The Office of the Ombudsman has filed two separate graft charges against Borbon, Cebu Vice Mayor Noel Dotillos before the Regional Trial Court in Bogo City over the unauthorized release of a municipal anniversary bonus in 2019 and the contracting of his wife as municipal health officer in 2024 when...
The driver of former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) district engineer Henry Alcantara on Tuesday, June 23, said that he delivered sealed boxes, which he suspected contained money, to individuals he associated with former DPWH Undersecretary Roberto Bernardo, former Caloocan Second...
The Office of the Ombudsman has filed graft charges before the Regional Trial Court in Naga, Cebu against suspended Minglanilla, Cebu Mayor Rajiv Enad, Vice Mayor Elanito Peña, 10 Sangguniang Bayan members, and the municipal administrator. In a statement on Monday, June 22, the Ombudsman said it...
Doctors and lawyers on Thursday, June 18, urged the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) to review its resolution dismissing plunder, graft and administrative complaints lodged against Executive Secretary and former Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Ralph Recto and then Philippine Health Insurance...
Senator Jinggoy Estrada said he has taken steps to ensure that he would not use the powers and privileges of his office to shield himself from the allegations against him following the Sandiganbayan Second Division 's order placing him under a 90-day preventive suspension. READ:...
The Sandiganbayan Second Division has ordered a 90-day preventive suspension of Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Ejercito Estrada over a graft case pending before the anti-graft court in relation to the alleged multi-million flood control kickback scheme. In a statement issued on Tuesday, June 16, the...
The Sandiganbayan Third Division has dismissed a graft case against former Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) chairman Alberto Collantes Agra after granting his demurrer to evidence, ruling that prosecutors failed to establish his participation in the execution of questioned reclamation...
The Sandiganbayan First Division on Monday, June 8, began the trial of former Health Secretary Francisco Duque III and former Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Undersecretary Christopher Lao over graft charges stemming from the alleged irregular transfer of ₱41.46 billion in Department of...
Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Ejercito Estrada was arraigned on Thursday afternoon, June 4, before the Sandiganbayan Second Division on a graft charge linked to alleged irregularities in Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) projects, with the anti-graft court entering a not guilty plea on...
Three Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) engineers charged alongside Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Ejercito Estrada and former DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan pleaded not guilty before the Sandiganbayan’s Fifth Division on Thursday, June 4, in connection with plunder and graft cases...
The Sandiganbayan’s Fifth Division on Thursday, June 4, reset to June 30 the arraignment of Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Ejercito Estrada and former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan on plunder and graft charges to allow the court sufficient time to resolve...
The Sandiganbayan Second Division on Tuesday, June 2, postponed the arraignment of Sen. Jinggoy Estrada and former Public Works and Highways Secretary Manuel Bonoan in their graft case involving alleged anomalous flood control projects. During the hearing, Presiding Justice Geraldine Faith Econg,...
