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(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 […]
(Eagle News) — Sinubukan umano ni dating justice secretary at kasalukuyang Senadora Leila De Lima na mangikil ng pera sa tinaguriang pork barrel scam mastermind na si Janet Lim-Napoles. Mismong si Napoles ang nagsabi na sinubukan ni De Lima na hingan siya ng pera kapalit ng pagpapahinto sa muling pagbukas ng kasong serious illegal detention na isinampa laban sa kanya. Pero hindi naman sinabi ni Napoles kung magkano ang sinubukang i-extort na pera sa kanya […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte defended on Monday the Office of the Solicitor General’s move to recommend the dismissal of the serious illegal detention case filed against Janet Lim Napoles, but stopped short of naming her a state witness to prosecute others allegedly involved in the P10-billion pork barrel scam. “Totoo naman. The circumstances would show. (Benhur Luy) was not restrained at all. If you ever followed the story, the solicitor general is right. […]
(Eagle News) — Pinayagan ng Sandiganbayan (SB) Fourth Division na makapagpiyansa sina Masbate Governor Rizalina Seachon-Lañete at binansagang “Pork Barrel Queen” Janet Lim-Napoles kaugnay ng kanilang kasong plunder at graft dahil sa maanomalyang paggamit ng Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) o pork barrel. Para sa anti-graft court, mahina ang mga ebidensyang naipresinta ng prosekusyon para sa mga akusado. Ayon din sa korte, kalahating milyong piso ang magiging bail bond ng bawat akusado sa kaso. Dahil […]
A MAKATI regional trial court sentenced Janet Lim Napoles, who had been tagged as the pork barrel queen, to life imprisonment for the illegal detention of her former employee Benhur Luy. Judge Elmo Alameda of Makati RTC branch 150 also ordered Napoles to pay Luy P50,000 in moral damages and another P50,000 in civil damages. Napoles and her brother Reynald Lim allegedly detained Luy for three months in her house in Magallanes Village, Makati City […]
MANILA, Philippines (ENS) – Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Gregory Ong was dismissed by the Supreme Court Tuesday, becoming the first Sandigabayan justice to be dismissed since the anti-graft court was created in 1978. In a vote of 8-5, the high court decided to dismiss Ong from the service for lying, showing “corrupt inclinations” and “fraternizing” with alleged pork barrel scam queen businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles whom he acquitted in 2010 on bribery and corruption charges. This […]
MANILA, Philippines — Saying he has “not committed any crime,” Senate Minority Leader Juan Ponce Enrile pleaded not guilty to graft charges in connection with the pork barrel scam on Friday, Sept. 5, before the Sandiganbayan. His chief of staff and co-accused, Atty. Jessica Lucila “Gigi” Reyes, on the other hand, refused to enter any plea, prompting the court to enter a “not guilty” plea for her. Reyes, arrived at the Sandiganbayan, along with another […]
Contrary to the allegations of whistleblower Benhur Luy, a budget official told the court that alleged pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim Napoles did not coordinate with her office regarding the processing and release of SARO.
MANILA, Philippines– The Sandiganbayan entered a plea of “not guilty” for Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., after the lawmaker refused to enter any plea during his arraignment Thursday, in connection with the P10 billion pork barrel scam. Businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles, on the other hand, entered a “not guilty” plea during her arraignment for the plunder charges filed before the anti-graft court. Revilla is accused of having collected P224.4 million in kickbacks from 2006 to 2010 […]
By Perfecto T. Raymundo Jr. MANILA (PNA) — The Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) has filed before the Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) the second batch of forfeiture case against the respondents in the priority development assistance fund (PDAF) scam. This was through a petition for civil forfeiture of assets filed by the AMLC before the Manila RTC last June 5. In this connection, Manila RTC Executive Judge Marino dela Cruz has issued a provisional asset […]
The camp of Benhur Luy once again called for the incarceration of Janet Lim Napoles in an ordinary jail, saying that there are no more threats to Lim’s life now that she has already made and released to the public her affidavit.
After staying for two months at the Ospital ng Makati, alleged pork barrel queen Janet Lim Napoles is now back at Fort Sto. Domingo in Sta. Rosa, Laguna.
