The Sandiganbayan has convicted several former public officials and private individuals involved in the misuse of the P65 million priority development assistance fund (PDAF) of then Misamis Occidental congresswoman Marina P. Clarete. In its 195-page decision, the anti-graft court summarized its...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has declared "final, executory, and demandable" the P717.7 million deficiency taxes of UP North Property Holdings, Inc. for 2009 assessed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) in 2018. In a decision issued by its second division last June 25, the CTA ruled that "the...
A "victory for justice" was the Commission on Human Rights' (CHR) reaction to the acquittal of its former chairperson and senator Leila M. de Lima in the third and last illegal drugs case filed against her during the past administration. In a decision, the Muntinlupa City regional trial court (RTC)...
The Sandiganbayan has convicted former chancellor Taha Guro Sarip of the Mindanao State University Buug Campus (MSU-Buug) of graft and malversation of public funds for using P94,957.15 in school funds for the repairs of his personal vehicle in 2011 and 2012. Sarip was sentenced to a prison term...
The Sandiganbayan has allowed former Quezon City mayor Herbert “Bistek” Constantine M. Bautista to present an additional witness in his graft case involving the alleged irregular procurement of the P32.1 million online occupational permitting and tracking system project in 2019....
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has affirmed its division's ruling that denied the petition of Sanyo Seiki Stainless Steel Corporation against the Bureau of Internal Revenue's (BIR) P51.99 million deficiency income tax assessment issued in 2006. The BIR sent a Letter Notice to Sanyo on Oct. 23,...
Former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) governor Nur P. Misuari and six other persons were convicted by the Sandiganbayan of graft in two cases involving P77 million worth of irregularly procured education materials in 2000 and 2001. However, Misuari and his six co-accused were...
The radio broadcaster Percy Lapid (Facebook) Lawmakers from the House of Representatives have hailed the sentencing of the self-confessed gunman behind the Oct. 3, 2022 killing of broadcaster Percival “Percy Lapid” Mabasa. During the press...
Finally after second try, the Sandiganbayan granted the pleas of former mayor Teddy C. Tumang of Mexico town in Pampanga and his six other co-accused to dismiss the graft charges filed against them for violation of their right to speedy disposition of cases. After their motion to dismiss was...
Former Quezon City councilor Dante M. De Guzman has been convicted by the Sandiganbayan of four counts of graft for his failure to distribute P7.98 million worth of relief goods to his constituents in 2008 and 2009. De Guzman was sentenced to six to eight years imprisonment for each of the four...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday, April 25 said he is keen on filing a measure that would ban the use of cellular phones and other gadgets during classes. Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, said he would propose the implementation of such policy at the...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – The Commission on Elections disqualified Gov. Manuel Mamba of this province in the May 9, 2022 elections. MAMBA The poll body issued a 23-page ruling on Wednesday, April 24, granting the petition filed by a lawyer who alleged that Mamba used public funds in...
