Gov’t bucks Mike Arroyo bid to travel abroad

The prosecution on Tuesday asked the Sandiganbayan to reject former first gentleman Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo’s request to travel to Japan and Hong Kong on Feb. 3-10, saying he was a flight risk.

Posted: January 23rd, 2013 in Latest Global Nation Stories | Read More »

Mike Arroyo wants to travel to Japan, HK again

Former first gentleman Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo, who is facing graft cases in the Sandiganbayan, on Tuesday asked the court to allow him to travel to Japan and Hong Kong on Feb. 3-10.

Posted: January 16th, 2013 in Latest Global Nation Stories | Read More »

Casino bagman got $30M

Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada’s Universal Entertainment funneled at least $30 million to an ex-consultant for the state gambling regulator, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor), who is now at the center of a bribery investigation, according to sources and company records.

Posted: December 1st, 2012 in Banner Story,Headlines | Read More »

Outtakes

Legal defense tactics for Mike Arroyo

JOSE MIGUEL ARROYO, the beleaguered husband of detained former president Gloria Arroyo, needs the best defense lawyer in the country. I know exactly the guy for him.

Posted: June 20th, 2012 in Blogs,Columnists | Read More »

Court lets Mike Arroyo travel to Hong Kong, Japan again

A month after visiting Japan and Hong Kong, the husband of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has been allowed by the antigraft court to return to the two places.

Posted: June 14th, 2012 in Latest Global Nation Stories | Read More »

De Lima says sorry for Arroyo travel blooper

Justice Secretary Leila De Lima on Friday apologized to Jose Miguel Arroyo for saying the former first gentleman left the country without passing through the Bureau of Immigration last July 31.

Posted: August 5th, 2011 in Headlines,Latest Global Nation Stories | Read More »