A 33-year-old robbery suspect was arrested after he was overpowered by his victim and the victim’s brother during a holdup at a junk shop in Barangay Talipapa, Quezon City. Police said the suspect, identified as alias “Rolando,” and an accomplice arrived at the junk shop around 4 a.m. on...
Human rights advocates and various cause-oriented groups filed on Wednesday, June 3, a case of obstruction of justice against Senators Alan Peter Cayetano and Robin Padilla in connection with the May 14 escape of fellow senator Ronald ‘Bato” Dela Rosa before the Office of the Ombudsman. Aside...
It was only proper to serve the arrest warrant against Senator Jinggoy Estrada over a plunder case, Malacañang said, questioning Senator Alan Peter Cayetano 's call for Senate independence. "Senate independence. Independence from what? Ano ba ang pinapalagan ni Senador Alan Cayetano (What...
How Sen. Jinggoy Estrada was arrested on Monday, June 1, is now appearing to be a blueprint of implementation of arrest warrants in the Senate by the Philippine National Police (PNP). And with at least three more senators facing a case of plunder before the Office of the Ombudsman, that blueprint...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jonvic Remulla rejected the request of Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano not to arrest Sen. Jinggoy Estrada inside the Senate following the issuance of an arrest warrant by the Sandiganbayan on Monday afternoon, June 1. Instead,...
The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) has endorsed to the Department of Justice (DOJ) the filing of charges against four social media accounts falsely claiming that the Supreme Court has stopped Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa’s arrest. "The Supreme Court, in fact, denied Senator Dela...
Senator Jose “Jinggoy” P. Ejercito Estrada will be committed to the New Quezon City Jail in Payatas, where former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. is currently detained, after the Sandiganbayan ordered his arrest in connection with a plunder case, the anti-graft court’s Fifth Division...
Malacañang has rejected allegations that the filing of cases against several senators was linked to ongoing political tensions and leadership struggles in the Senate. Speaking in an ambush interview on Monday, June 1, Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire Castro said the...
The Sandiganbayan’s Fifth Division on Monday, June 1, issued a warrant of arrest against Sen. Jose “Jinggoy” P. Estrada and four co-accused in connection with the plunder case filed against them over alleged illegal budget insertions and more than P573 million in purported kickbacks linked...
Operatives of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) arrested a multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) driver in Rodriguez, Rizal, following a road rage incident in Quezon City on May 28, which left a 73-year-old transport network vehicle service (TNVS) driver injured. The suspect, identified as alias...
Apparently drawing lessons from the case of Sen. Ronald ‘Bato” Dela Rosa, law enforcement agencies are bent on enforcing arrest warrants that would be issued against any senator, especially that some lawmakers are being investigated for a non-bailable offense of plunder. For the police’s...
A 48-year-old man was arrested early Sunday, May 31, after allegedly causing a commotion and hurling offensive remarks at a police officer inside Anonas Police Station 9 in Quezon City. Quezon City Police District (QCPD) chief Police Brig. Gen. Randy Glenn Silvio said the suspect, identified as...
