Sandiganbayan suspends Jinggoy Estrada for 90 days over plunder case

Inquirer.net - Oct 12, 2026

MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan Fifth Division on Monday ordered the 90-day preventive suspension of Sen. Jinggoy Estrada over a plunder case involving alleged irregularities in P573 million worth of infrastructure projects under the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for 2025. The five-page resolution penned by Associate Justice Zaldy Trespeses, chair of the

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