Estrada declines to enter plea to graft, plunder raps

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada on Thursday declined to enter a plea to the graft and plunder charges against him before the Sandiganbayan Fifth Division. Estrada is accused of receiving a total of P573.75 million in kickbacks for infrastructure and flood control projects in the National Capital Region, Bulacan and Occidental Mindoro that