The camp of Senator Jinggoy Estrada withdrew its motion seeking permission for him to attend the Senate impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte after mistakenly filing it before the wrong division of the Sandiganbayan. The Sandiganbayan Second Division said Estrada, through his lawyer,...
The Sandiganbayan Third Division has scheduled a hearing on Friday, July 10, to take up the manifestation filed by the Philippine National Police (PNP) Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) and the compliance submitted by the PNP General Hospital regarding the hospitalization of...
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...
The Sandiganbayan ordered on Wednesday, July 8, the Philippine National Police (PNP) to submit booking procedure report that includes the medical condition of Sen. Rodante Marcoleta amid his continuous stay inside a hospital at Camp Crame in Quezon City since his arrest on Monday. The order was...
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...
A power outage struck the Sandiganbayan on Tuesday morning, July 7, forcing those attending the trial of former lawmaker Zaldy Co before the Sixth Division to briefly leave the courtroom. Meanwhile, businessman Aristotle Baluyot Viray, co-accused of Senator Rodante Marcoleta in a plunder case, was...
Businessman Aristotle Baluyot Viray, one of the co-accused of Senator Rodante Marcoleta in the plunder case over the alleged P75 million in undeclared donations, appeared before the Sandiganbayan Third Division on Tuesday, July 7, to return the warrant of arrest issued against him. Viray became...
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...
Pwersa ng Pilipinong Pandagat (PPP) Party-list Rep. Harold Duterte is incredulous that an arrest warrant would be issued against Senator Rodante Marcoleta on the same day as the start of Vice President Sara Duterte’s Senate impeachment trial. "This is too much of a coincidence," Rep. Duterte said...
Malacañang has expressed confidence that the leadership of the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) would respect the court 's decision ordering the arrest of Sen. Rodante Marcoleta, saying compliance with the rule of law should prevail regardless of political or religious affiliations. Presidential...
The Sandiganbayan Third Division on Monday, July 6, issued warrants of arrest and hold departure orders (HDOs) against Senator Rodante Marcoleta and three others after finding probable cause in the plunder case filed against them by the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) During a press briefing, Third...
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...