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....
The Sandiganbayan has dismissed the complaint filed against two defendants in an ill-gotten wealth case involving the reportedly illegal shares obtained by a private company through alleged disadvantageous contracts. Dismissed through the grant of their demurrer to evidence were the charges against...
The Sandiganbayan has warned that sanctions will be imposed on litigants and lawyers who file repetitive or identical motions in pending cases. The warning was issued as the court denied a similar motion filed by a private individual in the hope that his property be excluded from the...
The Sandiganbayan has approved the payment of P2.5 million to settle the P9.06 million civil case for forfeiture of alleged unexplained wealth filed against the former director of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Benguet and members of his family. Former PNP Chief Supt. Eugene Garbriel...
(Unsplash) Senator Francis ‘’Chiz’’ Escudero has filed a bill that would enable the Office of the Ombudsman to retain at least 30 percent of the value of the ill-gotten assets acquired from the forfeiture cases that the government won in courts against corrupt public officials. Escudero...
Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) Chairman John Agbayani admitted to House members Wednesday morning, Aug. 24 that the agency won't be filing any new cases against the Marcos family on the issue of ill-gotten wealth. PCGG Chairman John Agbayani (Screenshot from Facebook live)...
The Commission on Audit (COA), on Wednesday, June 8, flagged the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) for unreliable accounting in the agency’s “Abandoned/ Surrendered Property/Assets,” noting that it had left unreported over 100 items in its inventory which include artworks and...
Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos on Wednesday, March 16 claimed that there are a lot of "fake news" when it comes to the issue of his family's alleged ill-gotten wealth. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (Lakas-CMD Media) “There’s a lot of fake news involved there, let’s leave it...
Vice President and opposition leader Leni Robredo will not take revenge on anyone if and when she’s elected as the country’s next president in the upcoming May 9 polls. Instead, Robredo said that she would be a "unifying" leader. She noted that she's already taking steps to achieve that goal....
Aspiring president Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said Tuesday, Jan. 25 he will let the rule of law prevail in the ill-gotten wealth cases that were filed against the Marcos family and alleged cronies of his father, the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos. During DZRH's Presidential Job interview...
Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban) standard bearer and Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Tuesday said fellow presidential bet Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. should publicly acknowledge the mistakes committed by his father. Dela Rosa said that if it happened to...
