A youth group on Friday, June 19, questioned the delay in the filing of charges against Senator Joel Villanueva over his alleged involvement in a flood-control project controversy in Bulacan, despite earlier pronouncements from the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) that the case was already ripe for...
The Sandiganbayan Sixth Division has denied a bid by a co-accused of former Ako Bicol party-list representative Elizaldy “Zaldy” Co to inhibit its justices from hearing their malversation case. In a resolution dated June 17, the court denied former Department of Public Works and Highways...
Senator Jinggoy Estrada said he has taken steps to ensure that he would not use the powers and privileges of his office to shield himself from the allegations against him following the Sandiganbayan Second Division 's order placing him under a 90-day preventive suspension. READ:...
The Sandiganbayan Second Division has ordered a 90-day preventive suspension of Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Ejercito Estrada over a graft case pending before the anti-graft court in relation to the alleged multi-million flood control kickback scheme. In a statement issued on Tuesday, June 16, the...
The Sandiganbayan Third Division has dismissed a graft case against former Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) chairman Alberto Collantes Agra after granting his demurrer to evidence, ruling that prosecutors failed to establish his participation in the execution of questioned reclamation...
The Sandiganbayan First Division on Monday, June 8, began the trial of former Health Secretary Francisco Duque III and former Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Undersecretary Christopher Lao over graft charges stemming from the alleged irregular transfer of ₱41.46 billion in Department of...
The Sandiganbayan’s Special Division has dismissed the remaining claims in a long-running forfeiture case against the late former president Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. and former first lady Imelda R. Marcos after the government informed the anti-graft court that it would no longer present evidence...
The Sandiganbayan’s Fifth Division has partially granted the request of former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan to be placed under hospital arrest while facing plunder charges, citing humanitarian considerations arising from his medical condition. In a...
Taken aback by the lengthy list of medical conditions of former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan, Sandiganbayan Second Division Chairperson Justice Geraldine Faith Econg could not help but ask: “Bakit ang dami? (Why so many?)” The remark came during the...
Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Ejercito Estrada was arraigned on Thursday afternoon, June 4, before the Sandiganbayan Second Division on a graft charge linked to alleged irregularities in Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) projects, with the anti-graft court entering a not guilty plea on...
Former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan is currently confined at The Medical City and remains under the custody of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), his lawyer informed the Sandiganbayan’s Fifth Division on Thursday, June 4. Bonoan...
Three Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) engineers charged alongside Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Ejercito Estrada and former DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan pleaded not guilty before the Sandiganbayan’s Fifth Division on Thursday, June 4, in connection with plunder and graft cases...
