One of the several accused in the so-called "pastillas scam" reportedly perpetrated by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) officers and personnel at the airports has pleaded guilty to a lesser offense and was meted out a P5,000 penalty. Immigration Officer II Asliyah A. Maruhom was initially...
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 Makati Business Club (MBC), a group of big and elite businesses based in the country’s financial district of Makati, has reiterated its support for specific measures that will help improve ease of doing business in the country and to fight graft and corruption. In a statement...
Senator Francis Tolentino on Sunday, July 30 called for the inclusion of some pending anti-graft bills to the proposed new procurement law that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. seeks to be prioritized. ...
BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – Four former officials of the Department of Agriculture-Caraga facing graft charges were arrested, the Police Regional Office-13 said Friday, June 23. “We are tasked to enforce the law in a manner that treats all individuals equally, regardless of their social status or...
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has recommended the filing of graft and perjury charges against high-ranking officials of the Department of Budget and Management’s Procurement Services and the Department of Education (DepEd) who figured in the alleged anomalous purchase of “overpriced” and...
Ronnie Ricketts welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court (SC) to acquit him of graft stemming from a raid he conducted in Quiapo in 2010 as chair of the Optical Media Board (OMB). Taking to Facebook, the former action star posted: “I welcome the decision of the Honorable Supreme Court which...
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong here filed, Friday, August 5, another graft case against officials of the Baguio City District Engineering Office of the Department of Public Works and Highways (BCDEO-DPWH) due to alleged irregularities in the construction of a secondary school building...
CEBU CITY – A warrant of arrest has been issued against Marnilou Ayuban, the mayor of Alicia, Bohol who was convicted of graft. Ayuban has yet to show up after an arrest warrant of was issued against him prior to his assumption into office. He took his oath of office last June 8 before a...
BAGUIO CITY- Mayor Benjamin Magalong has filed with the City Prosecutors Office graft cases against officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways-Baguio City District Engineering Office (BCDEO) on Friday, July 1. GRAFT CHARGES – Baguio City Benjamin Magalong formally subscribe his...
