Senator Jinggoy Estrada has asked the Sandiganbayan Fifth Division to grant him bail in his pending plunder case, arguing that he is entitled to provisional liberty because the “evidence of his guilt is not strong.” Estrada is currently detained at the New Quezon City Jail in Barangay Payatas....
The Sandiganbayan Third Division has ordered the arrest of Uswag Ilonggo Party-list Rep. James “Jojo” Ang Jr. and issued a Hold Departure Order (HDO) after finding probable cause to try him for alleged graft. “After a careful review of the resolution and its supporting documents, as well as...
The Sandiganbayan has ordered Senator Rodante Marcoleta to explain why he should not be preventively suspended from office while facing plunder charges before the anti-graft court. In a two-page order dated July 22, the Sandiganbayan Third Division directed Marcoleta, through his counsel, to...
The Sandiganbayan Third Division has ordered an independent medical examination of detained Senator Rodante Marcoleta by the director of the University of the Philippines Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) or his authorized representative to determine whether there is still an imperative need...
The Sandiganbayan Fifth Division has denied Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada’s bid to attend the Senate impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, ruling that his request to repeatedly leave detention to serve as a senator-judge would defeat the purpose of preventive detention. In a...
The Sandiganbayan Third Division has denied the urgent motion of former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. for a temporary furlough to attend the wake of his late brother, ruling that there was no sufficient legal basis to grant his temporary release from detention. In a resolution dated June...