The Sandiganbayan has started its proceedings on the graft charge involving the alleged irregular transfer of P41.4 billion Covid-19 funds filed against former Department of Health (DOH) secretary Francisco T. Duque III and Procurement Service - Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM)...
Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Thursday, August 22 welcomed the Sandiganbayan Special Fifth Division’s decision acquitting him of direct and indirect bribery charges. This, after the Sandiganbayan reversed its earlier decision convicting Estrada of one count of...
The Sandiganbayan has reversed it earlier decision that convicted Sen. Jose "Jinggoy" Estrada of one count of direct bribery and two counts of indirect bribery in connection with the P183.7 million allegedly pocketed by the senator out of his Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) from 2004 to...
Former Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Jesus A. Verzosa and 10 other police officers have been acquitted by the Sandiganbayan of their graft charges over the alleged irregular purchase of two second-hand helicopters in 2009. Aside from Verzosa, also acquitted were P/DDG...
The Sandiganbayan has issued a writ of execution against former Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) comptroller and retired Maj. Gen. Carlos F. Garcia to collect the P406.3 million and P1.5 million fines adjudged against him for his convictions in direct bribery and facilitating money laundering...
For filing their pleading beyond the allowable five-year period, the Sandiganbayan has denied the motion for execution of Palm Avenue Holding Co., Inc. and Palm Avenue Realty Development Corporation for the release their sequestered funds and shares of stocks. Palm Avenue Holding Co.,...
The Sandiganbayan has dismissed the complaint filed against two defendants in an ill-gotten wealth case involving the reportedly illegal shares obtained by a private company through alleged disadvantageous contracts. Dismissed through the grant of their demurrer to evidence were the charges against...
The Sandiganbayan has warned that sanctions will be imposed on litigants and lawyers who file repetitive or identical motions in pending cases. The warning was issued as the court denied a similar motion filed by a private individual in the hope that his property be excluded from the...
With no evidence presented by the prosecution, the Sandiganbayan has dismissed the graft case filed against former Bacoor City mayor Jessie B. Castillo and two other persons. The charge arose from the operation of a dumpsite in Villa Esperanza village in Molino in 1998 allegedly without Environment...
By CZARINA NICOLE ONG KI The Sandiganbayan has allowed government prosecutors to present additional evidence in the graft and technical malversation case filed against former health secretary now Iloilo 1st District Rep. Janette Loreto Garin and four others in the purchase of P3.5 billion worth of...
Former Cagayan De Oro City congressman Constantino G. Jaraula and four others have been convicted by the Sandiganbayan of graft charges in the accreditation of a non-government organization and the release to it of P3 million in 2003 to 2004 for the purchase of fertilizers. Aside...
While the Sandiganbayan affirmed the conviction of businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles and former Association of Philippine Electric Cooperatives (APEC) partylist congressman Edgar de Leon Valdez in the misuse of the former legislator's P57.7 million pork barrel funds, the court modified the...
