Actress, singer, producer, entrepreneur and Hollywood actress Lovi Poe is now officially a Kapamilya after signing with ABS-CBN 's Star Magic. The move had been rumored for months, but Tuesday 's announcement finally made it official, ushering in what many expect to be an exciting new era...
Sen. Rodante Marcoleta pleaded not guilty to plunder and violation of Presidential Decree (PD) No. 46 before the Sandiganbayan Third Division on Wednesday, July 22. Marcoleta entered his pleas during his arraignment in the two cases filed against him before the anti-graft court. He pleaded not...
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...
Widely known for his versatility in hit dramas such as “What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim,” “Itaewon Class,” “Fight for My Way,” and “Gyeongseong Creature,” actor Park Seo-joon takes on a new challenge as he leads his first-ever noir series, "Born Guilty." On March 30, Disney+...
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 did not allow former Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) comptroller and retired Maj. Gen. Carlos F. Garcia to evade the payment of P407.8 million penalty after he pleaded guilty and convicted of lesser offenses instead of plunder and violation of the Money Laundering Act....
(Left) ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro and National Security Adviser Eduardo Año (PPAB, Facebook) By Dexter Barro II House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro condemned the recent statements of National...
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...
Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court in New York, Thursday, May 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool) NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday was found guilty on all 34 felony counts in his criminal hush money trial. It was the first time a former...
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...
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...