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MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Ombudsman proceeded on Friday (June 6) with the filing of plunder and graft charges before the Sandiganbayan, an anti-graft court, against Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Ramon Revilla Jr., and Jinggoy Estrada for the misuse of congressional funds, commonly known as “pork barrel,” worth billions of pesos. Charged along with the three senators were the alleged brains behind the P10 billion “pork barrel” scam, businesswoman Janet Lim […]
MANILA, June 6 (PNA) — If three senators charged in pork barrel scam will be arrested, Senate President Franklin Drilon on Friday said he will not allow the warrant of arrest be served inside the Senate building. ”As a matter of institutional courtesy, I will not allow the law enforcement officers to serve the warrant in the session hall or in the Senate,” Drilon said in a media interview. Drilon, however, clarified the court sheriffs […]
Napoles camp insists that she is not the most guilty in the multi-billion dollar controversy.
US ambassador Philip Goldberg says that the United States is only waiting for the formal request for compensation from the Philippines regarding the grounding of a US minesweeper into the Tubbataha Reef.
The Philippine Navy received much-needed boost as it received a donation of a corvette given by South Korea.
The Sandiganbayan is also prepared for the pork barrel trials of Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Ramon Revilla Jr., and Jinggoy Estrada after the Office of Ombudsman denied all of the said senators’ motions.
The Philippine National Police has prepared facilities for the holding of the three senators accused of being involved in the pork barrel scam, after the Office of the Ombudsman denied the motions of Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Jinggoy Estrada and Ramon Revilla Jr.
The Department of Education, in cooperation with TESDA, gave away armchairs to public schools. Here’s the report from Eagle News reporter Meanne Corvera.
The Department of Justice stated that the New Bilibid Prison will be transferred to Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija from its current location at Muntinlupa City, in order to give better prison conditions to the inmates in line with the international standard.
The Philippine National Police arrested eight members of a family caught in the act of processing marijuana in Camarin, Caloocan City.
A low pressure area was spotted in the Philippine area of responsibility, 450 km northeast of Batanes.
MANILA (PNA) — The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on Thursday approved the provisional decrease in Manila Electric Company’s (Meralco) distribution charge starting July. In a decision, the regulator said the distribution charge will be at an average of P1.56 kilowatt per hour (kWh), lower compared to its current P1.65/kWh level. ”This translates to a reduction of P0.0851 on the average,” ERC Executive Director lawyer Francis Saturnino C. Juan told PNA. The order requires Meralco to […]
