(MANILA BULLETIN) Being compared to the infamous Janet Lim Napoles is never a compliment, and Ako-Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co did just that to Vice President Sara Duterte. In a scathing manifestation before the House Committee...
The Sandiganbayan has reversed it earlier decision that convicted Sen. Jose "Jinggoy" Estrada of one count of direct bribery and two counts of indirect bribery in connection with the P183.7 million allegedly pocketed by the senator out of his Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) from 2004 to...
While the Sandiganbayan affirmed the conviction of businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles and former Association of Philippine Electric Cooperatives (APEC) partylist congressman Edgar de Leon Valdez in the misuse of the former legislator's P57.7 million pork barrel funds, the court modified the...
The Sandiganbayan reset to June 21 the resolution of the demurrer to evidence filed by then Senate president and now Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile who sought the dismissal of his P172 million plunder case. The resolution of Enrile's demurrer, which had been allowed by the...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is now selling condominium units in Manila tied to the realty firm operated by the children of incarcerated businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles. In a notice of sale, the BIR said it will auction off six residential and one commercial condominium units owned by JCLN...
From left to right: Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Jil Bongalon, Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva, Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong (PPAB, Facebook) Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong and Ako Bicol Party-list...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (left), Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva (PPAB, Facebook) Party-list Coalition Foundation, Inc. (PCFI) President Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co has blasted Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva for...
The Sandiganbayan has dismissed the criminal charges filed against businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles, her employee, and four former officials of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in the alleged misuse of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) in 2004 due to "vexatious, capricious, and...
Again, the Sandiganbayan has convicted the now detained businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles of graft and malversation of public funds and sentenced to life imprisonment. This time, she was found guilty in the misuse of the P35 million Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) of former Ilocos Sur 1st...
The Sandiganbayan has denied anew the motion of Jessica Lucila "Gigi" Reyes, former chief of staff of then Senate president Juan Ponce Enrile, to file a demurrer to evidence and seek the dismissal of her plunder charges on alleged weakness of the prosecution's evidence to sustain a conviction. With...
The Sandiganbayan has decided to resolve the plea of former Senate president Juan Ponce Enrile to dismiss his plunder case simultaneously with its main decision involving other accused in the alleged misuse of the former senator's Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) from 2004 to 2010....
The Sandiganbayan acquitted former South Cotabato congressman Arthur Pingoy Jr. but convicted detained businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles in all charges of graft and malversation of public funds filed in the misuse of the then legislator's P20.91 million Priority Development Assistance fund...
