The Sandiganbayan has dismissed the criminal charges filed against businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles, her employee, and four former officials of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in the alleged misuse of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) in 2004 due to "vexatious, capricious, and...
Again, the Sandiganbayan has convicted the now detained businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles of graft and malversation of public funds and sentenced to life imprisonment. This time, she was found guilty in the misuse of the P35 million Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) of former Ilocos Sur 1st...
The Sandiganbayan has denied anew the motion of Jessica Lucila "Gigi" Reyes, former chief of staff of then Senate president Juan Ponce Enrile, to file a demurrer to evidence and seek the dismissal of her plunder charges on alleged weakness of the prosecution's evidence to sustain a conviction. With...
The Sandiganbayan has decided to resolve the plea of former Senate president Juan Ponce Enrile to dismiss his plunder case simultaneously with its main decision involving other accused in the alleged misuse of the former senator's Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) from 2004 to 2010....
The Sandiganbayan acquitted former South Cotabato congressman Arthur Pingoy Jr. but convicted detained businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles in all charges of graft and malversation of public funds filed in the misuse of the then legislator's P20.91 million Priority Development Assistance fund...
While the Sandiganbayan allowed former senator Juan Ponce Enrile to seek the dismissal of his plunder case through a demurrer to evidence, it denied the same plea filed by his former chief of staff Atty. Jessica Lucila "Gigi" Reyes. A demurrer to evidence is a pleading filed by an accused in a...
The Sandiganbayan has affirmed the conviction of former Davao del Norte congressman Arrel R. Olaño for the misuse of his P7.72 million Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) in 2007. Olaño had been convicted of three graft and three malversation charges together with...
The Sandiganbayan’s move to clear businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles of 16 counts of graft in connection with the alleged anomalous use of Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr.’s pork barrel fund is a huge offense to the Filipino public. Businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles, the alleged mastermind of the...
As his crusade against senators involved in the probe on the government's purchase of alleged overpriced coronavirus (COVID-19) supplies continues, President Duterte now turned his attention to opposition Senator Franklin Drilon and asked him to explain his connection with incarcerated...
Nearly a decade after the Commission on Audit exposed the pork barrel scam that reportedly defrauded government of more than P10 billion, the audit agency finally affirmed the liability of a former partylist solon in the release of over P10.79 million to a bogus foundation linked to alleged scam...
