Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon has echoed his fellow House officials ' demand for authorities to unmask the possible masterminds behind the supposed lies peddled by the so-called 18 "maleta boys". Four of the 18 former security aides who had executed affidavits concerning alleged cash...
Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson says a public official who induces another person to commit perjury may be treated as a principal in the commission of the crime under the conspiracy theory. In a statement Sunday, Aug. 23, Lacson underscored that such individual may also be subject to perpetual...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said Saturday, Aug. 22, that detained Senator Rodante Marcoleta and former lawmaker Mike Defensor could face a complaint for subornation of perjury over the alleged “coached” testimony of former Marine Orly Guteza before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee last...
Former lawmaker Mike Defensor and businessmen Joseph Espiritu and Aristotle Viray, who are co-accused of Senator Rodante Marcoleta in a plunder case, pleaded not guilty during their arraignment before the Sandiganbayan on Wednesday, July 15. The arraignment in Criminal Case No. E-SB-CRM-26-0018...
The Sandiganbayan issued on Wednesday, July 8, another arrest warrant against Sen. Rodante Marcoleta and former congressman Mike Defensor for a case of violation of Presidential Decree (PD) 46. PD 46 penalizes public officials and employees for receiving gifts and private individuals to give gifts...
Senator Rodante Marcoleta will be committed to the New Quezon City Jail in Payatas, where former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. and Senator Jinggoy Estrada are currently detained, after the Sandiganbayan Third Division ordered his arrest over a plunder case lodged against him. According to...
Former congressman Mike Defensor and another co-accused of Sen. Rodante Marcoleta in a plunder case were already arrested in a coffee shop in Quezon City a few hours after the arrest warrant was issued by the Sandiganbayan, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jonvic...
Former congressman Mike Defensor said Monday, July 6, that his arrest on a non-bailable plunder charge was intended to stop him from speaking out against alleged corruption in the government, just as the Sandiganbayan ordered his detention alongside Senator Rodante Marcoleta and two businessmen. In...
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has expressed confidence that there will be a court conviction once it filed the case of human trafficking against former congressman Mike Defensor in connection with the raided KTV bar and a hotel in Pasig City. The raid was conducted two months ago and...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano 's bloc has seemingly abandoned the 18 ex-bodyguards who have been creating noise as bagmen under the flood control projects corruption scandal. Thus, said Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido "Benny" Abante in a statement Thursday, June 18, two days after the...
The Senate is considering filing legal charges against former congressman Mike Defensor for announcing a supposed Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on flood control anomalies online despite having no authority. Acting Senate President and Senate President Pro Tempore Sherwin Gatchalian pointed to...
A so-called “Blue Ribbon Committee hearing,” announced only by former Congressman Mike Defensor, proceeded on Monday, June 16, even as no senator appeared to be present. No senator from the bloc of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano was present during the purported hearing. Senator Pia Cayetano, the...
