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, the...
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 prosecution...
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 plentitude...
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...
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile (center) arriving at the Sandiganbayan on Friday, Oct. 4 (Mark Balmores/MANILA BULLETIN) ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro slammed the “persistent inequality” in the Philippines’ justice...
The Sandiganbayan did not allow former Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) comptroller and retired Maj. Gen. Carlos F. Garcia to evade the payment of P407.8 million penalty after he pleaded guilty and convicted of lesser offenses instead of plunder and violation of the Money Laundering...
The Sandiganbayan has acquitted two former National Livelihood Development Corporation (NLDC) officials and businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles of their graft and malversation charges involving P5 million in Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF).Acquitted, aside from Napoles, were former NLDC...
