging to the Vice President  and his family, including close associates suspected of being his dummies. Also covered by the freeze order were the bank accounts of businessman Gerry Limlingan. He is widely known as the alleged dummy and bagman of Vice President Binay  when he was the mayor of Makati, as alleged by former Makati vice mayor Mercado. Binay’s lawyers however denied that the Vice President has 242 bank accounts and insurance policies. They are claiming that Binay has only five bank accounts under his name. The freeze order was issued by the First Division of the CA composed of Presiding Justice Andres Reyes Jr, and justices Edwin Sorongan and Ricardo Rosario. This is the first time that bank accounts of the Vice President of the Philippines were ordered to be frozen for alleged dishonesty. Binay has long been accused by his political opponents of having accumulated hundreds of millions of pesos acquired allegedly by illicit  or improper means  in his long years as mayor of Makati. It was the Anti Money Laundering Council (AMLC) that filed a petition to the CA to enable the council to scrutinize the bank accounts of the Binay family. The AMLC and the Office of the Ombudsman, in their petition to the court, want to Read More …

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Pauleen Luna (MNS photo) Pauleen Luna dropped hints Tuesday of a wedding, and building a family life with long-time partner Vic Sotto. On the sidelines of the TESDA short film competition at the PICC Plenary Hall which Luna hosted, the actress said she and Sotto have discussed their wedding plans. At the ribbing of TESDA Secretary Joel Villanueva, Luna said she is willing to take on his challenge to take pastry and baking classes under the auspices of the technical education skills agency. She said that cooking is one of the prime requirements of a happy home. Luna also said it was in the natural order of things that she will be a wife and mother. (MNS)

Philippine Air Force honor guards carry the casket bearing the remains of Philippine ambassador to Pakistan Domingo Lucenario Jr. upon arrival at the Villamor Air Base on Wednesday. Lucenario died in a helicopter crash in northern Pakistan along with 6 other people. (MNS photo) MANILA, May 13 (Mabuhay) — Military honors were accorded to the late Philippine Ambassador to Pakistan Domingo Lucenario Jr. on Wednesday upon the arrival of his remains at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City. The plane bearing his remains arrived at half past seven in the morning on board a C-130 plane of the Pakistani Air Force. Four pairs of pallbearers with ranks of lieutenant colonel carried the ambassador’s coffin covered with the Philippine flag from the aircraft to the runway where the military honors were given. The diplomat’s widow, Atty. Nida Arada Lucenario, and their son Domingo III also arrived this morning from Pakistan on board the same plane. They were joined by the couple’s daughters Atty. Marian Catherine Lucenerio and Maria Dominique “Nikki” Lucenerio in the arrival ceremony and turnover of the remains. Lucenario was on board a helicopter on May 8 on the way to visit development projects in northern Pakistan when the chopper crashed. Aside from Lucenario, Norway’s ambassador Leif Larsen also died, along with the wives of the Malaysian and Indonesian envoys. ‘He loved the foreign service’ According to Marian and Nikki, the family is saddened and they miss their father every day. “On behalf of our family, we would Read More …