INQToday: Court enters not guilty plea for Teves in possession of explosives case
Here’s a quick roundup of today’s top stories:
The country’s inflation rate further eased to 1.3 percent in May from 1.4 percent in the previous month on the back of lower utility costs and slower price gains in restaurants and accommodation services.
This matched the median estimate of 13 economists polled by Inquirer last week. It also settled within the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ forecast range of 0.9 percent to 1.7 percent for May.
The Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 12 has entered a not guilty plea on behalf of former congressman Arnolfo Teves Jr. in a case involving illegal possession of explosives.
Teves, who was recently repatriated from Timor-Leste, personally appeared before the court despite requests from his lawyers that the arraignment be done via video conferencing.
The Sandiganbayan has junked an appeal to overturn the acquittal of former Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile, his former aide Jessica Lucila Reyes and businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles in the P172.8-million plunder case against them.
According to the 17-page resolution promulgated on May 29 and released only on Wednesday, the antigraft court’s Special Third Division said the prosecution’s appeal was “not allowed” because granting a demurrer to evidence in criminal cases is “final and unappealable.”
