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(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice has asked two courts to issue a hold departure order against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, who was recently allowed by a Makati court to travel abroad. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said the motions were filed before the Davao court hearing the libel case filed against Trillanes, and the Pasay court hearing the inciting to sedition case filed against him. The libel case was filed by presidential son Paolo […]
Ressa posts P60,000 bail in tax evasion case (Eagle News)–A Pasig court has ordered the arrest of Rappler’s Maria Ressa for tax evasion. Pasig Regional Trial Court Branch 265 Judge Danilo Buemio issued the arrest order on Nov. 28, after Ressa was charged for violation of Section 255 of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997. The judge set the bail for Ressa’s temporary liberty at P60,000, which she has already posted. Last week, the […]
(Eagle News)–A court has ordered the release of former Bayan Muna Rep.Satur Ocampo and several others who were arrested recently. Executive Judge Arlene Palabrica of the 11th judicial region said Ocampo, Rep. France Castro, Meggie Nolasco, Edgar Ugal, Eller Ordeza, Jurie Jaime, Ryan Magpayo, Jesus Modamo, Maria Concepcion Ibarra, Maryro Poquita, Jenveive Paraba, Maricel Angdagkit, Marcial Rendon, Mariane Aga, Ariel Ansan, Merhaya Talledo, Wingwing Daunsay and Nerfa Awing should be released after posting an P80,000 […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Tuesday, Sept. 25, posted bail for the rebellion case filed against him. Trillanes proceeded to the Makati Regional Trial Court to post the P200,000 bail set by Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 Judge Elmo Alameda for his temporary liberty, after he underwent booking procedures at the Makati Police. Live footage on national television showed Trillanes accompanied by opposition senators Bam Aquino, Kiko Pangilinan and Risa Hontiveros, […]
Senator says he will post P200,000 bail today (Eagle News) — “Officially, wala na tayong demokrasya.” This was the reaction of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, following a Makati court’s order to have him arrested and have a hold departure order issued against him on Tuesday, Sept. 25. Judge Elmo Alameda of the Makati RTC Branch 150, where Trillanes was charged with rebellion, set bail for the senator at P200,000. Trillanes said he would post bail […]
(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan’s sixth division has denied the appeal of former immigration deputy commissioner Al Argosino for the plunder case against him to be dismissed. In a 13-page resolution, the division said it denied Argosino’s motion to quash the case stemming from the P50-million bribery scandal in 2016. The P50 million Argosino and fellow immigration deputy commissioner Michael Robles allegedly extorted from Chinese businessman Jack Lam were supposedly in exchange for the release of […]
(Eagle News) — The Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court’s denial of the bid of former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao governor Zaldy Ampatuan, a primary accused in the Maguindanao massacre in 2009, to be granted bail. Citing lack of merit, the special eighth division of the appellate court, in a 23-page decision, denied Ampatuan’s petition for certioriari seeking for the annulment and the setting aside of the September 15, 2015 joint order […]
(Eagle News)—-The Supreme Court has re-affirmed Janet Lim Napoles should not be granted bail. In a six-page resolution promulgated on Feb. 6, the SC said Napoles’ argument she should be given temporary liberty like former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was “unmeritorious.” The Feb. 6 resolution stems from Napoles’ December 20 appeal of the High Court’s decision upholding the Sandiganbayan’s denial of her bail. In her December 20 appeal, Napoles noted the SC reversed the Sandiganbayan’s […]
(Eagle News) — Former President Benigno Aquino III on Friday posted a P40,000 bail bond for the cases filed against him in connection with the botched Mamasapano operation in 2015. This was after the cases for graft and usurpation of authority were raffled off to the Sandiganbayan third division, which was expected to issue a warrant of arrest against him. The division is chaired by Justice Amparo Cabotaje-Tang, who is an Aquino appointee. Aquino, who […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied Janet Lim Napoles’ petition questioning a Sandiganbayan decision that denied her petition for bail. According to SC spokesperson Theodore Te, the Sandiganbayan did not “gravely abuse discretion” when it issued its Oct. 16 decision. In the 378-page decision, the third division said there was strong evidence to keep Napoles in trial in connection with the alleged pork barrel scam. This was contrary to Napoles’ claims the […]
(Eagle News) — The Ombudsman has asked the Sandiganbayan to reconsider its decision that allowed former Senator Jinggoy Estrada to be out on bail. In its motion for reconsideration, the Ombudsman asked the anti-graft court’s fifth division to “review, reconsider and set aside” its Sept. 15 resolution that allowed Estrada to be temporarily released “upon the submission and approval of bail in the amount of (over) P1 million to be posted in cash.” The resolution […]
(Eagle News) — The lawyers of Jinggoy Estrada on Saturday posted P1.33 million in bail for the former senator, paving the way for his eventual temporary release. This was after the Sandiganbayan fifth division granted Estrada’s second petition for bail after years in detention in Camp Crame over his alleged malversation of Priority Development Assistance Funds to fake nongovernment organizations owned by Janet Lim Napoles. Voting 3-2, the fifth division pegged bail at P1 million […]
