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(Eagle News)–Senator Bong Revilla is proposing a new round of increase in the monthly pension of war veterans. Revilla’s proposal for a P3000 monthly increase comes after the enactment of a law that increased their existing monthly pension by P15,000. With the passage of RA 11164 on Dec. 20, the war veterans in World War II, Korean War and the Vietnam War receive a montjly pension of P20,000, up from P5000. “More than the monetary […]
(Eagle News)–The Sandiganbayan has upheld the conviction of Janet Lim Napoles for the alleged misuse of the P224.5-million pork barrel of former Senator Bong Revilla. In upholding her conviction, the first division said the evidence was sufficient to establish her guilt beyond reasonable doubt. Napoles had asked the anti-graft court to reverse its decision after Revilla was acquitted of plunder in the case. Apart from Napoles, Revilla’s former chief of staff Richard Cambe was convicted. […]
(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has given former Senator Bong Revilla’s camp until Feb. 19 to comment on the prosecutors’ motion for him to be held civilly liable for the plunder of P124.5 million of pork barrel funds. This was after First Division chair Associate Justice Efren Dela Cruz granted the request of Estelito Mendoza, Revilla’s lawyer, for the period of time to prepare. Dela Cruz also asked prosecutors to file their opposition to the […]
(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has deferred alleged pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim Napoles’ transfer to the Correctional Institution for Women pending resolution of her appeal for her to remain detained in Camp Bagong Diwa. The anti-graft court instead ordered the Office of the Special Prosecutor to comment on the appeal of Napoles, who had cited security reasons in arguing against her transfer to the CIW after her conviction for plunder. The anti-graft court on […]
(Eagle News)– Alleged pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim Napoles has asked the Sandiganbayan not to order her immediate commitment to the Correctional Institution for Women. In her three-page motion, Napoles said she should be allowed to appeal her conviction for plunder in the first place. Her camp said they would appeal the conviction within the timeframe provided for in the Rules of Court. On Friday, Dec. 7, Napoles was sentenced to reclusion perpetua for […]
(Eagle News)—–Senator Leila De Lima on Saturday, Dec. 8, hit the Sandiganbayan’s acquittal of former Senator Bong Revilla for plunder. “I could only shake my head in utter disbelief and dismay. Yesterday was a sad moment for truth, justice and accountability,” De Lima, who was the justice secretary when charges were filed against Revilla and two other then-senators in connection with the pork barrel scam, said. Revilla was accused of plunder for allegedly taking over […]
(Eagle News) — It appears the prosecution will no longer appeal the Sandiganbayan’s acquittal of former Senator Bong Revilla for plunder. Ombudsman Samuel Martires himself said “it is an elementary doctrine in law that you cannot appeal a judgment of acquittal.” “It is not just a policy,” Martires said, noting that the “doctrine” has “its roots in Roman law that an ‘issue once decided cannot be tried again’.” It “is based on double jeopardy or the […]
(Eagle News)—Below are the order and resolution issued by the first division of the Sandiganbayan directing the lifting of the hold departure order against former Senator Bong Revilla for plunder, and the warrant of arrest issued against him for graft. The division issued the same after Revilla was acquitted of plunder, and after he posted a P480,000 bail for the 16 counts of graft against him. After posting bail, Revilla underwent a medical checkup at […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Friday, Dec. 7, urged the public to respect the decision of the Sandiganbayan acquitting former Senator Bong Revilla of plunder. “While justice grinds so slow most of the time it does grind, and when it stops it renders a verdict that is exacting immutable,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said of the special first division’s decision promulgated on Friday that also found Revilla’s former chief of staff, Richard Cambe, and […]
(Eagle News) — In these pictures released by the Philippine National Police, former Senator Bong Revilla is seen undergoing a medical check-up prior to his expected release after posting a P480,000 bail for his provisional liberty for 16 counts of graft. Revilla posted the bail before the Sandiganbayan after he was acquitted of the plunder case filed against him in connection with what the prosecution claimed were over P200 million of pork barrel funds Revilla […]
(Eagle News) — Former Senator Bong Revilla on Friday, Dec. 7, posted bail for the graft case filed against him. Revilla posted a P480,000 bail for 16 counts of graft before the Sandiganbayan after he was acquitted of the plunder charges filed against him, earlier in the day. During the promulgation, the Sandiganbayan’s first division, which had to convene into a special division because it could not reach a unanimous decision on Revilla’s plunder case, […]
Court finds Revilla’s former chief of staff Richard Cambe, Napoles guilty of the crime (Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan on Friday, Dec. 7, found former Senator Bong Revilla not guilty of plunder. The first division said Revilla “cannot be held liable” for the crime which he was charged with several years ago. “There was a split decision of the five (division) justices–three voted for (Revilla’s) acquittal for insufficiency of evidence, two for his conviction..By reason […]
