Tag: Sandiganbayan

Enrile, Estrada, Revilla, Napoles, and others charged with 42 counts of graft

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 […]

Drilon won’t allow arrest of 3 colleagues inside Senate building

MANILA, June 6 (PNA) — If three senators charged in pork barrel scam will be arrested, Senate President Franklin Drilon on Friday said he will not allow the warrant of arrest be served inside the Senate building. ”As a matter of institutional courtesy, I will not allow the law enforcement officers to serve the warrant in the session hall or in the Senate,” Drilon said in a media interview. Drilon, however, clarified the court sheriffs […]

Anti-graft court grants ex-President Arroyo’s birthday wish

MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan on Wednesday, April 2, granted Pampanga  Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s wish to have her family visit her on her birthday on April 5 at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center where she is currently detained. The former President will be turning 67 on April 5.  She earlier asked the anti-graft court to allow her family to join her on her birthday at the VMMC for three days and two nights. Arroyo is […]