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From pork barrel to flood control: Bong Revilla back in jail
Ex-senator Ramon Revilla Jr. —PHOTO FROM RAMON BONG REVILLA JR. FB PAGE
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January 20, 2026February 19, 2026News

From pork barrel to flood control: Bong Revilla back in jail

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Former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. is back behind bars, having surrendered to authorities late Monday following the issuance of a warrant for his arrest on charges of graft and malversation in connection with a ghost flood control project in Pandi, Bulacan.  He is now being held at the Quezon City male dormitory in Payatas...

Evidence deemed insufficient after all these years: Enrile et al. cleared in ₱10B pork barrel scam
From left: Juan Ponce Enrile, Janet Lim Napoles, and Jessica Lucila "Gigi" Reyes —COMPOSITE PHOTO
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October 27, 2025December 16, 2025Opinion

Evidence deemed insufficient after all these years: Enrile et al. cleared in ₱10B pork barrel scam

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Distressing is the news that Juan Ponce Enrile and 34 others had been cleared of graft charges in connection with the ₱10-billion pork barrel scam exposed by the Inquirer in 2013. It aggravates Filipinos’ growing impatience with ongoing official inquiries into the raging trillion-peso corruption scandal involving flood control and other infra projects. It seems...