The Sandiganbayan has denied the disqualification of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) of the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) in handling the civil forfeiture case filed against businessman Ernest de Leon Escaler. Escaler is a respondent in the civil case docketed as SB-14-CVL-0002 for...
The Sandiganbayan has affirmed the graft conviction of a private individual who tried to evade trial by fabricating her death. Mary Ann Maslog, former agent and representative of Esteem Enterprises, was found guilty of violating Section 3(e) of Republic Act No. 3019 or the Anti-Graft and...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN)) A just and fair decision. That's how administration senatorial bet ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo described the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) decision to junk the...
A petition for disqualification has been filed anew against leading senatorial candidate ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo. In the 22-page petition provided by Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia, petitioners Berteni Cataluña Causing, Graft-Free Philippines...
A 20-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday, Feb. 25, for raping his 13-year-old friend who stayed overnight at his house in Antipolo City, Rizal. A man (middle) arrested for allegedly assaulting his 13-year-old friend in Antipolo City. (Photo from the Rizal PPO) The Rizal Police Provincial Office...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said on Tuesday, Feb. 18, that the poll body has so far printed nearly half of the required number of ballots for the May 2025 elections. Verifiers of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) carefully inspect printed ballots for the May...
A petition for disqualification from seeking public office has been filed before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) against the Tulfo brothers namely senatorial candidates ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo and Ben Tulfo as well as three of their relatives. (MB file photo) The petition, filed...
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...
After over a decade, convicted overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Mary Jane Veloso, who has been on death row in Indonesia for over a decade for drug charges, is finally returning to the Philippines, President Marcos announced on Wednesday, Nov. 20. File photos In a social media post, Marcos thanked...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte wants to file a libel case against his staunchest critic, former senator Antonio Trillanes IV, for the latter's allegation that suspicious funds were funneled into the Duterte family's bank accounts. Former president Rodrigo Duterte (Santi San Juan) Duterte said...
He didn't divulge where he is at the moment but Ken Chan made clear he is not running away from the syndicated estafa case filed against him in court by a businessman. Supposedly, the actor enticed the businessman to invest in his restaurant business promising a 10% monthly interest. Ken, allegedly...
CEBU CITY – Aside from two residents, a lawyer has also filed a petition before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) seeking to disqualify dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes from next year’s polls. Lawyer Ervin Estandarte, a resident of Barangay Pagsabungan, Mandaue, asked the Comelec...
