The Sandiganbayan just removed the final obstacle to former First Gentleman Juan Miguel “Mike” Arroyo’s trip abroad when its second division granted his petition to travel to Japan and Hong Kong from February 3 to 10.
Malacañang on Monday pressed a whistleblower to back up his charges that former First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo, former Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno and Philippine National Police chiefs took jueteng payoffs with hard evidence.
Former first gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo insists that the Supreme Court issue a ruling on his petition questioning the authority of the Department of Justice to bar people from leaving the country without a court order.
Jose Miguel Arroyo, the husband of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, on Friday sought a reconsideration of his indictment for graft in connection with the sale of two second-hand helicopters passed off as brand-new to the Philippine National Police (PNP).
The husband of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Thursday bristled at suggestions that she be transferred to a regular jail, stressing that she continues to be in ill health.
Ten officers of the Philippine National Police were fired and charged with graft for their role in the police purchase of two helicopters allegedly owned by then president Gloria Arroyo’s husband, the government said Saturday.
Jose Miguel Arroyo is not leaving the country after all. The husband of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo hastily withdrew his motion to the antigraft court to allow him to leave for Japan and Hong Kong after the court required him to waive his right to ask for the quashing of his case over the secondhand choppers deal.
The helicopter scam that dragged the name of Mike Arroyo, husband of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, has now reached the Sandiganbayan after the Office of the Ombudsman filed charges against him.
Thirteen of the 20 Philippine National Police (PNP) officials charged with graft in connection with the PNP’s purchase of two secondhand helicopters owned by then First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo in 2009 remain in active service, the PNP said on Thursday.
The 14 police officials, who were charged with graft, along with former First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo, in connection with the sale to the Philippine National Police (PNP) of used helicopters that were passed off as brand new, are not only facing court cases but also the loss of their jobs.
Philippine National Police officers slapped with charges for the anomalous purchase of two overpriced refurbished helicopters, along with former first gentleman Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo, cannot expect legal assistance from the PNP, its spokesman said Thursday.
On November 23, 2011, a fact-finding panel of the Office of the Ombudsman found Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo liable for graft charges in relation with the allegedly anomalous purchase of secondhand helicopters by the Philippine National Police (PNP) in 2009.
Jose Miguel Arroyo was haled to court Wednesday over the sale to the Philippine National Police of two of five helicopters which he allegedly bought from an American firm for the use of his wife, then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, for her campaign in the 2004 presidential election.
