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Former AFP chief Faustino to be next Defense chief (Eagle News) – President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., has named three more additions to his cabinet, including former senator Juan Ponce Enrile and outgoing Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra. The 98-year old Enrile — who had served as defense minister from 1972 to 1986 during the administration of the President-elect’s father, the late President Ferdinand Marcos — was named as incoming Presidential Legal Counsel. Guevarra, on the […]
Noynoy Aquino hits back: Enrile is not the expert in governance (Eagle News) — For Former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, former President Cory Aquino “did not know anything about governance.” Enrile made the comment in an interview with former Senator Bongbong Marcos, which was captured on video and uploaded in Marcos’ Facebook account. Enrile served as former President Ferdinand Marcos’ defense secretary, but was among those who propped the widow of former Senator Ninoy […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday slammed what she said was the “special treatment” being given to Janet Lim Napoles. Poe made the statement after Napoles was provisionally admitted to the Department of Justice’s Witness Protection Program following her execution of an affidavit supposedly providing additional details about the P10-billion pork barrel scam. “There are requisites for one to be admitted as a state witness, most notable requirements are that the accused does […]
(Eagle News)– Former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile is being considered as an adviser to the private prosecution panel in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. Rep. Reynaldo Umali, panel chair, revealed this during a dzbb interview on Sunday. “Siya naman ay available para tumulong sa prosecution,” Umali said. According to Umali, Enrile’s experience as presiding judge during the impeachment trial of then-Chief Justice Renato Corona would make him a valuable addition […]
Senate minority leader Juan Ponce Enrile has raised the need for fellow senators to discuss “in the open” the result of the upper chamber’s investigation into the massacre of 44 Special Action Force (SAF) troopers in Mamasapano, Maguindanao last January 25. In a privilege speech Enrile lamented that the Senate was not able to discuss on the floor the findings of the committee report of the Senate panel on public order chaired by Sen. Grace […]
After being admitted in the Makati Medical Center due to pneumonia, said hospital still had not issued any medical bulletin on Senator Juan Ponce Enrile’s condition.
Senate minority leader Juan Ponce Enrile once again turned to the Supreme Court to seek a status quo ante order or temporary restraining order against the suspension imposed on him by the Sandiganbayan. In his motion, the 90-year-old lawmaker insisted that he has not been convicted of any crime, and therefore should be enjoying his “full civil and political rights”. Enrile added, he could not perform his sworn duties as senator of the Republic because […]
MANILA, Philippines — Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Ramon “Bong” Revilla and Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada who had been charged with plunder along with alleged “pork barrel” queen Janet Lim Napoles is facing fresh charges before the Sandiganbayan. This was after the Ombudsman slapped 42 counts of graft on Monday, June 9, against the three senators, Napoles, two of her children, officials of government firms and private persons at the Sandiganbayan. The graft charges constitute the second […]
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 […]
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.
