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By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senator JV Ejercito on Monday, July 30, said he was mulling transferring to the Nationalist People’s Coalition, instead of to the ruling party, Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban. “Naisip ko lang lang parang hindi magandang tingnan kung sakaling magtuloy nga kaming magkapatid na sabay na tatakbo tapos isa ang aming partido. So it would not look good,” he said, referring to former Senator Jinggoy Estrada. Estrada is the son of […]
(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has denied the Office of the Solicitor General’s appeal of its decision allowing former Senator Jinggoy Estrada to travel to the United States. As such, Estrada’s trip to the country from April 30 to May 30 for, among others, a speaking engagement with the US Pinoys for Good Governance, will push through. In denying the OSG’s motion for reconsideration, the anti-graft court said the prosecution failed to present any proof to […]
But Estrada’s camp stands by authenticity of invite (Eagle News)—The US Pinoys for Good Governance has denied it had invited former Senator Jinggoy Estrada to speak before them in the United States on May 20. In a statement on Tuesday evening, USPGG chair Loida Lewis-Cruz and president Rodel Rodies said Estrada’s statements to the Sandiganbayan Fifth Division were “erroneous,” and that it was a Tony Antonio who had asked the Michigan chapter chair William Dechavez to invite […]
(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) — The Sandiganbayan has allowed former Senator Jinggoy Estrada to go on vacation abroad. In his motion before the fifth division Estrada had said the trip–which if allowed would be from December 26 to 31—was something he promised his family. “After accused-movant was allowed bail, the family has been longing for bonding outside of the country. The…holidays would be the most opportune time to have this,” he had said. He said if allowed, […]
(Eagle News) — Former Senator Jinggoy Estrada has asked the Sandiganbayan for permission to go on a “long-desired family bonding” in Hong Kong. In a five-page motion, Estrada told the fifth division the trip–which if allowed would be from December 26 to 31—was something he promised his family. “After accused-movant was allowed bail, the family has been longing for bonding outside of the country. The…holidays would be the most opportune time to have this,” he […]
(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has allowed former Senator Jinggoy Estrada to go to Singapore but subject to certain conditions. In a two-page resolution made public on Friday, the fifth division, where Estrada is facing a complaint over the alleged pork barrel scam, granted the former senator’s motion that he be allowed to accompany his father, Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada, in his appointment with Dr. Premkumar Pillay of the Singapore Brain-Pine Nerves Center at Mount […]
(Eagle News) — Former Senator Jinggoy Estrada has asked the Sandiganbayan to allow him to accompany his father, who will undergo a medical exam and possible procedure in Singapore in November. In a four-page motion submitted to the fifth division, where he is facing a complaint over the alleged pork barrel scam, Estrada said that Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada’s appointment with Dr. Premkumar Pillay from the Singapore Brain-Pine Nerves Center at Mount Elizabeth Hospital is […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News) — The lawyers of Jinggoy Estrada on Saturday posted P1.33 million in bail for the former senator, paving the way for his eventual temporary release. This was after the Sandiganbayan fifth division granted Estrada’s second petition for bail after years in detention in Camp Crame over his alleged malversation of Priority Development Assistance Funds to fake nongovernment organizations owned by Janet Lim Napoles. Voting 3-2, the fifth division pegged bail at P1 million […]
(Eagle News)– Former senator Jinggoy Estrada has asked the Sandiganbayan for a two-day furlough so he can undergo video colonoscopy after blood tests showed he had high levels of carcinoembryonic antigen or CEA. “The doctor advised me to undergo colonoscopy, up and down, gastroscopy tsaka colonoscopy… Mayroon lang mga elevated blood test na nakita, abnormalities din,” Estrada told reporters in an interview. In his motion filed before the Sandiganbayan Fifth Division, Estrada said he plans […]
(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 […]
