MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- An angry crowd stoned police as they cleared a path to escort ousted President Joseph Estrada from his home in the first arrest of a Philippine leader over corruption. Thousands more of Estrada's backers protested...
MANILA, Philippines -- President Joseph Estrada quit Saturday and the country's vice president replaced him in a wild finish to the Philippines' worst political crisis in more...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- President Joseph Estrada refused to step down Friday, even as his vice president declared herself commander in chief of the armed forces and high-level...
MANILA, Philippines -- His presidential immunity stripped, Joseph Estrada was indicted Wednesday on charges alleging he amassed $82 million from kickbacks and payoffs in 2 1/2 years in office. Among...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Prosecutors began the impeachment trial of President Joseph Estrada on Thursday, calling the political champion of poor Filipinos a "thief" who used kickback money to finance a lavish lifestyle...
MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippine Senate on Tuesday denied President Joseph Estrada's motion to dismiss impeachment charges accusing him of corruption and said his trial will begin Dec. 7. Estrada's lawyers...
...thousands of Filipinos crowded streets and highway overpasses in Manila on Saturday in a rally demanding that President Joseph Estrada resign over allegations he received millions of dollars from illegal gambling. "Mr. President, you are the cause...
...Philippine history, the House has sent impeachment charges against the president to the Senate for trial, charging Joseph Estrada with taking millions of dollars in illegal payoffs. There was no vote by the full House, as had been widely expected...
...governor who accused the president of taking illegal gambling payoffs has given them additional evidence to use in Joseph Estrada's impeachment trial. Ilocos Sur province Gov. Luis Singson presented evidence separate from the statements he...
...of involvement in a plot to seize power by killing President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and her ousted predecessor, Joseph Estrada. At least 11 opposition leaders have been ordered arrested for alleged links with mass protests that ended violently...
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