Philippine lawmaker charged with corruption to surrender, without right to bail

A Philippine senator said he will surrender to authorities after a special anti-corruption court ordered his arrest on Monday on a non-bailable charge of plunder after he allegedly pocketed a huge kickback in a flood-control project.
It is the latest crisis to hit the country’s Senate, the upper chamber where a battle for control of the country’s political future is playing out.
The special Sandiganbayan anti-corruption court had initially issued a warrant for Senator Jinggoy Estrada’s arrest on…

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