Sen. Jinggoy Estrada will be arrested even if he seeks refuge inside the Senate once a warrant is served, National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin A. Matibag said on Friday, May 29. Matibag issued the statement after the Sandiganbayan released an arrest warrant against Estrada, who is...
The Sandiganbayan has ordered the arrest of Senator Jinggoy Estrada, as well as former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan. in connection with alleged irregularities involving flood control projects. The anti-graft court’s Second Division issued the warrants of...
Senator Imee Marcos on Friday, May 29, described the plunder case filed against Senator Jinggoy Estrada before the Sandiganbayan as “political persecution,” claiming the move was part of an effort to weaken the Senate majority bloc. In a statement sent to reporters, Marcos questioned the...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Thursday, May 28 said he is prepared to exhaust all legal remedies in fighting another battle in court. This, after the Office of the Ombudsman formally filed plunder and graft cases against him and several others in connection to his alleged involvement in the...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) on Thursday, May 28, filed plunder and graft charges before the Sandiganbayan against Senator Jose “Jinggoy” P. Ejercito Estrada and former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) secretary Manuel Bonoan over alleged illegal budget insertions and more...
Senator Jinggoy Estrada said on Tuesday, May 26 he is ready to face the plunder and malversation cases that the Office of the Ombudsman is poised to file against him. “If this is the price that I have to pay for standing on my own principles and what I believe in. So be it,” Estrada said. ...
Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla on Tuesday, May 26, said the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) may file a plunder case before the Sandiganbayan against Sen. Joel Villanueva within the next two weeks in connection with the flood control issue. According to Remulla, the case involving...
Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla on Tuesday, May 26, said the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) is set to file plunder and malversation charges before the Sandiganbayan against Senator Jinggoy Estrada in connection flood control issue. Remulla said the “Information” against Estrada was...
Senator Rodante Marcoleta, on Monday, May 25, denounced what he described as a politically motivated complaint filed against him before the Office of the Ombudsman, adding that the case was intended to intimidate independent voices in the Senate. In a privilege speech, Marcoleta said the complaint...
Executive Secretary Ralph Recto reiterated that he has no criminal liability in the transfer of P60 billion in PhilHealth reserve funds to the National Treasury, describing the plunder charges filed against him as a ‘nuisance and harassment case.’" "This is nothing but a nuisance and a...
Physician and public health advocate Tony Leachon on Monday, May 25, filed plunder and technical malversation charges before the Office of the Ombudsman against Executive Secretary Ralph Recto and several Cabinet officials over the alleged diversion of P60 billion in PhilHealth reserve funds and...
Surigao del Sur 1st district Rep. Romeo Momo refuses to let the "politically-motivated" allegations of corruption hound him and his work. "I will not allow these attacks to distract me from my duty. I will continue to serve with integrity, focus, and determination," a rather defiant Momo said in a...
