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(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has allowed former Senator Jinggoy Estrada to go on a 31-day trip to the United States. The Fifth Division approved Estrada’s motion to travel from April 30 to May 30 in open court on Monday. In his motion, Estrada had asked that he be allowed to travel from April 21 to May 31 as he had accepted to become guest speaker of the US Pinoy for Good Governance (USP4GG) annual general membership […]
(Eagle News) — Janet Lim Napoles has accused a raiding team of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology of harassment. Napoles made the accusation in an attempt to convince the Sandiganbayan, where she faces a plunder case in connection with the pork barrel scam, that she needed to be moved to a safehouse from Camp Bagong Diwa where she is detained. According to the undated incident report submitted by Napoles, the incident took place […]
(Eagle News) — “Diskarte ‘yan niya.” President Rodrigo Duterte had this to say amid criticisms of Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre’s treatment of Janet Lim Napoles, who has been provisionally admitted to the Department of Justice’s Witness Protection Program. According to the President, in general, he leaves the discretion of managing departments to his Cabinet secretaries. “Hinayaan ko ‘yan sila (Cabinet secretaries),” he said. Aguirre has defended Napoles’ provisional admission to the program, noting that she […]
Seeks provisional liberty anew (Eagle News) — Former Senator Bong Revilla has filed an urgent motion asking the Supreme Court to stop Sandiganbayan proceedings held in connection with the plunder case filed against him, and to grant him provisional liberty. In arguing for the same in the motion filed on March 16, Revilla, through his lawyers, noted that he has been in detention for 1,371 days since June 20, 2014 even if he had a […]
Says Napoles, as “co-conspirator” in crime of plunder that targets public officials, is eligible for WPP (Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre on Tuesday admitted that he and Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea met with Janet Lim Napoles’ lawyer in Malacanang. But in a press conference in the Palace, Aguirre said there was never a time during the meeting he and Medialdea provided legal advice to Stephen David. He said they only talked about Napoles’ […]
(Eagle News) — Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea on Tuesday denied that he gave legal advice to the counsel of Janet Lim Napoles. “Why would I give a legal advice to a lawyer for his client?” Medialdea, a lawyer by profession, said in a message to reporters. “If I were his client, I will fire him,” Medialdea added. On Monday, lawyer Stephen David said that he met in Malacanang with Medialdea and Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre, who […]
(Eagle News)– The lawyer of Janet Lim Napoles on Monday said he met with Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre and Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea after she was provisionally admitted to the Witness Protection Program. “Ang pinag-usapan namin whether or not magfa-file ba siya (Napoles) ng motion (seeking her transfer to the Department of Justice),” Stephen David told reporters in the Sandiganbayan, where he attended a hearing on their urgent motion. According to David, prior to the […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacañang said that it would leave up to the Department of Justice (DOJ) the re-evaluation of the extent of involvement of so-called pork barrel queen Janet Lim Napoles in the controversial pork barrel scam. In a radio interview, Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said that it was the discretion of the DOJ whether to place Napoles under the government’s Witness Protection Program or not. He said President Rodrigo Duterte would not […]
(Eagle News)–The lawyer of Janet Lim Napoles reiterated on Sunday that she could not have masterminded the P10-billion pork barrel scam. In an interview over dzbb, Stephen David noted that Napoles was a high school graduate and a “private person.” “Paano naging mastermind ang isang private person na hindi nga nakatungtong ng college, para paikutin mo yung buong Senado o buong Kongreso? Parang hindi naman kapani-paniwala yun,” he said. He said the previous administration only […]
(Eagle News)—Janet Lim Napoles will “sing anything she is asked to.” Senator Leila de Lima made the statement on Saturday, a day after the Department of Justice confirmed the alleged pork barrel scam queen had been provisionally admitted to the Witness Protection Program. The senator said this was why she did not “seriously consider” Napoles as state witness when she was justice secretary during the time of then-President Benigno Aquino III. De Lima, who is […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Bam Aquino on Friday said there was a “culture of impunity” at the Department of Justice (DOJ). Aquino said this was evident in the dismissal of drug charges against self-confessed drug distributor Kerwin Espinosa, and the placing of alleged pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim Napoles under provisional coverage of the Witness Protection Program. “For the ordinary Filipino to have any hope for justice, the DOJ must stop perpetrating the culture of impunity […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Janet Lim Napoles has been provisionally admitted to the Witness Protection Program. A certification signed by Senior Assistant State Prosecutor Ma. Nerissa Molina-Carpio, program director, said the alleged pork barrel scam queen was provisionally admitted effective February 27,. 2018. Justice Undersecretary Erickson Balmes said Napoles has executed an affidavit containing more details about the Priority Development Assistance Fund scam. He said her affidavit though would be under assessment so […]
