President Marcos has appointed Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Geraldine Faith Econg as the body's new presiding justice, replacing Amparo Cabotaje-Tang who retired in November last year. (Photo from IBP Cebu Chapter Facebook) Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin confirmed Econg's promotion late...
Six members of the board of trustees (BOT) of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) have been acquitted by the Sandiganbayan of graft charges over the alleged anomalous 2009 car plan loans worth about P15 million granted to employees. In a 45-page decision penned by Associate Justice...
The Sandiganbayan has upheld the acquittal of Senate President Pro Temporare Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on direct and indirect bribery charges in connection with his P183.7 million Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) from 2004 to 2014. In an eight-page resolution dated Nov. 27 and...
The Sandiganbayan has approved the compromise agreement between the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) and the heirs of a former official during the reign of the late President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. for the return of funds and properties to the government. In an eight-page resolution...
Former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) director-general Nela Charade Galang Puno has been acquitted of graft charge for reportedly not giving due process in shutting down a cancer treatment center. In a 43-page decision promulgated last Nov. 7 and penned by Associate Justice Ronald N. Moreno,...
Former Veterans Federation of the Philippines (VFP) president Bonifacio Garcillan De Gracia has been acquitted of graft charges by the Sandiganbayan over the alleged anomalous lease of properties belonging to the government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC).. “When evidence of the...
The Sandiganbayan has deleted the P3 million fines imposed on former Cagayan de Oro City congressman Constantino G. Jaraula and his co-accused as additonal penalty for their graft conviction on the anomalous purchase of liquid fertilizers from 2003 to 2004. “The prosecution, despite the...
New Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Gener Gito, who served as presiding judge, was honored by the Muntinlupa City government. During the flag-raising ceremony on Oct. 28, Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon led in honoring Gito with a plaque of recognition. Early this month, the Presidential...
A former Department of Finance (DOF) official and four other persons have been acquitted by the Sandiganbayan over the alleged anomalous grant of more than P15 million tax credits to a firm from 1996 to 1998. Acquitted were former DOF executive director Uldarico P. Andutan Jr. and then officer...
Former Zamboanga del Sur governor Aurora E. Cerilles and nine other local officials have been acquitted of graft charges by the Sandiganbayan over the alleged anomalous purchase of furniture, fixtures and equipment worth more than P8 million in 2009. Aside from Cerilles, also acquitted were then...
President Marcos has appointed the judge, one of those who acquitted former senator Leila de Lima in her drug-related case, as associate justice of the Sandiganbayan. Malacañang confirmed that Marcos had designated Judge Gener Gito into the position on Oct. 8. In a letter signed by Marcos dated...
The Sandiganbayan has dismissed, for violation of the right to speedy disposition of cases, a civil complaint against the late former President Ferdinand E. Marcos and his wife, former first lady Imelda R. Marcos, involving the Pinugay Estate in Tanay, Rizal. In a resolution, the anti-graft court...
