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MANILA, Philippines — Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Ramon “Bong” Revilla and Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada who had been charged with plunder along with alleged “pork barrel” queen Janet Lim Napoles is facing fresh charges before the Sandiganbayan. This was after the Ombudsman slapped 42 counts of graft on Monday, June 9, against the three senators, Napoles, two of her children, officials of government firms and private persons at the Sandiganbayan. The graft charges constitute the second […]
MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Ombudsman proceeded on Friday (June 6) with the filing of plunder and graft charges before the Sandiganbayan, an anti-graft court, against Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Ramon Revilla Jr., and Jinggoy Estrada for the misuse of congressional funds, commonly known as “pork barrel,” worth billions of pesos. Charged along with the three senators were the alleged brains behind the P10 billion “pork barrel” scam, businesswoman Janet Lim […]
The Sandiganbayan is also prepared for the pork barrel trials of Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Ramon Revilla Jr., and Jinggoy Estrada after the Office of Ombudsman denied all of the said senators’ motions.
The Philippine National Police has prepared facilities for the holding of the three senators accused of being involved in the pork barrel scam, after the Office of the Ombudsman denied the motions of Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Jinggoy Estrada and Ramon Revilla Jr.
Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Jinggoy Estrada, and Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. are not the only ones named in the affidavit made by Janet Lim Napoles her lawyer said, claiming she tagged more people in the pork barrel scam, but was also quick to add that his client has not implicated 19 senators – both incumbent and former – as was earlier reported by the media. In a televised interview, Atty. Bruce Rivera said that Napoles definitely […]
