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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said someone should be held accountable for the Malampaya fund gas mess. “Alam mo ang malas ng Pilipinas? Ewan ko, Diyos lang ang makasagot nito. Ang Indonesia, may oil. Brunei, may oil. Ang Malaysia, may oil. Tayo, wala. Kokonti lang gas natin [Malampaya] kinurakot,” he said in a speech in Camp General Adriano Hernandez, Dingle, Iloilo. He said “somebody has to account for the loss” of funds. […]
(Eagle News) — Alleged pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim Napoles has again asked the Supreme Court that she be allowed provisional liberty while standing trial for plunder before the Sandiganbayan. In asking for the same in her Feb 13 supplemental petition for bail in the plunder case with co-accused Bong Revilla, Napoles invoked the so-called Arroyo doctrine that enabled the acquittal of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for plunder over the allegedly anomalous disbursement of P366 million […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has my full respect. Senator Franklin Drilon had this to say after the President denied any hand in Janet Lim Napoles’ claim the senator received a P5-million campaign contribution from her. In a statement on Wednesday, Drilon also clarified that “if (he) had disagreements with the President, it is always on matters of policy.” “I have never attacked the President on a personal level,” he said. “In fact, I […]
(Eagle News) — The Liberal Party on Wednesday defended Senator Franklin Drilon from allegations he received a P5-million campaign donation from alleged pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim Napoles. In a statement, the LP accused the present administration of being behind what they called the lies against the senator, who they said already explained his side on the issue. “May pattern na ang administrasyong ito pag naiiipit: Nililihis at iniiba ang usapan,” the LP said. […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday denied he was behind Janet Lim Napoles’ “exposé” she gave a P5-million campaign donation to Senator Franklin Drilon in 2010. “Senator Drilon, if I talked to somebody urging a case against you sa PDAF, bring that person in my presence and I will resign because you are my friend,” he said in his speech before departing for India at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2. According to […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Tuesday urged the Ombudsman to look into alleged pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim Napoles’ claim that she gave at least P5 million to Senator Franklin Drilon’s 2010 election campaign. “The Constitution in providing for accountability of public officers is the legal basis for the relevant government agency to conduct an investigation,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. According to Roque, the Department of Justice should also conduct its own […]
(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has ordered the arrest of former Budget Undersecretary Mario Relampagos for his failure to return from an overseas trip within the period allowed by the anti-graft court. Relampagos was granted travel authority covering the period from Dec. 2, 2017 to Jan. 1, 2018, but has yet to return from the United States. The Seventh Division directed the Department of Foreign Affairs to immediately cancel Relampagos’ passport. It also ordered state […]
But warrants of arrest issued vs Jo Christine, James Christopher Napoles; and Ronald Francisco Lim still stand (Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has granted the motion of the kin of alleged pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim Napoles to have their P22-million bail in connection with the Malampaya fund scam reduced, but denied their plea for the warrants of arrest issued against them to be suspended. In a resolution promulgated on December 15, the Third […]
(Eagle News) — Janet Lim Napoles’ brother and two children have asked the anti-graft court to reduce bail for their temporary liberty. In their urgent motion filed before the Sandiganbayan’s third division, the alleged pork barrel scam mastermind’s children Jo Christine and James Christopher, and their uncle, Ronald Francisco Lim asked that the P23.2 million bail pegged by the court be reduced by 96.9 percent. The three are facing 97 counts each for graft and malversation […]
(Eagle News) — The Court of Tax Appeals has junked the P17-million tax evasion case against the daughter of alleged pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles. A report said the third division, through a Dec. 6 resolution, dismissed the case against Jeane Catherine Napoles for “insufficiency of evidence.” The younger Napoles had argued that she was “just a student with no taxable income” and as such shouldn’t be told to pay income taxes from 2011 to 2012 for […]
(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 […]
