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Senator Jinggoy Estrada files a case against former Bulacan Assistant District Engineer Brice Hernandez at the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office on October 7, 2025. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

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SEN. JINGGOT ESTRADA- PERJuYRY CASE

Adrian Ayalin

RG Cruz

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/176214044806820251007-jinggoy-estrada-vs-hernandez-JC0239.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Senator Jinggoy Estrada files a case against former Bulacan Assistant District Engineer Brice Hernandez at the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office on October 7, 2025. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — The San Juan Regional Trial Court Branch 160 denied Sen. Jinggoy Estrada’s request for a temporary restraining order against former Department of Public Works and Highways engineer Brice Hernandez.</p><p>Estrada filed a civil case for damages with a request for TRO and injunction against Hernandez for issuing allegedly “false, malicious and defamatory accusations.”</p><p>The supposed defamatory statements referred to the allegations made by Hernandez that Estrada received kickbacks from anomalous flood control projects.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/10/7/jinggoy-estrada-sues-ex-dpwh-engineer-who-implicated-him-in-flood-control-scam-0959">Jinggoy files perjury raps vs ex-DPWH exec who tagged him in flood control scam</a></div><p>RTC Branch 160 Presiding Judge Aicitel Lascano-Nethercott however said in the resolution that the court has no authority to prohibit a legislative committee from requiring persons to appear and testify in inquiries. </p><p>Lascano-Nethercott said that a TRO is issued only if the matter is of such extreme urgency, noting the resetting of hearing as requested by Estrada.  </p><p>“From the foregoing, it is clear that the requisite extreme urgency warranting the issuance of a TRO is no longer present,” Lascano-Nethercott said. </p><p>Hernandez’s lawyer Ernest Levanza said they already received the resolution from the court on the injunction case filed by Estrada.</p><p>“In the said resolution, the court denied the senator’s prayer for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against Brice,” Levanza said.</p><p>Meanwhile, Estrada&#x27;s office clarified that the resolution denied only the prayer for the issuance of a TRO.</p><p>&quot;The Senator’s application for a Writ of Preliminary Injunction remains pending and will be heard on November 12, 2025, where both parties will have the opportunity to present their arguments and evidence,&quot; Estrada&#x27;s office said in a statement.</p><p>The statement said that Estrada fully respects and will abide by this judicial proscription.</p><p>At a House hearing in September, Hernandez accused Estrada of being among some politicians who had received kickbacks in flood control projects.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/9/estrada-dares-ex-dpwh-engineer-hernandez-to-take-lie-detector-test-over-corruption-claims-1147">Estrada dares ex-DPWH engineer Hernandez to take lie detector test over corruption claims</a></div><p>Hernandez alleged that Estrada received &quot;commitments&quot; equal to about 30 percent of the project cost for some floodgates and pumping stations in Bulacan.</p><p>Estrada previously said that Hernandez&#x27;s accusations were &quot;malicious&quot; and &quot;outright lies,&quot; saying he is confident that he did not commit any illegal acts.</p><div><iframe width="734" height="413" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dpJew9Ly2xQ" title="Face to face: Jinggoy kinompronta si Brice Hernandez sa Senado | ABS-CBN News" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>

<p>The San Juan Regional Trial Court Branch 160 denied Sen. Jinggoy Estrada’s request for a temporary restraining order against former Department of Public Works and Highways engineer Brice Hernandez.</p>

The San Juan Regional Trial Court Branch 160 denied Sen. Jinggoy Estrada’s request for a temporary restraining order against former Department of Public Works and Highways engineer Brice Hernandez.

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San Juan court denies Estrada’s TRO request vs Brice Hernandez

Adrian Ayalin,

RG Cruz,

ABS-CBN News

Published Nov 03, 2025 11:28 AM PHT

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Updated Nov 03, 2025 12:13 PM PHT

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