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(Eagle News) — Guilty. This was the verdict handed down by Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 221 Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes to several of the 101 accused in the Maguindanao massacre in 2009. Solis-Reyes sentenced Zaldy Ampatuan, former Datu Unsay mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr. and several others to suffer the penalty of imprisonment of reclusion perpetua without parole after finding the prosecution established their guilt beyond reasonable doubt as principals in 57 murder counts. Also […]
(Eagle News) — The promulgation of the Maguindanao massacre case is expected today, Dec. 19, more than ten years since the crime dubbed as the country’s worst poll-related violence, took place in 2009. The promulgation is set at 9 a.m. in Camp Bagong Diwa, where security is so far tight. Only 76 media men and crew were given accreditation to enter the Metro Manila District Jail Annex 2 in Camp Bagong Diwa, and were allowed […]
(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 mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles was transferred to Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City early Tuesday (May 16) morning. She was transferred from the Correctional Institute for Women, Mandaluyong City to the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) facility in Taguig City where she arrived after 4 a.m. Napoles’ transfer to Camp Bagong Diwa was upon the order of the Sandiganbayan’s Third Division on Monday (May 15). After the Court of […]
(Eagle News)– The Sandiganbayan First Division on Monday (May 15) denied the request of alleged pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim Napoles to be transferred to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) detention center, and instead ordered her to be moved to Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City. In an open court hearing, the First Division granted the prosecution’s motion to have Napoles detained at Camp Bagong Diwa, saying there was no evidence that Napoles will […]
(Eagle News) — Illegal possession of firearms suspects Angel Manalo, Jem Hemedez and a former “Magdalo” soldier identified as Jonathan Ledesma were brought on Friday morning (March 17) to the Metro Manila District Jail in Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City after a Quezon City judge issued a commitment order for them to be jailed in this facility. The three suspects, who have been charged with illegal possession of firearms, were initially detained inside […]
One of the accused in the pork barrel scam, Atty. Gigi Reyes is already in the custody of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, in the female dormitory of its compound in Camp Bagong-Diwa, Bicutan, Taguig City.
