(Eagle News)– The Sandiganbayan allowed on Tuesday (May 17) former Senator Jinggoy Estrada to undergo a hospital examination for his sore right shoulder. The Fifth Division said Estrada may undergo an MRI and X-ray only at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan City. It said this could only be done on Thursday, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. or until the procedures are done. Estrada earlier explained in his four-page motion that in the late afternoon […]
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Jinggoy Estrada seeks court nod for shoulder checkup
(Eagle News)– Detained former senator Jinggoy Estrada has submitted to the Sandiganbayan a motion for him to be allowed to undergo a medical checkup for his sore right shoulder. Estrada’s camp pleaded before the anti-graft court’s 5th Division to allow him to be immediately brought to the Cardinal Santos Medical Center, San Juan for examination due to extreme pain in his right shoulder he experienced on May 11. Attached to his motion is a medical […]
Napoles camp formally seeks her transfer to NBI
(Eagle News) — The camp of alleged pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim Napoles has formally asked the Sandiganbayan for her transfer to the National Bureau of Investigation. In a very urgent motion to transfer place of detention filed before the fifth division, where she faces a plunder case in connection with the alleged scam, her lawyers argued it would be very “improper and unjust” for her to “continue her detention” at the Correctional Institute for Women in […]
No interference, no deal on Napoles case, assures Malacanang
(Eagle News) — Malacanang assured the public that there is no whitewash in the cases involving controversial pork barrel personality, Janet Lim Napoles, as it dismissed accusations that there was a deal between her and the government. Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said that the Court of Appeals decision to acquit Napoles on the illegal detention case filed against her by whistleblower Benhur Luy has “no direct impact on her pork-barrel cases.” “Government is clear that there is […]
Sandiganbayan junks graft case vs ex-Palawan gov
(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has junked a case filed against former Palawan Governor Joel Reyes in connection with the fertilizer fund scam. In a 14-page decision, Associate Justice Rafael Lagos, chair of the fifth division, said the more than 10 years it took for the graft case to be filed against the former governor was a ground for it to be dismissed. A complaint was lodged against Reyes in the Ombudsman in 2004. The Ombudsman […]
Sandiganbayan allows detained ex-senator Jinggoy Estrada to attend father’s bday bash
(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 […]
Twelve vying for Sandiganbayan, Court of Appeals posts
(Eagle News) — The Judicial and Bar Council has released the shortlist for those aspiring for seats in the Sandiganbayan and Court of Appeals. Those vying for the post vacated by Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Roland Jurado are Philip A. Aguinaldo; Maryann E. Corpus-Manalac; Danilo S. Cruz; Bayani H. Jacinto and Rosanna Fe A. Romero-Maglaya. Jurado opted to retire on Feb. 1, 2017. Vying for the post of Court of Appeals Associate Justice Francisco Acosta […]
Napeñas, Purisima barred from leaving the country
(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan’s fourth division issued an order to the Bureau of Immigration (BI) barring former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Alan Purisima and Special Action Force (SAF) Director Getulio Napeñas Jr., from leaving the country. This was after criminal charges were filed against them for their alleged involvement in the Mamasapano operation that resulted in the deaths of the 44 Special Action Force (SAF) troopers. In an order dated January 27 (Friday), […]
Graft case vs ex-Bataan Gov binasura ng Sandiganbayan
(Eagle News) — Binasura ng sandiganbayan ang kasong graft laban kay dating Bataan Governor Leonardo Roman. Ito ay may kaugnayan sa pagpapagawa nito ng mini theater na nagkakahalaga ng Php 3.66 million noong 2004. Sa 13 pahinang desisyon, kinatigan ng Special Second Division ng anti-graft court ang motion to quash ni Roman kung saan isinaad nito ang karapatan para sa mabilis na pagresolba ng kaso. Ayon sa Sandiganbayan, nalabag ng Ombudsman ang nasabing karapatan ng […]
Pangasinan Rep. Espino accepts 90-day suspension
(Eagle News)– Pangasinan Rep. Amado Espino Jr. on Wednesday (December 14) agreed to temporarily step down in compliance with the 90-day suspension ordered by the Sandiganbayan following the graft charges he is facing. Espino said he will temporarily step down from his post starting December 15 until March 15, 2017. The lawmaker said accepting his suspension was not an admission of his guilt, rather he is serving it “with a heavy heart as it effectively deprives his […]
Ex-NEDA chief Neri cleared in NBN-ZTE graft case
(Eagle News)– The Sandiganbayan has junked the graft case against former National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Director General Romulo Neri over the alleged anomalous national broadband network (NBN) project with ZTE Corporation in 2007. In a ruling declared on Friday (September 9), the Sandiganbayan’s Special Fifth Division granted the objection to evidence filed by Neri to dismiss the case filed against him in 2010. Neri was accused of being involved in the controversial deal […]
Sandiganbayan orders suspension of JV Ejercito
(Eagle News)– A 90-day suspension order was ordered by Sandiganbayan to Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito due to the graft case he is facing over the alleged anomalous purchase of firearms in 2008. The anti-graft court’s Fifth Division said Ejercito is suspended “from his position as Senator of the Republic of the Philippines, and from any other public office which he may now or hereafter be holding for a period of ninety (90) days from […]