The Sandiganbayan has dismissed the graft case filed against two members of the board of directors of Herdis Management & Investment Corporation for their reported involvement in the alleged anomalous acquisition of two corporations by the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos. In...
The Sandiganbayan has allowed former Bureau of Customs (BOC) commissioner Nicanor E. Faeldon to present a substitute witness to testify in his behalf during the trial of the graft charges filed against him. Instead of himself, Faeldon offered the presentation of the testimony of his former chief of...
The Sandiganbayan has denied the motion filed by former Quezon City mayor Herbert “Bistek” Constantine M. Bautista to reconsider his graft conviction that sentenced him to six to 10 years in jail with perpetual disqualification to hold public office. In a resolution issued last...
The Sandiganbayan has affirmed the graft conviction of the former regional secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in the then Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DENR-ARMM). Affirmed was the conviction of Sultan Usman T. Sarangani who was found guilty in 16 counts of...
Several former officials from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) have been convicted by the Sandiganbayan of 41 counts of graft and 41 counts of falsification for "ghost" repairs of the department's vehicles in 2001. Found guilty were former officer-in-charge assistant director...
The Sandiganbayan has affirmed the graft conviction of a private individual who tried to evade trial by fabricating her death. Mary Ann Maslog, former agent and representative of Esteem Enterprises, was found guilty of violating Section 3(e) of Republic Act No. 3019 or the Anti-Graft and...
By pleading guilty to a lesser offense, the treasurer of Caraga town in Davao Oriental evaded a possible longer jail term in his graft case. After his Sandiganbayan arraignment and before the prosecution could start presenting its evidence, treasurer Jaime D. Labasano filed a plea barganing...
The Sandiganbayan has convicted former Bataan Shipyard and Engineering Corp., Inc. (Baseco) board member Agustiniana C. Avelino of 13 graft charges for the withdrawal of P102 million from 2008 to 2010 without proper justification. Avelino has been sentenced to six to eight years imprisonment for...
The Sandiganbayan has convicted former Aurora governor Gerardo "Jerry" A. Noveras and seven others of their graft charge involving the irregular repair of a bridge and road in 2014. Noveras, together with Provincial Administrator Simeon A. De Castro, Provincial General Services Officer...
Criminal and administrative complaints have been filed against Pasig City Mayor Victor Ma. Regis "Vico" N. Sotto and two others before the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) for allegedly giving a 100 percent tax discount to Converge ICT Solutions, Inc. Complainant Ethelmart Austria Cruz asked the OMB...
With no evidence presented by the prosecution, the Sandiganbayan has dismissed the graft case filed against former Bacoor City mayor Jessie B. Castillo and two other persons. The charge arose from the operation of a dumpsite in Villa Esperanza village in Molino in 1998 allegedly without Environment...
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...
