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The Commission on Elections will conduct a full preliminary investigation on the alleged illegal campaign contributions involving former Senate president Francis Escudero, in response to a formal complaint filed by lawyer and vlogger Jesus Falcis.

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The Commission on Elections is expected to come out next week with its ruling on the legality of Sen. Francis Escudero’s acceptance of donations from a government contractor for his 2022 campaign.

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Former Senate president Francis Escudero has sent a letter to the Commission on Elections expressing his readiness to be investigated by the poll body for accepting illegal campaign contributions during the 2022 elections, Comelec Chairman George Garcia said yesterday.

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Sen. Francis Escudero, former senators Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. and Nancy Binay as well as two other officials were the latest to be accused of involvement in flood control anomalies, this time by a former public works official who dropped the bombshell at the resumption yesterday of the Senate Blue Ribbon committee hearing on the scandal.

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Allies of former House speaker Martin Romualdez were engaged in “diversionary” tactics apparently to burnish his image and absolve him of any responsibility for anomalies in flood control projects, Sen. Francis Escudero said yesterday.

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Senate President Chiz Escudero can be removed and jailed for taking campaign contributions from a DPWH contractor.

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Senators within the Duterte bloc are backing Senate President Francis Escudero’s bid to retain the chamber’s top post, Sen. Ronald dela Rosa said yesterdayDela Rosa confirmed that he had signed the suspected 18-member “supermajority” bloc’s resolution to retain Escudero as Senate President in the 20th Congress.

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Our politics is an interminable feast.

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With the opening of the 20th Congress, Senate President Francis Escudero is poised to maintain his leadership of the chamber.

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The main and social media are ablaze with the news on the possibility that the impeachment trial of VP Sara will be aborted and not proceed.

[DatePublished] => 2025-06-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134206 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1722513 [AuthorName] => Ruben Almendras [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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The Commission on Elections will conduct a full preliminary investigation on the alleged illegal campaign contributions involving former Senate president Francis Escudero, in response to a formal complaint filed by lawyer and vlogger Jesus Falcis.

[DatePublished] => 2026-05-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1808362 [AuthorName] => Christine Boton [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/05/20/g7192024-08-1021-52-48_2026-05-20_23-07-31194_thumbnail.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2488529 [Title] => Comelec to rule next week on Chiz campaign donors [Summary] =>

The Commission on Elections is expected to come out next week with its ruling on the legality of Sen. Francis Escudero’s acceptance of donations from a government contractor for his 2022 campaign.

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Former Senate president Francis Escudero has sent a letter to the Commission on Elections expressing his readiness to be investigated by the poll body for accepting illegal campaign contributions during the 2022 elections, Comelec Chairman George Garcia said yesterday.

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Sen. Francis Escudero, former senators Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. and Nancy Binay as well as two other officials were the latest to be accused of involvement in flood control anomalies, this time by a former public works official who dropped the bombshell at the resumption yesterday of the Senate Blue Ribbon committee hearing on the scandal.

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Allies of former House speaker Martin Romualdez were engaged in “diversionary” tactics apparently to burnish his image and absolve him of any responsibility for anomalies in flood control projects, Sen. Francis Escudero said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2025-09-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1806405 [AuthorName] => Neil Jayson Servallos [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2025/09/17/es_2025-09-17_22-33-2694_thumbnail.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2465518 [Title] => Chiz liable for taking P30M, but Comelec is waffling [Summary] =>

Senate President Chiz Escudero can be removed and jailed for taking campaign contributions from a DPWH contractor.

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Senators within the Duterte bloc are backing Senate President Francis Escudero’s bid to retain the chamber’s top post, Sen. Ronald dela Rosa said yesterdayDela Rosa confirmed that he had signed the suspected 18-member “supermajority” bloc’s resolution to retain Escudero as Senate President in the 20th Congress.

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Our politics is an interminable feast.

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With the opening of the 20th Congress, Senate President Francis Escudero is poised to maintain his leadership of the chamber.

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The main and social media are ablaze with the news on the possibility that the impeachment trial of VP Sara will be aborted and not proceed.

[DatePublished] => 2025-06-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134206 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1722513 [AuthorName] => Ruben Almendras [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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