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...
The Sandiganbayan has convicted several former public officials and private individuals involved in the misuse of the P65 million priority development assistance fund (PDAF) of then Misamis Occidental congresswoman Marina P. Clarete. In its 195-page decision, the anti-graft court summarized its...
Six persons including five former officials of the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC), now Department of Transportation (DOTr), have been convicted of graft by the Sandiganbayan over the irregular purchase of cellular phones worth P5.9 million in 2005. In a 173-page...
Former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) governor Nur P. Misuari has asked the Sandiganbayan to reconsider his conviction in two graft cases involving P77 million worth of irregularly procured education materials in 2000 and 2001. In his motion, Misuari said his conviction is "unfair...
The Sandiganbayan has convicted former mayor Voltaire Anthony C. Villarosa of Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro of violation of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) Act of 1997 and ordered his perpetual disqualification from holding public office. Villarosa was also sentenced to...
The Sandiganbayan has allowed the plea of guilt to a lesser offense of a private individual who was co-accused of former mayor Mario Patricio Paraz Barcenas of Carcar, Cebu in the alleged irregular purchase of P249,000 worth of liquid fertilizer in 2011. Instead of graft, Marlyn Mendoza...
The Sandiganbayan has convicted former chancellor Taha Guro Sarip of the Mindanao State University Buug Campus (MSU-Buug) of graft and malversation of public funds for using P94,957.15 in school funds for the repairs of his personal vehicle in 2011 and 2012. Sarip was sentenced to a prison term...
For violation of ther right to speedy disposition of cases, the Sandiganbayan has dismissed the criminal charges filed against former mayor Teddy Canlas Tumang of Mexico, Pampanga and William B. Colis, proprietor of Buyu Trading and Construction. Tumas and Canlas were charged with 29 counts of...
The Sandiganbayan has allowed former Quezon City mayor Herbert “Bistek” Constantine M. Bautista to present an additional witness in his graft case involving the alleged irregular procurement of the P32.1 million online occupational permitting and tracking system project in 2019....
The Sandiganbayan has acquitted two former Eastern Samar officials of their graft charges for violation of their right to speedy disposition of cases. Cleared of two counts of graft charges were former provincial accountant Vener Tabuena Dulfo and project...
