Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo entered Wednesday a not guilty plea on the graft charges filed against her in connection with the overpriced broadband deal with Chinese firm ZTE Corp. Arroyo pleaded innocent during her arraignment before Associate Justice Gregory Ong of the 4th division of the Sandiganbayan around 8:30 a.m. (more)
THE requests of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to visit her cardiologist and to go to her hometown next week may not be acted upon by the court as the judge handling her poll sabotage case has already gone on a Holy Week break. Also, court spokesperson Felda Domingo said Pasay City Regional Trial Court (RTC) [...]
MANILA — A medical report Monday showed the government already spending more than P120,000 for former President Gloria Arroyo since she was detained at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) in Quezon City. Regional Trial Court (RTC) branch 112 spokesperson Felda Domingo said the VMMC and Arroyo’s attending physician were able to submit the medical [...]
LAWYERS of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo asked the Pasay City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Thursday to allow the former leader to spend more time outside her hospital suite to get more sun. In a two-page motion filed before the Pasay RTC branch 112, Arroyo’s lawyer Ray Montri Santos cited a letter from Dr. Victoria Javier who said [...]
MANILA — The anti-graft court Sandiganbayan has ordered the arrest of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, her husband and other officials during her administration in connection with the botched national broadband network deal. Lawyer Ferdinand Topacio, counsel for former First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo, said his client was already getting ready to post bail for the [...]
Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Thursday pleaded not guilty to poll sabotage charges filed against her in connection with the alleged fraud in the 2007 senatorial elections. Accompanied by lawyers, Arroyo personally vouched for her innocence before Judge Jesus Mupas of the Pasay City Regional Trial Court branch 112 at 8:55 a.m. (more)
