Court needs 30 more days to resolve Bong Revilla’s bail petition

MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan Third Division  needs another 30 days to resolve the petition for bail filed by the camp of former Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr.

Previously, the Third Division said the bail petition said the decision could be issued this month.

Atty. Dennis Pulma, Sandiganbayan 3rd Division’s clerk of court, told Inquirer on Friday that associate justices needed “another extension of 30 extension of 30 calendar days beginning on June 6, 2026, to resolve the petition/s for bail in the case of People vs. Revilla, Jr., et al.”

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The case against Revilla’s and his co-accused stemmed from the P92.8-million flood control project in Pandi, Bulacan which prosecutors alleged to be a “ghost” project. 

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Aside from malversation, Revilla and his co-accused face graft charges over the same Pandi project.

Revilla posted a P90,000 bail for graft, but he remains in jail as his malversation case was made to be non-bailable. The former senator has repeatedly denied any involvement in the Pandi project. /das