The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) denied reports that detained Sen. Jinggoy Estrada slipped in the detention facility 's bathroom before his scheduled medical appointment. BJMP spokesperson Supt. Jayrex Bustinera said that Estrada was walking out of his jail cell when a snap...
The Sandiganbayan has allowed detained Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada, who is facing plunder and graft charges before the Fifth Division, to temporarily leave the New Quezon City Jail in Payatas on Wednesday, Aug. 26, to undergo a knee X-ray at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan...
Former Public Works Secretary Manuel Bonoan testified Wednesday, Aug. 12, that then Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Undersecretary Roberto Bernardo submitted to him the project lists of former Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. under the department’s Senate leadership fund. Bonoan...
For Vice President Sara Duterte, there is nothing "wrong" or improper about visiting persons deprived of liberty (PDLs), particularly those she personally knows. In an interview after attending the Thanksgiving Mass for the Kadayawan Festival at San Pedro Cathedral in Davao City, Duterte responded...
The Sandiganbayan Second Division on Monday, Aug. 3, denied the prosecution’s motion to exclude former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan as an accused in Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada’s pending graft case. In a 12-page resolution penned by Presiding...
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....
Malacañang has rejected Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano 's claim that the government was practicing "selective justice," saying the courts—not politicians—decide whether detained senators may be granted bail or participate in official proceedings. Presidential Communications...
The Sandiganbayan Fifth Division has denied Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada’s bid to fix bail in his plunder case over the alleged flood control irregularities. The July 24 ruling, penned by Associate Justice Gener M. Gito, said the court could not immediately set Estrada’s bail without...
Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Tuesday, July 28 called for the immediate implementation of Republic Act No. 12076 or the Ligtas Pinoy Centers Act saying President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s move to mention it during his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) affirms the urgent need to...
Senator-judge Robin Padilla 's old-fashioned insult toward House prosecutors Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon and Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Party-list Rep. Leila de Lima earned him a dignified--but still punchy--response from Ridon. The tit-for-tat stemmed from Padilla comments on the...
For Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano, detained Senators Jinggoy Estrada and Rodante Marcoleta are "political prisoners". Cayetano had this to say during a Facebook livestream on Saturday, July 18, when one of his viewers asked whether there was a chance Marcoleta would be freed. "I have...
More than five decades after Hotdog helped define the Manila Sound and reshape Original Pilipino Music, the band 's songs continue to strike a chord with audiences old and new. That enduring appeal will be on full display on Aug. 8 when "Manila, Manila: The HOTDOG Tribute Concert" takes over...
