Rowegie Abanto

Thousands of members of the Jesus Is Lord (JIL) Church Worldwide gather at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila on Saturday, October 18, 2025, to celebrate the church’s 47th anniversary. The grand celebration, themed “Holy Spirit Breakthrough,” features songs of praise, prayers, and testimonies of faith, with delegates from local and international JIL chapters joining in thanksgiving. The event, led by JIL founder and president Bro. Eddie Villanueva, highlighted unity, renewal, and unwavering faith in God’s promises. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

Thousands of members of the Jesus Is Lord (JIL) Church Worldwide gather at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila on Saturday, October 18, 2025, to celebrate the church’s 47th anniversary. The grand celebration, themed “Holy Spirit Breakthrough,” features songs of praise, prayers, and testimonies of faith, with delegates from local and international JIL chapters joining in thanksgiving. The event, led by JIL founder and president Bro. Eddie Villanueva, highlighted unity, renewal, and unwavering faith in God’s promises.
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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/176118053699720251018-jesus-is-lord-47th-anniversary-MT23.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Thousands of members of the Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide gather at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila on Saturday, October 18, 2025, to celebrate the church’s 47th anniversary. <em>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA<strong> (3rd UPDATE) </strong>— Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla said Thursday he would ask Senate President Vicente Sotto III to enforce a 2016 dismissal order of the anti-graft office against Sen. Joel Villanueva.</p><p>Former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales in November 2016 <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/11/14/16/ombudsman-orders-dismissal-of-joel-villanueva">ordered the dismissal from service of Villanueva,</a> a former CIBAC party-list representative, after he was found guilty of grave misconduct, serious dishonesty, and conduct prejudicial to the interest of the service.</p><p>Morales said then the dismissal order was approved after Villanueva and nine others were found liable for the misuse of his 2008 Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or pork barrel as a congressman.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/11/14/16/villanueva-on-dismissal-nakapanggagalit-nakapanglulumo">Villanueva on dismissal: Nakapanggagalit, nakapanglulumo</a></div><p>The Supreme Court in 2013 declared PDAF unconstitutional.</p><p>Speaking to ANC, Remulla said he believes the 9-year-old dismissal order against Villanueva was &quot;enforceable immediately&quot; through a letter containing the decision, which he noted should be implemented by the Senate president.</p><p>&quot;We will try to enforce it now, we will write a letter to the Senate president, ask him to enforce a letter that was supposed to have been sent long ago, and ask him now to enforce that order,&quot; he said.</p><p>Remulla said he would try to personally deliver the request letter to Sotto on Friday, October 24. </p><p>&quot;This is something that has to be decided between men and between institutions, and it has to be for the good of the people. What is the meaning of this office if people will just ignore the orders of this office?&quot; he said.</p><p>Sought for comment on Ombudsman Remulla&#x27;s bid to enforce the 2016 dismissal order, Villanueva showed screenshots of documents indicating that the case was dismissed in 2019, as well as clearances from the Ombudsman and Sandiganbayan. </p><p>Samuel Martires, the Ombudsman in 2019, confirmed to ABS-CBN News that he granted the motion for reconsideration of Villanueva.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/10/23/martires-says-dismissal-order-vs-joel-villanueva-junked-in-2019-1226">Martires says dismissal order vs Joel Villanueva junked in 2019</a></div><p>&quot;Yes. I granted the motion for reconsideration of Sen Joel,&quot; Martires said in a text message.</p><div><br/></div><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-3" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-3&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfdGltZWxpbmVfbGlzdCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOltdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2ZvbGxvd2VyX2NvdW50X3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9iYWNrZW5kIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19yZWZzcmNfc2Vzc2lvbiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZm9zbnJfc29mdF9pbnRlcnZlbnRpb25zX2VuYWJsZWQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib24iLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X21peGVkX21lZGlhXzE1ODk3Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRyZWF0bWVudCIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3Nob3dfYmlyZHdhdGNoX3Bpdm90c19lbmFibGVkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19kdXBsaWNhdGVfc2NyaWJlc190b19zZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdXNlX3Byb2ZpbGVfaW1hZ2Vfc2hhcGVfZW5hYmxlZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdmlkZW9faGxzX2R5bmFtaWNfbWFuaWZlc3RzXzE1MDgyIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRydWVfYml0cmF0ZSIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfbGVnYWN5X3RpbWVsaW5lX3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9mcm9udGVuZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1981184558084309195&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fsearch%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Aod2-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2025-10-23T00%3A23%3A53.811487%3Ac2e3deb2-c29d-4a88-82d6-c4eac0d097da%26action%3Dedit&amp;sessionId=8a53920860be5454b58969a7c8e7d65842546992&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:506px;height:598px;display:block;flex-grow:1" data-tweet-id="1981184558084309195"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><div><br/></div><p>Villanueva&#x27;s Sandiganbayan clearance was dated September 10, 2025, while the Ombudsman clearance was issued September 10, 2025.</p><p>Asked why he recently obtained copies of the clearances, Villanueva said his camp had anticipated the &quot;harassment plus fake news.&quot;</p><p>&quot;We already anticipated possible HARASSMENT plus FAKE NEWS... Filing cases din po kasi sa mga fake news spreaders,&quot; Villanueva also said.</p><p>Senate President Vicente Sotto III meanwhile declined to comment on Remulla&#x27;s plan.</p><p>&quot;I will wait for the communication. I have no comment at this time,&quot; Sotto said.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>REMULLA WANTS SC TO RULE ON VILLANUEVA CASE</strong></div><div> </div><p>As chair of the Senate Committee on Rules in 2016 when the dismissal order was issued, Sotto filed a motion to adopt the legal opinion of the Senate legal counsel at the time, lawyer Maria Valentina Cruz.</p><p>Cruz said the Ombudsman has no power to punish or evict from power any member of Congress, citing Section 21 of RA 6770 or the Ombudsman Act of 1989.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/11/15/16/jurisdiction-issue-hounds-villanueva-dismissal-order">Jurisdiction issue hounds Villanueva dismissal order </a></div><p>The Constitution and the Senate rules say only the Senate has the power to suspend or dismiss from service any of its members after an investigation by the ethics committee, she noted.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/12/06/16/senate-defies-ombudsman-on-joel-villanueva-suspension">Senate defies Ombudsman on Joel Villanueva suspension</a></div><div> </div><div><iframe width="923" height="519" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6eCyCtgClQo" title="Headstart | ANC (23 October 2025)" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><br/></div><p>If senators again reject the dismissal order, Remulla said this would create a &quot;justiciable controversy&quot; that his office could ask the Supreme Court to resolve.</p><p>&quot;It is really meant to go to the Supreme Court if they do not obey, and chances are they will not obey because it’s a collegial body that decides only on political matters when it comes to decisions like this,&quot; Remulla said, adding that he would seek Morales&#x27; advice when they file a petition before the high court.</p><div> </div><div><strong>MORALES ON DISMISSAL ORDER</strong></div><div> </div><p>Nearly a decade after he was ordered dismissed from service, Villanueva again is fighting accusations of corruption — this time for his alleged participation in a kickback scheme involving flood control projects.</p><p>He repeatedly denied any wrongdoing in connection with the alleged corruption of infrastructure funds.</p><p>In an interview with ABS-CBN News&#x27; Karen Davila that aired October 6, Morales said the Senate as a body should have followed her office&#x27;s order, saying, &quot;Otherwise, everybody wants to be a senator because [despite] of any infraction of the law that you commit, you will still remain senator.&quot;</p><p>&quot;We are the laughingstock of other countries because we don&#x27;t know how to enforce our law, we don&#x27;t know how to implement the decisions that spawned from legal proceedings,&quot; she said.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wmZZhFLq8Uk?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aHsT_K6KRQk?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_UhgbDdcHdE?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></div>

<p>Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla said Thursday his office would ask the Senate leadership to enforce a 2016 dismissal order of the anti-graft office against Sen. Joel Villanueva.</p>

Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla said Thursday his office would ask the Senate leadership to enforce a 2016 dismissal order of the anti-graft office against Sen. Joel Villanueva.

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Ombudsman to ask Senate to enforce 2016 dismissal order of Joel Villanueva

Rowegie Abanto,

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Published October 23, 2025 09:12 AM PHT

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Updated October 23, 2025 12:55 PM PHT

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