The Sandiganbayan has convicted former Bataan Shipyard and Engineering Corp., Inc. (Baseco) board member Agustiniana C. Avelino of 13 graft charges for the withdrawal of P102 million from 2008 to 2010 without proper justification. Avelino has been sentenced to six to eight years imprisonment for...
The Sandiganbayan has convicted former Aurora governor Gerardo "Jerry" A. Noveras and seven others of their graft charge involving the irregular repair of a bridge and road in 2014. Noveras, together with Provincial Administrator Simeon A. De Castro, Provincial General Services Officer...
The Sandiganbayan has denied the motion to dismiss the graft and falsification charges filed against former Department of Agriculture (DA) assistant secretary for consumer affairs Kristine Y. Evangelista for alleged irregularity in the Kadiwa Food Hub. Evangelista has been charged before the...
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...
