The Sandiganbayan has dismissed the graft case filed against two members of the board of directors of Herdis Management & Investment Corporation for their reported involvement in the alleged anomalous acquisition of two corporations by the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos.In a...
The Sandiganbayan has affirmed the conviction of Evelyn Catharine O. Silagon, chairperson of the Board of Directors (BOD) of the Oroquieta City Water District (OCWD), for the P3.8 million illegal disbursements of cash advances.In a resolution issued last April 14, the anti-graft court denied...
The Sandiganbayan has allowed former Bureau of Customs (BOC) commissioner Nicanor E. Faeldon to present a substitute witness to testify in his behalf during the trial of the graft charges filed against him.Instead of himself, Faeldon offered the presentation of the testimony of his former chief of...
The Sandiganbayan has denied the motion filed by former Quezon City mayor Herbert "Bistek" Constantine M. Bautista to reconsider his graft conviction that sentenced him to six to 10 years in jail with perpetual disqualification to hold public office.In a resolution issued last...
The Sandiganbayan has denied the plea of former Bureau of Customs (BOC) commissioner Nicanor E. Faeldon to file a demurrer to evidence and dismiss his two graft charges due to alleged weakness of the prosecution's evidence.With the denial, Faeldon will be ordered to present his evidence during the...
The Sandiganbayan has ordered Senate President Pro Tempore Jose "Jinggoy" Estrada to start on April 22 presenting his evidence in the 11 graft charges filed against him in connection with his P183 million Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF).The order was issued after the anti-graft court...
Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada on Friday, April 4, expressed his disappointment over the Sandiganbayan's decision to deny the demurrer to evidence he filed to dismiss the graft charges lodged against him in connection with the pork barrel scam. "I am saddened by this turn of...
The Sandiganbayan has ordered the admission of the pieces of evidence presented by former Narvacan, Ilocos Sur mayor Zuriel S. Zaragoza and his father, Edgardo Zaragoza in their cases for graft and malversation of public funds.But the anti-graft court said that they still have to prove the probative...
The Sandiganbayan has affirmed the conviction of a barangay (village) official in Baguio City in four counts of malversation of public funds involving P52,000 cash prizes during the 2011 Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) sportsfest in 2011.Affirmed was the conviction of councilman Romel H. Beltran who, in...
The Sandiganbayan has acquitted an engineer of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and a private contractor who were convicted of graft and falsification of public documents by the regional trial court (RTC).Acquitted were DPWH Project Engineer Christine N. Buena and Evangeline...
The Sandiganbayan has affirmed the graft conviction of the former regional secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in the then Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DENR-ARMM).Affirmed was the conviction of Sultan Usman T. Sarangani who was found guilty in 16 counts of...
Several former officials from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) have been convicted by the Sandiganbayan of 41 counts of graft and 41 counts of falsification for "ghost" repairs of the department's vehicles in 2001.Found guilty were former officer-in-charge assistant director...
