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MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – According to Presidential Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma, the Malacañang stands firm in its position that those who were involved in the pork barrel scam should answer for their crimes, whether they are political allies of the administration or not. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin)
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – According to Atty. Levito Baligod, four officials of the Commission on Audit are involved in the pork barrel scam, adding that its is the COA officials themselves who taught how to falsify documents so that they can pass the scrutiny of COA. Atty. Baligod filed a complaint of malversation through falsification of public documents. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin)
QUEZON City, Philippines, July 16 (Eagle News) — Bayan Muna representative Neri Colmenares said that the Philippine government should act quickly to secure the assets of alleged pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim Napoles as the United States Justice Department filed a forfeiture complaint against Napoles. Colmenares added that it is the Filipino people who should benefit from the forfeited assets and not the US government. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith […]
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) — The Office of the Ombudsman found probable cause to indict four former congressmen for misusing Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) worth P244.29 million, using non-government organizations connected to businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles. In a statement, Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales identified the former congressmen as Rizalina Seachon-Lanete who is now Masbate governor, Samuel Dangwa of Benguet, Rodolfo Plaza of Agusan Del Sur, and Constantino Jaraula of Cagayan de Oro. Likewise facing criminal […]
MANILA, Philippines (ENS) — The Sandiganbayan granted Senator Juan Ponce Enrile’s request for hospital detention on Friday, allowing the senator’s hospital of choice, the Philippine National Police General Hospital, to continue holding him in custody as he stands trial for plunder and graft charges. In a 16-page resolution, the anti-graft court’s third division also said that it is allowing hospital detention for the 90-year old senator until he is fit to be transferred to a […]
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 […]
Pork barrel scam whistleblower, Merlina Suñas, appeared before the Sandiganbayan. Before the magistrates of the 1st Division of the Sandiganbayan, Suñas admitted that she only saw Senator Ramon Revilla Jr., a few times, during the wake of Janet Lim Napoles’ mother. She also said that she has not spoken to the senator. Atty. Richard Cambe, Senator Revilla’s chief of staff, was the one who received the brunt of Suñas’ admissions, saying that she met him […]
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 […]
Alleged pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim Napoles asked that she be excused from attending her bail hearings, citing mental and physical fatigue.
MANILA, Aug. 22 (PNA) — The anti-graft court on Friday junked the motion for reconsideration filed by Senator Juan Ponce Enrile on the 90-day preventive suspension order against him for lack of merit In a 14-page decision handed down by Sandiganbayan Third Division, they said they see no reason at all why they need to reverse their earlier order. In his argument, Enrile claims that only the Senate has the jurisdiction to impose suspension against […]
Senator Juan Ponce Enrile once again turned to the Supreme Court to stop the Sandiganbayan trial regarding his alleged involvement in the pork barrel scam.
