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(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) — Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon admonished the Public Attorneys Office for allegedly sitting on petitions for the release of over 800 prisoners who could be eligible for such as early as a year ago. According to Drilon, 862 prisoners have been revealed to be entitled for the release under Republic Act 10951, but only 39 petitions have been filed by PAO with the Supreme Court, and 12 with the Regional Trial Court. RA 10951, […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) —Two British journalists and an Argentine were freed on Friday eight hours after being detained by the Venezuelan military, the national press union (SNTP) said. Argentine Laura Saravia along with British nationals Barney Green and Dan Rivers were released after being held incommunicado, the SNTP said on Twitter. They were detained “as they left the country” after having been in “Venezuela for three days reporting on tourism,” the union said earlier. Three people […]
(Eagle News) — Newly appointed Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said alleged pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim Napoles has no “actionable right to demand detention or custody” from the Department of Justice despite having been provisionally admitted to the Witness Protection Program. According to Guevarra, whose manifestation was submitted to the Sandiganbayan Third Division on Tuesday, April 17, in the first place, Napoles’ provisional coverage “merely signifies that she has yet to complete all the […]
(Eagle News) — Stop attacking me. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque had this to say to detained Senator Leila de Lima, with whom he has been engaged in a word war since her first anniversary in detention. “I leave her alone as a matter of policy because she’s in jail. But stop attacking me,” he said in a television interview on Thursday. According to Roque, he “only responds” when she says something about him. “Stop expecting […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila Regional Trial Court has denied Mark Taguba’s bid to be allowed to remain detained in the National Bureau of Investigation, and ordered his transfer to the Manila City Jail instead. In denying his motion, Manila RTC Branch 46 Judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa said Taguba failed to present any proof he was facing death threats, and should therefore remain in NBI detention. The judge noted that it was not the NBI but […]
(Eagle News) –The Senate blue ribbon committee on Friday approved former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon’s request to be temporarily released from the Senate. In his request Faeldon had said he wished to witness his wife giving birth. “Maraming pong salamat chairman Richard Gordon for your decency and compassion,” Faeldon said in a statement. He said with his temporary release, he could now also take his oath as deputy administrator III of the Department of National […]
by Simon Sturdee with Alfons Luna in Barcelona © Agence France-Presse MADRID, Spain (AFP) — A large chunk of Catalonia’s deposed government was behind bars Thursday after a Spanish judge ordered their detention pending probes into their role in the region’s independence drive, prompting fresh street protests. Carles Puigdemont, dismissed last week as Catalan president by the Spanish government and who has since been holed up in Belgium, meanwhile was facing a possible EU arrest warrant after […]
(Agence France Presse) — A total of 14 people are in detention in Britain and Libya over Monday’s suicide bombing at a pop concert in the English city of Manchester by a British-born man of Libyan origin. A teenage boy and a woman arrested by British police this week have since been released without charge, leaving 12 in British custody who were arrested “on suspicion of offences contrary to the terrorism act.” In Libya, the […]
(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has allowed detained former Senator Jinggoy Estrada to attend his father’s birthday celebration on April 19. In a two-page decision, the fifth division said it was granting the former senator’s March 28 motion “in recognition of deeply embedded Filipino customs and traditions, covering respect and regard to parents and the elderly.” It noted that Estrada “appears to have complied with all the conditions of his detention and no serious adverse […]
