Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri said on Friday, Jan. 19 that the Senate takes due notice and respects the decision of the Sandiganbayan on the cases filed against Sen. Jinggoy Estrada. In a statement, he added that the Senate also recognizes the fact that there are still legal remedies...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Friday, January 19 vowed to exhaust all legal options available to him to after the Sandiganbayan acquitted him of plunder but found him guilty of direct and indirect bribery in the so-called pork barrel fund scam. Estrada said he is surprised at the...
The Sandiganbayan has ruled that despite his acquittal on graft, malversation and bribery charges, former Ilocos Sur congressman Salacnib F. Baterina is still required to return, together with those convicted, the P35 million illegally disbursed out of his Priority Development Assistance Fund...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has required the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to account for the more than P2.6 billion fund transfers (FTs) to the Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC) for the procurements of goods and services which have "aged" for...
The Sandiganbayan has denied the motion of the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) to withdraw the graft charge it filed against former Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) executive director Samuel Aloysius M. Jardin. Jardin was charged with violations...
The Sandiganbayan has ordered the execution of its July 18, 2023 resolution as part of its Feb. 21, 2023 decision which declared that 60 percent of the shareholdings of Lianga Bay Logging Co., Inc. (LBLCI) belonged to its employees. Also ordered executed was the court's ruling that held businessman...
The Sandiganbayan has ordered former Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) undersecretary Narciso B. Nieto to present his evidence starting on Nov. 28 on graft and malversation of public funds cases filed against him in the alleged misuse of the P20 million priority development assistance...
The Sandiganbayan has denied the motions of former Bayambang, Pangasinan mayor Ricardo M. Camacho and businessman Willy L. Chua to suspend the proceedings in the graft charges filed against them. Camacho and Chua were charged with graft for allegedly causing undue injury to the municipality in a...
The Sandiganbayan has dismissed the criminal charges filed against businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles, her employee, and four former officials of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in the alleged misuse of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) in 2004 due to "vexatious, capricious, and...
The Sandiganbayan has affirmed its decision that convicted former Sarangani governor Miguel D. Escobar and a former employee of graft and malversation of public funds amounting to P450,000 in 2002. Escobar and former management analyst Alexis Jude K. Dela Cruz filed motions for...
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,...
Again, the Sandiganbayan has convicted the now detained businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles of graft and malversation of public funds and sentenced to life imprisonment. This time, she was found guilty in the misuse of the P35 million Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) of former Ilocos Sur 1st...
