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Just hours after ruling that Estrada cannot be prosecuted for using the alias "Jose Velarde" to open a bank account, the anti-graft court granted his request for a "transfer of detention" — meaning his request to be detained in his resthouse in Tanay, Rizal.  


In a 19-page resolution, Justices Minita Chico-Nazario, Edilberto Sandoval and Teresita Leonardo-de Castro acquitted Estrada of the charge that he illegally used the alias Jose Velarde to open an Equitable PCI Bank account in February 2000.
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                    [Title] => Estrada trial resumes on July 12
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In a demurrer to evidence, a party waives his right to present evidence on grounds that the case against him cannot be prosecuted as it has no legal or factual basis.


The anti-graft court’s special division ruled that the defense had "merely rehashed" their arguments and raised no new issues.


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Estrada, 67, who has sired several children with at least three women, jokingly complained yesterday that his sex life is "zero" because the bungalow where he is detained in a police camp in Tanay, Rizal is "not conducive" to physical intimacy.


He said his resthouse across the camp, however, may just provide the kind of "ambience" he needs for reinvigorated sexual activity.
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                    [Title] => Erap allowed to spend birthday at villa
                    [Summary] => In the "spirit of liberality," the Sandiganbayan granted late yesterday afternoon the request of detained former President Joseph Estrada to celebrate his 67th birthday at his resthouse in Tanay, Rizal, just across his detention quarters at Camp Capinpin.


In a two-page resolution, Justices Minita Chico-Nazario, Teresita Leonardo-de Castro and Francisco Villaruz said the request was also granted due to fears of Estrada’s police custodians that the military camp may not accommodate the hundreds of well-wishers.


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                    [Title] => Erap’s P1-M bond no guarantee he will return — gov’t lawyers
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Government prosecutors fear that ousted President Joseph Estrada could still evade prosecution, even if he posts a P1-million bond, if he is allowed to travel to the United States for knee surgery.


In seeking a reversal of the Sandiganbayan’s Dec. 23 ruling, special prosecutor Dennis Villa Ignacio said it was "too risky" for the court to have permitted Estrada to undergo surgery at Stanford Medical Center in Palo Alto, California.


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In a one-page resolution, the anti-graft court’s fifth division said the administrative sanction imposed on Soriquez and supervising engineers Rey David, Ulysis Maniago, Juan Gonzales and Gil Rivera is "held in abeyance until further orders from the Supreme Court."


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                    [Title] => Estrada insists on X’mas, medical leave
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Estrada, who is detained at an Army training camp in Tanay, Rizal, complained of the pain caused by his knees and multiple slipped discs, which apparently caused the 66-year-old former president to have a fall recently.


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                    [Title] => Acting DPWH chief suspended for graft
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                    [Title] => Erap ordered to appear in court
                    [Summary] => Sandiganbayan justices have ordered deposed President Joseph Estrada to attend tomorrow’s hearing of his plunder case even as his lawyer seeks to convince the court to reconsider its decision denying their motion to dismiss the corruption charges against Estrada.


In a one-page order, the special division ordered the Philippine National Police to "escort" the jailed leader from his hospital suite in the Veterans Memorial Medical Center to the anti-graft court to attend the 8:30 a.m. hearing.


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                    [Summary] => The scheduled June 16 resumption of hearings for the plunder case against deposed President Joseph Estrada was reset to June 30 by the Sandiganbayan yesterday after defense lawyers asked the anti-graft court for more time to present evidence that would exculpate their client.


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JUSTICES MINITA CHICO-NAZARIO

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In a 19-page resolution, Justices Minita Chico-Nazario, Edilberto Sandoval and Teresita Leonardo-de Castro acquitted Estrada of the charge that he illegally used the alias Jose Velarde to open an Equitable PCI Bank account in February 2000.
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In a demurrer to evidence, a party waives his right to present evidence on grounds that the case against him cannot be prosecuted as it has no legal or factual basis.


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He said his resthouse across the camp, however, may just provide the kind of "ambience" he needs for reinvigorated sexual activity.
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In seeking a reversal of the Sandiganbayan’s Dec. 23 ruling, special prosecutor Dennis Villa Ignacio said it was "too risky" for the court to have permitted Estrada to undergo surgery at Stanford Medical Center in Palo Alto, California.


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Resthouse arrest for Estrada

By Delon Porcalla | July 13, 2004 - 12:00am

Detained former President Joseph Estrada scored a pair of legal victories at the Sandiganbayan yesterday. Just hours after ruling that Estrada cannot be prosecuted for using the alias "Jose Velarde" to...

Headlines

Estrada trial resumes on July 12

July 9, 2004 - 12:00am

Ousted President Joseph Estrada’s plunder trial is set to resume on Monday after the Sandiganbayan rejected yesterday a motion of defense lawyers to file a demurrer to evidence. In a demurrer to evidence, a...

Headlines

Erap complains of ‘zero sex life’

By Delon Porcalla | April 21, 2004 - 12:00am

If having a bum knee won’t convince the anti-graft court to grant house arrest to jailed President Joseph Estrada, maybe a non-existent sex life would. Estrada, 67, who has sired several children with at least...

News Commentary

Erap allowed to spend birthday at villa

By Delon Porcalla | April 17, 2004 - 12:00am

In the "spirit of liberality," the Sandiganbayan granted late yesterday afternoon the request of detained former President Joseph Estrada to celebrate his 67th birthday at his resthouse in Tanay, Rizal,...

Headlines

Erap’s P1-M bond no guarantee he will return — gov’t lawyers

By Delon Porcalla | January 2, 2004 - 12:00am

It’s no guarantee. Government prosecutors fear that ousted President Joseph Estrada could still evade prosecution, even if he posts a P1-million bond, if he is allowed to travel to the United States for knee...

Headlines

SC issues TRO on suspension of DPWH chief

By Delon Porcalla | December 26, 2003 - 12:00am

The Sandiganbayan has held in abeyance its order suspending Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Florante Soriquez and four others over the P2.7-billion Pampanga megadike scam after the Supreme...

Headlines

Estrada insists on X’mas, medical leave

By Delon Porcalla | December 17, 2003 - 12:00am

A day after he asked the Sandiganbayan to allow him to spend the Christmas holiday with his 98-year-old mother, jailed former President Joseph Estrada begged the anti-graft court to allow him to undergo knee replacement...

Headlines

Acting DPWH chief suspended for graft

By Delon Porcalla | October 16, 2003 - 12:00am

Acting Secretary Florante Soriquez of the Department of Public Works and Highways and four other DPWH officials were suspended for 90 days by the Sandiganbayan over graft charges filed by the government against them...

Headlines

Erap ordered to appear in court

By Delon Porcalla | July 10, 2003 - 12:00am

Sandiganbayan justices have ordered deposed President Joseph Estrada to attend tomorrow’s hearing of his plunder case even as his lawyer seeks to convince the court to reconsider its decision denying their motion...

Headlines

Estrada trial postponed anew

By Delon Porcalla | June 10, 2003 - 12:00am

The scheduled June 16 resumption of hearings for the plunder case against deposed President Joseph Estrada was reset to June 30 by the Sandiganbayan yesterday after defense lawyers asked the anti-graft court for...

Headlines