A youth group on Friday, June 19, questioned the delay in the filing of charges against Senator Joel Villanueva over his alleged involvement in a flood-control project controversy in Bulacan, despite earlier pronouncements from the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) that the case was already ripe for...
Doctors and lawyers on Thursday, June 18, urged the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) to review its resolution dismissing plunder, graft and administrative complaints lodged against Executive Secretary and former Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Ralph Recto and then Philippine Health Insurance...
Three Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) engineers charged alongside Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Ejercito Estrada and former DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan pleaded not guilty before the Sandiganbayan’s Fifth Division on Thursday, June 4, in connection with plunder and graft cases...
The Sandiganbayan’s Fifth Division on Thursday, June 4, reset to June 30 the arraignment of Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Ejercito Estrada and former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan on plunder and graft charges to allow the court sufficient time to resolve...
In an ideal situation, the twilight years of a person’s life is supposed to be spent in a happy and serene retirement— a chance to make up for the things that were missed during busy working days, a chance for a quality time with family and grandkids, and a chance to do good especially when you...
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...
Assistant Ombudsman Mico Clavano on Monday, June 1, said accountability and politics should never be mixed, following Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Ejercito Estrada’s claim that he was repeatedly offered a dismissal of the cases against him in exchange for leaving the Senate majority. In a...
One of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) engineers charged alongside Senator Jose “Jinggoy” P. Ejercito Estrada in a plunder case surrendered before the Sandiganbayan on Monday, June 1, hours after the anti-graft court issued arrest warrants against the respondents. The...
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 Sandiganbayan has scheduled the arraignment and pre-trial of Senator Jinggoy Estrada and former Public Works Secretary Manuel Bonoan at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 2, in a graft case involving ₱573 million over alleged irregularities in flood control projects. The case, docketed as Criminal...
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...
