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The Joker that I knew
The late senator Joker Arroyo loved to be makulit sarcastic and to hear about the juiciest gossip Ruby Clemmons shares a different side of the lion in the Senate

Tolentino resigns, Marcos on Binay, Vatican’s stand | 6PM wRap
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‘Patriot first class’: Wednesday Club, senators remember Joker Arroyo
UPDATED ‘He would be leaving behind a nation that still suffers from the same problems that he liked to rant about with fierce dedication He left us to face all these ’

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Former senator Joker Arroyo dies
2nd UPDATE Arroyo was a Makati representative for 9 years and a senator for 12 years

Joker Arroyo nephew: Senate has no power of arrest
Only a judge can issue a warrant of arrest and senators are not judges says Dr Jack Arroyo after the Senate ordered his arrest for snubbing Binay hearings

'Joker thought Operation Big Bird too complicated for Cory'
In his memoir General Jose Almonte recalls how Executive Secretary Joker Arroyo thought President Corazon Aquino wouldn t understand the details of efforts to retrieve Marcos hidden wealth

Joker: Embattled Junjun Binay like Ninoy Aquino
The Senate blue ribbon subcommittee s probe into alleged corruption by the Binay family is like an inquisition harking back to Martial Law times says former Senator Rene Saguisag

Joker to Senate: End Binay hearings, revisit rules
Calling the Binay probe the longest in the Senate blue ribbon committee s history former senator Joker Arroyo says the investigation has led to minimal results

Joker Arroyo: Blue ribbon probes 'one-sided'
The former lawmaker criticized the way the Senate blue ribbon committee was handling its investigations including the probe on the Makati City parking building

#TalkThursday: DAP and the war between branches of gov't
Rappler talks to the Dean of the Ateneo School of Government Tony La Viña about the Disbursement Acceleration Program and the consequences of President Aquino s continued defense of the program

Joker warns against ‘presidential autocracy’
As the picture looks presently the President’s policy is to discredit the judiciary and render it impotent subjugate further Congress and make the President supreme Arroyo says

After ‘rushing’ deal, PH got nothing from Obama – Joker
Instead of a commitment on China all the Philippines got out of Obama s visit was shibboleths says former Senator Joker Arroyo

Aquino defends chief of HR claims board
She has the skill she has the physical energy she has the drive she has the right direction to be able to accomplish the job in two years or less
Palace to Joker: Aquino ‘deeply aware’ of rights concerns
Coloma says Aquino s personal experience under Martial Law was factored into his controversial appointment of a former police general as head of a claims board for human rights victims
Senators deny requesting DAP releases for DOST
Sen Pia Cayetano says she did not even know the DAP existed while former senator Ping Lacson urges the DBM to explain the source of funds
Joker: ‘Indolent’ spokespersons put Aquino in trouble
The President spokespersons play things by ear and pass it on as facts says former Senator Arroyo who once referred to the Aquino Cabinet as a student council
Palace to DAP critics: Don't use DOM tactics
Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda also hits former Senator Joker Arroyo for raising corruption issues only now
Joker: Scrap DAP but don’t impeach Aquino
The initiative to abolish the Disbursement Acceleration Program doesn t have to come from Congress which didn t create it The President can just stop the releases
Rappler Newscast | October 1, 2013
US government shuts down Drilon to ask senators on Napoles Former Sen Arroyo says Palace spending program is illegal
Palace spending program 'illegal'
The Disbursement Acceleration Program is an invention of Malacañang and should have been created by law say ex Senator Joker Arroyo Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago and House independent bloc leader Martin Romualdez
DBM clarifies, Joker's extra P47M not from PDAF
It was released under the Executive branch s Disbursement Acceleration Program and like releases to other senators not connected to Corona s impeachment says Secretary Abad
How much does a senator earn?
Citing a 2011 COA report Sen Miriam Defensor Santiago lists the incomes and expenditures of senators
Class of 2013: The graduating senators
Angara Arroyo Lacson Pangilinan and Villar are retiring What legacy are the graduating senators leaving behind?
Senate OKs P2.006T budget
The Senate approves the 2013 national budget with bicam to start next week
Leonen challenge? Speed up Ampatuan trial
Sen Joker Arroyo says new SC Justice Marvic Leonen must have fresh ideas to speed up the Ampatuan trial
The Senate fraternity
You men and women of the Senate are charged with protecting the interests of 95 million Filipinos Now is one of those crucial times you can prove yourselves worthy of such an honor
Joker Arroyo, a fellow Nagueño, sheds tears for Robredo
The Senator described Robredo as forthright simple and very unassuming
Congress pullout from JBC childish, says Chavez
Former Solicitor General Frank Chavez chides Congress for saying it might boycott the search process for the next chief justice
Senate caucus on AMLA; blacklisting feared
OFWs and businessmen will be the hardest hit if the Senate fails to amend the Anti Money Laundering Act before it adjourns on June 7
Rappler Newscast | May 29, 2012
The senate impeachment court convicts Renato Corona for Article 2 of the impeachment complaint | Only 3 senators vote to acquit Corona | Dean Jose Manuel Diokno says the prosecution has the defense to thank for its victory
[VIDEO] Recto votes guilty
Recto: My duty is to choose what is right and not what is popular
[VIDEO] Pimentel votes guilty
Pimentel: Facts convince this senator judge to avoid disclosing true net worth
[VIDEO] Pangilinan votes guilty
Pangilinan says he saw systematic concealment of the Chief Justice s wealth
[VIDEO] Osmeña votes guilty
Osmeña cites Supreme Court decisions to guide his personal verdict which tells him offense is impeachable and the Chief Justice betrayed public trust
[VIDEO] Marcos votes to acquit
Marcos: Granted the Chief Justice violated SALN law this does not rise to level of impeachable offense
[VIDEO] Legarda: I vote to convict
Legarda: If we acquit the Chief Justice we tragically lift floodgates on corruption
[VIDEO] Lapid votes guilty
Lapid says Prosecutor Farinas presentation makes it clear that Chief Justice Corona is guilty
[VIDEO] Lacson: I find the respondent guilty
Lacson says he doesn t believe the Chief Justice doesn t understand accounting because he taught classes on taxes for 17 years in law school
[VIDEO] Honasan votes guilty
Honasan: I vote to ask the Chief Justice to step down
[VIDEO] Guingona: I vote to convict the accused
Guingona: I vote to convict the accused Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
[VIDEO] Estrada: The accused violated the law
Estrada: I make this decision with a heavy heart but with confidence The accused violated the law
[VIDEO] Escudero votes guilty
Escudero: This is the time to raise our standards for public servants not just for Chief Justice Corona but for us all
[VIDEO] Drilon votes guilty
Drilon: The Chief Justice must be held to higher standard than dismissed official for not declaring market stall He maliciously filed SALN
[VIDEO] Miriam: Not guilty
Sen Miriam: As a former lawyer and a future judge of the International Criminal Court it makes me angry the way your minds run
[VIDEO] P. Cayetano votes guilty
Senator Pia Cayetano says minor inaccuracies in SALNs are not impeachable but the failure to declare 2 4M and P80M is not minor
[VIDEO] Alan Cayetano votes guilty
Alan Peter Cayetano votes guilty with penalty of removal from office
[VIDEO] Arroyo: I vote to acquit
Arroyo: I cannot imagine removing a Chief Justice on account of his SALN