Roxas to GMA: Truth or Consequence

Senator Mar Roxas warned President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo that her government’s continued stonewalling of the truth and obstruction of justice will soon break the nation apart. The Liberal Party President said the Chief Executive should view today’s Makati rally as a fair consequence of her administration’s failure to come clean on the ZTE-National Broadband Network (NBN) […]

Roxas: "We deserve better than this"

Malolos, Bulacan – Senator Mar Roxas said the people deserve better than what the government is doing to address the current political crisis, which stemmed from anomalies involved with the government’s contract with ZTE Corp. of China for a National Broadband Network (NBN) project. “We are a great nation. We are a great people. We […]

Roxas to PGMA: "Save the Republic"

Davao City – Senator Mar Roxas on Wednesday made a call to the President to “save the Republic,” in light of controversies arising from the anomalous government contract with ZTE Corp. for a National Broadband Network. At the sidelines of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines’ Mindanao Island Cluster Congress, Roxas outlined to reporters […]

Sen. Mar Roxas with CBCP

Senator Mar Roxas and several lawmakers (right photo) discuss the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) with members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP, left photo), in a meeting Thursday morning at the Pope Pius Catholic Center in Paco, Manila. Roxas stressed that any extension of the CARP should not be “for the […]

Roxas calls on AMLC to verify Madriaga testimony

Senator Mar Roxas said the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) should verify alleged fund transfers in relation to the controversial ZTE-National Broadband Network (NBN) project, as per the testimony of Engr. Dante Madriaga, a self-claimed consultant to ZTE Corp. On Tuesday, Roxas made a motion to the Senate Joint Committee investigating the anomalous NBN project to […]

Sen. Roxas to arrive at Davao City tomorrow

Senator Mar Roxas will be arriving at Davao City tomorrow Wednesday, to attend the 1st League of Municipalities in the Philippines (LMP) Mindanao Island Cluster Congress. He praised the LMP for its efforts in furthering unity and progress in Mindanao, noting how its programs reflected “Unity Amidst Diversity Towards Genuine Peace, Progress and Countryside Development,” […]

Transcript of interview with Senator Mar Roxas on ABS-CBN’s ‘Umagang Kay Ganda’

On the President’s knowledge of the flaws in the NBN deal with ZTE: Q: Sa hearing ng Senado ngayong araw na ito, kasama na ba sa agenda yung pag-amin ng Pangulo na alam niya may anomalya sa NBN project? MAR: Siguradong kasama na iyan, at kung hindi naman ako, I’m sure the committee as a […]

Transcript of interview with Senator Mar Roxas on ABS-CBN’s ‘Umagang Kay Ganda’

On the President’s knowledge of the flaws in the NBN deal with ZTE: Q: Sa hearing ng Senado ngayong araw na ito, kasama na ba sa agenda yung pag-amin ng Pangulo na alam niya may anomalya sa NBN project? MAR: Siguradong kasama na iyan, at kung hindi naman ako, I’m sure the committee as a […]

Statement of Sen. Mar Roxas on President Arroyo’s admission of flawed NBN Deal

“This is the President’s second public ‘mea culpa’ after a major scandal of public interest, which in this instance is the ZTE-NBN deal. In the first instance, the ‘Hello Garci’ wiretapping incident that points to alleged fraud in the 2004 presidential polls, she said, ‘I am sorry’. “But after saying so, she put out orders […]

Statement of Sen. Mar Roxas on President Arroyo’s admission of flawed NBN Deal

“This is the President’s second public ‘mea culpa’ after a major scandal of public interest, which in this instance is the ZTE-NBN deal. In the first instance, the ‘Hello Garci’ wiretapping incident that points to alleged fraud in the 2004 presidential polls, she said, ‘I am sorry’. “But after saying so, she put out orders […]