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Kaxandra Salonga

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1783299481727739276850_1447190127433709_8519235916323316215_n (4).jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Senator Rodante Marcoleta on Monday showed up at the Sandiganbayan Third Division, which is set to hear his motion to quash the information charging him with plunder. <em>Kaxandra Salonga, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA <strong>(3rd UPDATE)</strong> — The Sandiganbayan Third Division on Monday ordered the arrest of Senator Rodante Marcoleta, former lawmaker Mike Defensor, and two businessmen facing plunder charges over the alleged nondisclosure of P75 million in campaign donations.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/7/3/marcoleta-plunder-case-filed-1023">Ombudsman files plunder case vs Marcoleta over alleged non-disclosure of campaign funds</a></div><p>Earlier, Marcoleta was seen at the Sandiganbayan to attend a hearing, during which the court denied the motion to suspend proceedings and defer the issuance of warrants of arrest against the plunder defendants.</p><p>Associate Justice Karl Miranda said the motions were denied because the court already determined there is probable cause in the plunder case.</p><p>The respondents will be committed to the Quezon City Jail in Payatas, where Senator Jinggoy Estrada and former Senator Ramon Bong Revilla Jr. are currently detained.</p><p>Meanwhile, the court has given the prosecution three days to file a comment on the motions of Marcoleta, Defensor, and Espiritu to quash the information charging them with plunder.</p><p>The Office of the Ombudsman on Friday filed a non-bailable plunder case against Marcoleta before the Sandiganbayan over his alleged non-disclosure of campaign contributions.</p><p>The case stems from allegations that Marcoleta, then a sitting congressman, accepted P75 million in campaign donations from Defensor and businessmen and failed to declare the funds in his Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN).</p><p>Under the Anti-Plunder Act, a public official may be prosecuted if found to have amassed at least P50 million in alleged ill-gotten wealth.</p><div><br/></div><div><em>More details to follow.</em></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS</strong></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/0ZbXG_enUG8?&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/TKpkHYBIda0?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>The Sandiganbayan Third Division ordered the arrest of Senator Rodante Marcoleta, former lawmaker Mike Defensor, and two businessmen facing plunder charges over the alleged nondisclosure of P75 million in campaign donations.</p>

The Sandiganbayan Third Division ordered the arrest of Senator Rodante Marcoleta, former lawmaker Mike Defensor, and two businessmen facing plunder charges over the alleged nondisclosure of P75 million in campaign donations.

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Sandiganbayan orders arrest of Sen. Marcoleta over plunder case

Kaxandra Salonga,

ABS-CBN News

Published July 06, 2026 09:00 AM PHT

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Updated July 06, 2026 10:04 AM PHT

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