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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 […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service (Eagle News) – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has filed cases of plunder and graft against former Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson and 33 others, including former and current officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways region 12 and other private individuals. This was in connection with a right-of-way alleged scam in General Santos City that had allegedly defrauded the government of at least […]
(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 […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service I am sure we will be vindicated. Former Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya had this to say after the filing of plunder charges against him and several others over the allegedly anomalous P3.8-B maintenance contract for the Metro Rail Transit 3. Apart from Abaya, charged by the Department of Transportation were former Transportation Secretary Mar Roxas, former Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, former Public Works Secretary Rogelio Singson, former Budget Secretary […]
(Eagle News) — Bring it on. This was what Senator Richard Gordon had to say to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, who said he would file a plunder case against the Senate blue ribbon committee chair in connection with his alleged misuse of Red Cross funds. “There he goes again. He’s done it before, he’s gonna do it again. Let him file the suit. I’m gonna account for every centavo,” Gordon said in an interview over […]
(Eagle News) – The House of Representatives passed on second reading early Wednesday evening (March 1) the controversial death penalty bill, even as opposition congressmen tried to block its passage. House Bill 4727 was passed in just less than a minute, through a voice vote, after the House agreed that only drug offenses would be covered by capital punishment. The death penalty will also not be mandatory since there can be a choice between […]
(Eagle News) — Itutuloy ng Office of the Ombudsman ang gagawing imbestigasyon kay incoming President Rodrigo Duterte kaugnay sa inihaing patong-patong na reklamo ni Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV . Ayon kay Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales, bahagi ng kanilang trabaho na imbestigahan ang sinumang opisyal ng pamahalaan na nahaharap sa administrative o criminal complaint. Dahil dito, ipagpapatuloy nila ang pag-imbestiga sa reklamong plunder,graft at malversation na kinakaharap ni Duterte. Dagdag pa ni Morales, kung magpositibo raw sa […]
Mayor Junjun Binay of Makati City is once again facing a new plunder case worth Php 828 million, which is connected to contracts made with bogus IT companies. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, May 28 (Eagle News) — The Senate blue ribbon subcommittee on Thursday (May 28) recommended the filing of plunder charges against Vice President Jejomar Binay and his son Makati Mayor “Junjun” Binay, and other officials over the purportedly overpriced Makati City Hall Building II. (Eagle News Service Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
The trial of former Philippine president Joseph Estrada (People of the Philippines vs. Joseph Estrada, et al., 26558 Sandiganbayan, September 12, 2007) took place between 2001 and 2007 at the Sandiganbayan. Estrada, popularly called Erap, was ousted from office in 2001 during a popular uprising in Metro Manila after an aborted impeachment trial in which he was charged with plunder and perjury. Soon after his ouster, the same charges were filed against him at the […]
Supreme Court demonstrates its clumsy choice and unsophisticatedness in Erap case. Today, we are so uncovered of governmental issues and citizens are discussing a debate of exclusion instance of the previous president Joseph “Erap” Estrada by the Supreme Court. As indicated by solid source, Estrada, popularly called Erap, was ousted from office in 2001 during a popular uprising in Metro Manila after an aborted impeachment trial in which he was charged with plunder and perjury. Soon after his ouster, […]
The Sandiganbayan denied Senate minority leader Juan Ponce Enrile’s motion for reconsideration, seeking temporary freedom. The Anti-Graft Court also dismissed with finality and refused to junk the plunder case against him.
