ILOILO CITY – The Office of the Ombudsman has dismissed three graft charges against Romeo Caesar “Juncae” L. Manikan Jr., former chief of the Iloilo City Civil Registry Office. In three separate Ombudsman decisions, Manikan was cleared of alleged violation of Section 3(e) of Republic Act No....
The Sandiganbayan has convicted former mayor Constantino Bernardo Navarro IV of Del Carmen town in Surigao del Norte for delay in the liquidation of the P3 million intelligence funds he took from the municipality in two tranches in 2010. Since the prosecution allowed Navarro to plead guilty to a...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has ordered the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to refund or issue tax credits amounting to P43.9 million to Petron Corporation for the erroneously collected excise taxes on the firm’s importation of more than 9.7 million liters of alkylate in 2016 and 2017. Google...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has denied the P9.1 million in backwages and benefits claimed by a former National Library of the Philippines (NLP) official who was dismissed from the government service when found guilty in an administrative charge in 1996 but was granted executive clemency in 2012....
There is no room for corruption and abuse of power in the country's police force. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. administers the oath taking of 55 newly promoter star rank officers of the Philippine National Police at the Malacañan Palace on Sept. 27, 2023. (RTVM Screenshot) President...
The Sandiganbayan has affirmed its ruling that denied the motion to dismiss through a demurrer to evidence filed by P/Supt. Rainier A. Espina, one of the co-accused of former Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Avelino I. Razon Jr., in the alleged anomalous P409.7 million...
A private individual pleaded guilty to a lesser offense of frauds against public treasury, instead of violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, and was ordered to pay a fine of P1,000 by the Sandiganbayan. In a resolution, the anti-graft court granted the motion for plea bargaining...
The Sandiganbayan has acquitted former postmaster general Maria Josefina Mendoza Dela Cruz in each of her two graft and two unlawful appointment charges involving the same employee of the Philippine Postal Corporation (PhilPost) in 2011 and 2013. Dela Cruz was charged in the appointment of Esther...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has affirmed its division's ruling that cancelled the order for the payment of over P902 million taxes and compromise penalty, and more than P182 million in deficiency taxes issued by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) against Philusa Corporation, a firm engaged in...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has ordered the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to refund to British American Tobacco, Limited P305.8 million representing the unutilized advanced deposit in Internal Revenue Stamp Integrated System (IRSIS) and on credits for unused, spoiled, and bad order internal...
SAMPALOC, Quezon – A farmer who allegedly killed his live-in partner here on September 8 was found dead in Sitio Maladyangao, Barangay Caldong, this town, on Monday morning, September 11. Police identified the suspect as Josue Callejo, 53, a resident of Barangay San Isidro, this town. Lawmen...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has denied the petition filed by FCF Minerals Corporation (FCF) -- a firm engaged in the exploration, development, and commercial operation of mineral claims -- to refund the P57.8 million taxes it paid for its imported equipment. In 2009, FCF and the government...
