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(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has allowed former Senator Jinggoy Estrada to go on vacation abroad. In his motion before the fifth division Estrada had said the trip–which if allowed would be from December 26 to 31—was something he promised his family. “After accused-movant was allowed bail, the family has been longing for bonding outside of the country. The…holidays would be the most opportune time to have this,” he had said. He said if allowed, […]
(Eagle News) — Former Senator Jinggoy Estrada has asked the Sandiganbayan for permission to go on a “long-desired family bonding” in Hong Kong. In a five-page motion, Estrada told the fifth division the trip–which if allowed would be from December 26 to 31—was something he promised his family. “After accused-movant was allowed bail, the family has been longing for bonding outside of the country. The…holidays would be the most opportune time to have this,” he […]
(Eagle News) — Former President Benigno Aquino III on Friday posted a P40,000 bail bond for the cases filed against him in connection with the botched Mamasapano operation in 2015. This was after the cases for graft and usurpation of authority were raffled off to the Sandiganbayan third division, which was expected to issue a warrant of arrest against him. The division is chaired by Justice Amparo Cabotaje-Tang, who is an Aquino appointee. Aquino, who […]
(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has placed Jimalalud, Negros Oriental Mayor Reynaldo Tuanda under a 90-day preventive suspension. The suspension meted out by the Fifth Division applies pending an investigation into allegations he gave himself a permit to operate as a cockpit promoter from January 8 to December 31, 2010. Tuanda admitted to receiving a permit to be a cockpit promoter, but noted that this was not the same as receiving a permit to be a […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied Janet Lim Napoles’ petition questioning a Sandiganbayan decision that denied her petition for bail. According to SC spokesperson Theodore Te, the Sandiganbayan did not “gravely abuse discretion” when it issued its Oct. 16 decision. In the 378-page decision, the third division said there was strong evidence to keep Napoles in trial in connection with the alleged pork barrel scam. This was contrary to Napoles’ claims the […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Gringo Honasan on Friday refused to enter a plea in the arraignment on the cases filed against him over his alleged misuse of his Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF). The arraignment pushed through despite appeals from Honasan’s counsel, Dennis Manalo, for it to be postponed on the grounds they had a pending omnibus motion before the Sandiganbayan. In the omnibus motion, Honasan asked the anti-graft court to dismiss the arrest warrant issued […]
(Eagle News) — The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the indictment of Davao del Norte Rep. Antonio Floirendo Jr. over a deal that saw a company where he sits as board member doing business with the Bureau of Corrections. Floirendo was ordered charged before the Sandiganbayan for violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act in an 11-page resolution approved by the Ombudsman last week. In ordering his indictment, the Ombudsman found merit in Speaker […]
(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has issued a warrant for the arrest of founding Moro National Liberation Front chair Nur Misuari. The warrant is in connection with the malversation and graft cases he faces over the allegedly anomalous procurement of P115.2 million worth of educational materials in 2001 and 2002, when he was governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. In its 18-page resolution, the Third Division also ordered the arrest of Misuari’s co-accused Leovigilda […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has a new associate justice. Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Alexander Gesmundo takes the place of Associate Justice Jose Catral Mendoza, who retired on Aug. 13, the Supreme Court said on Monday. In a letter to SC Chief Ma. Lourdes Sereno, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said President Rodrigo Duterte had signed Gesmundo’s appointment, making him the 178th justice of the country’s High Court. Gesmundo chaired the anti-graft court’s seventh division […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Gregorio Honasan posted bail in a local court in Laguna on Friday, a day after he was ordered arrested by the Sandiganbayan over the alleged misuse of almost P30 million in pork barrel funds. Honasan posted a P60,000-bail for the two counts of graft in the sala of Executive Judge Teodoro Solis of Branch 25 of the Binan Regional Trial Court around 10 a.m. The judge signed his release order. Prior […]
(Eagle News)– Former senator Jinggoy Estrada has asked the Sandiganbayan for a two-day furlough so he can undergo video colonoscopy after blood tests showed he had high levels of carcinoembryonic antigen or CEA. “The doctor advised me to undergo colonoscopy, up and down, gastroscopy tsaka colonoscopy… Mayroon lang mga elevated blood test na nakita, abnormalities din,” Estrada told reporters in an interview. In his motion filed before the Sandiganbayan Fifth Division, Estrada said he plans […]
(Eagle News)– The Sandiganbayan has issued a hold departure order against Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) founder Nur Misuari. The HDO stemmed from his alleged misappropriation of P115.2 million intended for the purchase of educational materials when he was governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). The anti-graft court’s Third Division said the HDO also applied to Misuari’s co-accused, former Department of Education (DepEd) ARMM director Leovigilda Cinches, chief accountant Pangalian Maniri, Sittie Aisa […]
