The Sandiganbayan has affirmed the conviction of Moro National Liberation Front founding chairman Nur Misuari in two graft charges over the ghost purchase of information technology (IT) educational materials worth P77.26 million when he was governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim...
House Majority Leader Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe, Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) House Majority Leader Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe says that Vice President Sara Duterte may be liable for graft if she...
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 each...
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...
Pasig City Mayor Vico N. Sotto now has two graft complaints filed against him before the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB).The graft charge that was received by the OMB last July 30 involved the receipt by Pasig City employees of commemmorative t-shirts instead of P1,500 cash allowance during the 2024...
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...
Criminal and administrative complaints have been filed against Pasig City Mayor Victor Ma. Regis "Vico" N. Sotto and two others before the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) for allegedly giving a 100 percent tax discount to Converge ICT Solutions, Inc.Complainant Ethelmart Austria Cruz asked the OMB to...
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 KICriminal complaints for graft and malversation of public funds were filed against Caloocan City 1st District Rep. Oscar "Oca" M. Malapitan, five former officials of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), and a private individual before the Office of the...
By CZARINA NICOLE ONG KIThe 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 Zamboanga del Norte governor Roberto Y. Uy and 10 other officials have been named in graft and administrative charges filed before the Office of the Ombudsman for alleged unlawful donations of properties, equipment, and supplies of the province worth P925 million to several other...
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 from...
