MANILA: A Philippine anti-graft court ordered the arrest of a prominent senator on Friday over allegations he pocketed a kickback of millions of dollars in a flood-control project, in the latest crisis to entangle the Senate. Sen. Jinggoy Estrada surrendered and posted bail before the Sandiganbayan court, allowing him to remain free while the case proceeds. The court barred Estrada from leaving the country while facing the first of two corruption-related charges in relation to the flood control project anomalies.

Plunder is non-bailable, so the two might be detained if the court issues a warrant of arrest against them

He has been indicted for plunder and violating anti-corruption laws after earning ‘kickbacks’ of 573 million pesos (US$9.3 million).

The Office of the Ombudsman filed plunder and graft cases against Sen. Jinggoy Estrada before the Sandiganbayan on Thursday, May 28.

Sen. Jinggoy Estrada (INQUIRER file photo / NIÑO JESUS ORBETA) MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Ombudsman on Thursday afternoon filed plunder and graft cases against Sen.…

Sen. Jinggoy Estrada faces a new ₱573-million plunder case in a widening Philippine flood control kickback scandal involving DPWH officials and senators.

Estrada had faced plunder charges over the jueteng scandal and the pork barrel scam, but was acquitted in those cases

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The Sandiganbayan ordered on Friday, May 29, 2026, the arrest of Sen. Jinggoy Estrada (right) and former Public Works Secretary Manuel Bonoan and issued a travel ban for the two…

Sen. Jinggoy Estrada. — Photo by Niño Jesus Orbeta/INQUIRER MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Jinggoy Estrada is on the way to the Sandiganbayan to post bail over his graft case,…

Senator Jinggoy Estrada is set to post bail after the Sandiganbayan issued an arrest warrant against him in relation to the graft charges he is facing over alleged kickbacks in…

A Philippine anti-graft court has ordered the arrest of Senator Jinggoy Estrada over allegations of pocketing millions in a flood-control project.

A Philippine anti-graft court has ordered the arrest of Senator Jinggoy Estrada over allegations of pocketing millions in a flood-control project

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine anti-graft court ordered the arrest of a prominent senator on Friday over allegations he pocketed a kickback of millions of dollars in a…

The Sandiganbayan Fifth Division has not issued a warrant of arrest against Senator Jinggoy Estrada for plunder in connection with alleged involvement in anomalous flood control…

Philippine Senator Jinggoy Estrada posts ₱90,000 bail on graft charges as a bigger, non-bailable ₱573 million plunder case looms at the Sandiganbayan.

This will allow Senator Jinggoy Estrada to remain free while the corruption case against him proceeds.

MANILA: A Philippine anti-graft court ordered the arrest of a prominent senator on Friday over allegations he pocketed a kickback of millions of dollars in a flood-control…

Estrada remains free because his graft is bailable, and the Sandiganbayan division handling the non-bailable plunder case has yet to issue a warrant