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Ex-mayor Mabilog posts bail upon return to PH

Ex-mayor Mabilog posts bail upon return to PH

Karen De Guzman,

ABS-CBN News

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Updated Sep 11, 2024 05:29 PM PHT

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MANILA— Former Iloilo City Mayor Jed Mabilog promptly posted bail and obtained court orders for his temporary release after returning to the Philippines on Tuesday.

Mabilog has been charged for violations of “Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act” before the Sandiganbayan Third Division and the “Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees” at the Lapu- Lapu City Regional Trial Court Branch 73 in Cebu.

“Parehong unserved ‘yung warrants of arrest, kaya nung dumating si former Mayor Jed Mabilog dito sa Pilipinas, kaagad kaming nakipag-ugnayan sa NBI para mai-serve ‘yung warrants sa kanya at maipasailalim sa legal process,” according to his legal counsel, Atty. Jeric Jucaban.

“On the same day, nag-apply kami for bail sa dalawang korte at nakakuha din kami kaya sa ngayon si former Mayor Jed Mabilog ay out for bail,” he added.

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Jucaban said Mabilog returned to the country because he has confidence in the current administration's commitment to due process and fairness.

They also learned that some members of the House Quadruple Committee want to invite Mabilog to clarify the events during the previous administration when he was labeled a protector of drug pushers.

“Ang dahilan kung bakit siya nagpasyang umuwi ay dahil sa nakikita niya na may pagbabago sa ating judicial system. At alam niya na given this current administration ay mabibigyan siya ng due process at fair trial,” Jucaban said.

They are coordinating with law enforcement agencies and assessing the situation to determine if there are still any threats to the former mayor’s life.

“Nagpahiwatig naman ang mga opisyal ng ating gobyerno na kung meron pa ring threat sa buhay ni former Mayor Jed Mabilog, ay willing daw silang magbigay ng protective custody kapag ito ay hiningi ng isang government agency,” Jucaban said.

“Nagpunta sa US, nag seek ng asylum there. Ngayon, mas minabuti niyang bumalik na dito sa Pilipinas at harapin ‘yung kanyang kaso,” added  NBI Director Jaime Santiago.

As of writing, there is no official invitation yet from the quad comm, but Mabilog has expressed his willingness to attend if needed.



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Pope shows ‘slight improvement’: Vatican

Pope shows ‘slight improvement’: Vatican

Agence France-Presse

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Updated Feb 25, 2025 03:14 AM PHT

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Pope Francis attends the weekly general audience on February 12, 2025 at Paul-VI hall in The Vatican. Filippo Monteforte, AFP 


VATICAN CITY, Holy See -

Pope Francis, hospitalised in critical condition with pneumonia in both lungs, was showing signs of "slight improvement", the Vatican said Monday, while cautioning that doctors would not offer a prognosis.

Amid global concern over the 88-year-old's health, the Vatican said in its evening bulletin that "the critical clinical conditions of the Holy Father demonstrate a slight improvement."

"Today there were no episodes of asthmatic respiratory attacks; some laboratory tests have improved," it said, noting that Francis had worked in the afternoon after receiving the Eucharist in the morning.

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The head of the Catholic Church was admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital on February 14 with breathing difficulties and his condition subsequently worsened.

Francis was continuing to receive oxygen but "with slightly reduced flows and percentage of oxygen," the Vatican said Monday.

It cautioned, however, that "considering the complexity of the clinical picture" doctors declined to "decide on the prognosis".

Doctors treating Pope Francis have said the drug treatments he is undergoing will take time to show an effect, and on Friday they warned he would remain in hospital for this entire week, at the very least.

Earlier Monday, the Vatican said the pope had spent a peaceful night, with a Vatican source saying the Jesuit was "not in pain", eating "normally" and even "in a good mood".

In the evening he called the priest in the Gaza parish, the Vatican said.

The longest hospitalisation of Francis's near 12-year papacy has brought an outpouring of support for the pontiff, with prayers said around the world and tributes left outside the hospital.

His initial bronchitis developed into double pneumonia and on Saturday the Vatican warned for the first time that the pope's condition was critical.

On Sunday it said Francis continued to receive "high-flow" oxygen through a nasal cannula, while blood tests demonstrated an "initial, mild, renal failure, currently under control".

The latter was "not of concern," the Vatican said Monday.

Cardinals in Rome and members of the public were expected for a prayer for Francis in St Peter's Square Monday evening led by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state.



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Gemelli's chaplain, Nunzio Corrao, led a special prayer, saying it was time to "hope against hope" for Francis's recovery.

Well-wishers left candles outside the hospital, where Francis is in a 10th-floor papal suite.

Professor Sergio Alfieri, who leads the Gemelli medical team caring for the pope said Friday that sepsis, a life-threatening condition, was his biggest worry in terms of Francis's health.

"The real risk in these cases is that the germs pass into the blood," he said.

Francis's hospitalisation has sparked fears over his recovery.

"At this moment in history, one feels the need for his figure," Jesuit theologian Antonio Spadaro, who is close to Francis, told the Repubblica daily.

There were "many people around the world, including those in positions of responsibility, who are genuinely concerned because they know that Francis is one of the few who is able to connect the dots in a world that seems to be split", he said.


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The condition of the pope, who had part of one of his lungs removed as a young man, has fuelled speculation about whether he might resign.

He has always been open to following his predecessor, Benedict XVI, who in 2013 became the first pope since the Middle Ages to step down because of his physical and mental health.

But Francis has repeatedly said it was not the time.

Theologian Spadaro agreed that a resignation should not be discussed now.

"The pope is vigilant, he is exercising his pastoral duty even from his hospital bed, and -- although in a different, less visible manner -- he manifests his presence," he said.

German Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Mueller told the Corriere della Sera "the pope is alive and this is the moment to pray, not think about his successor".

But had added: "We all must die. There is no eternal earthly life. The pope has a special task, but he is a man like all men".

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