MANILA, Philippines -- Embattled President Joseph Estrada hopes his popularity among ... Mr. Estrada is counting on Estelito Mendoza, the lawyer of choice for the country's rich and famous.

Lawyers for former President Joseph Estrada claim they have successfully refuted prosecution allegations that P130 million in kickback money was once delivered to Estrada at his Greenhills ...

Government prosecutors welcome the possible appointment of two former lawyers of ousted President Joseph Estrada in the impeachment trial as his counsels in the plunder suit before the Sandiganbayan.

MANILA, Philippines, Jan 6 -- President Joseph Estrada said Saturday that two of the lawyers defending him at his corruption trial have been getting death threats. The Philippine leader announced ...

While the Constitution does not require that a senator be a lawyer in order to preside over an impeachment trial, a ...

MANILA -- The lawyer for ex-Philippine president Joseph Estrada Friday dared judges to sentence his client after the deposed leader resisted prosecutors' attempts use him as a witness in his own trial ...

MANILA — His legal options virtually gone, former President Joseph Estrada faced ... Other charges against Estrada include violation of the anti-graft law, misuse of public funds, perjury ...

Former Senate President Franklin Drilon said that although the Constitution does not require that a senator be a lawyer to ...

Flaminiano was also one of the lawyers of former President Joseph Estrada during his impeachment trial in the Senate in 2000. The trial was not completed, as Estrada, accused of plunder ...

In their motion seeking a clarification, the two lawyers quoted one of the paragraphs in the conditional pardon that read: “Whereas, Joseph Ejercito Estrada has publicly committed to no longer ...

Under Philippine law, public officials must declare their ... from House of Representatives.Philippine President Joseph Estrada is mobbed by supporters after Senate's 11 to 10 vote not to unseal ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Dec. 22 -- A bank executive appearing as a surprise witness at Philippine President Joseph ... said proved Estrada violated the nation's anti-graft law. Clarissa Ocampo ...