CEBU CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has dismissed the disqualification case filed against Cebu Gov. Pamela Baricuatro. In its Nov. 4, 2025 decision, the poll body’s First Division said the petition was dismissed after the complainant, Katrina Kowalik, failed to submit several...
The Sandiganbayan has dismissed the graft case filed against two members of the board of directors of Herdis Management & Investment Corporation for their reported involvement in the alleged anomalous acquisition of two corporations by the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos. In...
A motu proprio petition for disqualification was filed on Monday, April 28, against Misamis Oriental Governor Peter Unabia. Misamis Oriental Governor Peter Unabia. (Screenshot from Peter "Sr. Pedro" Unabia Facebook page) Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman shared the first of page of the...
CEBU CITY – The representative of the second district of Bohol has filed a string of charges for what she deemed as below-the-belt tirades launched against her by three individuals. BOHOL Rep. Maria Vanessa Aumentado (middle, standing) files a complaint-affidavit against a gubernatorial candidate...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) anti-discriminatory panel filed a motu proprio petition for disqualification against Pasig City congressional candidate Christian "Ian" Sia on Wednesday, April 16. Pasig City congressional candidate Christian "Ian" Sia ((Photo from Christian "Ian" Sia Facebook...
The Sandiganbayan has allowed former Bureau of Customs (BOC) commissioner Nicanor E. Faeldon to present a substitute witness to testify in his behalf during the trial of the graft charges filed against him. Instead of himself, Faeldon offered the presentation of the testimony of his former chief of...
The Sandiganbayan has denied the motion filed by former Quezon City mayor Herbert “Bistek” Constantine M. Bautista to reconsider his graft conviction that sentenced him to six to 10 years in jail with perpetual disqualification to hold public office. In a resolution issued last...
The Sandiganbayan has affirmed the graft conviction of the former regional secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in the then Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DENR-ARMM). Affirmed was the conviction of Sultan Usman T. Sarangani who was found guilty in 16 counts of...
Several former officials from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) have been convicted by the Sandiganbayan of 41 counts of graft and 41 counts of falsification for "ghost" repairs of the department's vehicles in 2001. Found guilty were former officer-in-charge assistant director...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has ordered a businessman to pay the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) P6.6 million in deficiency income and value-added taxes of his company for calendar year 2016. Redentor Agpuldo Tagala, proprietor of 7th Concept Trading and 7C Construction, filed a petition for...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) First Division has dismissed the second disqualification case filed against leading senatorial candidate ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo. Senatorial candidate ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo In the page five-page order dated March 11, the Comelec First...
The Sandiganbayan has dismissed the 23 criminal charges filed against City Accountant Racquel L. Bautista and City Treasurer Roberto V. Viduya of Bislig City in Surigao del Sur for violation of their right to speedy disposition of cases. Bautista and Viduya were charged with 23 counts of...