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...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – The former municipal agriculturist of Bangui, Ilocos Norte was arrested on Monday, April 29, for malversation of public funds. The 52-year-old suspect, Ilocos Norte’s ninth most wanted person, was arrested for violating Article 217 of the Revised Penal Code. The...
Two former officials of the now defunct National Agribusiness Corporation (NABCOR) have been convicted by the Sandiganbayan in three criminal cases involving the ghost procurement of P4.8 million worth of seedlings for the 1st district of Lanao del Norte in 2009. Convicted of graft,...
The Sandiganbayan acquitted former South Cotabato congressman Arthur Pingoy Jr. but convicted detained businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles in all charges of graft and malversation of public funds filed in the misuse of the then legislator's P20.91 million Priority Development Assistance fund...
The Sandiganbayan has affirmed its decision that convicted of malversation of public funds former cashier Nila E. Cariño of the Human Settlements Development Corporation-Maharlika Livelihood Complex (HSDC-MLC) in Baguio City. Cariño had been found guilty of malversation by the Baguio City...
The Sandiganbayan has affirmed its ruling that denied the motion to dismiss through a demurrer to evidence filed by P/Supt. Rainier A. Espina, one of the co-accused of former Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Avelino I. Razon Jr., in the alleged anomalous P409.7 million...
Palawan 3rd district Rep. Edward Hagedorn (Facebook) Palawan 3rd district Rep. Edward Hagedorn maintained his innocence Saturday, July 1 following his conviction of malversation charges by the Sandiganbayan anti-graft court. He also felt compelled to clarify that the charge didn't involve the...
BAGUIO City Mayor Benjamin Magalong (center), Marieta Alvarez, officer-in-charge, City Market Division (right), and Police Col. Glenn Lonogan, city police director, show a copy of the complaint they filed before the Baguio City Prosecutor’s Office against five employees of the Baguio Treasurer's...
For President Duterte, the proverbial noose is tightening around Senator Richard Gordon's neck in connection with the latter's troubles with the Commission on Audit (COA). GORDON'S 'DISCOMFORT'--President Duterte bring up his favorite punching bag anew during his 'Talk to the People' public...
President Duterte lectured his favorite punching bag, Senator Richard Gordon, on the subject of delicadeza in the latest episode of "Talk to the People" on late Monday night, Sept. 27. President Rodrigo Duterte (left) and Senator Richard Gordon (Photos from Malacañang/ MANILA BULLETIN) During...
President Duterte asked Commission on Audit (COA) Chairman Michael Aguinaldo if he had ever taken any measures at all to hold Senator Richard Gordon accountable for his disallowances amounting to at least P86 million. Commission on Audit (COA) Chairman Michael Aguinaldo and President Duterte (File...
President Duterte said he would "personally see to it" that Senator Richard Gordon gets slapped with a criminal charge, possibly malversation, for allegedly failing to return some P86 million worth of public funds. President Rodrigo Duterte (left) and Senator Richard Gordon (Photos from...
