The Sandiganbayan recently convicted former Dapitan City municipal mayor Joseph Cedrick Ruiz for graft and malversation charges for pocketing close to P1 million in confidential intelligence fund (CIF) from 1998 to 2001.
“To God be the glory,” was all Felix William “Wimpy” Fuentebella could say when proclaimed winner in the highly emotional congressional election for the fourth district of Camarines Sur. Fuentebella will follow the footsteps of his father, outgoing Deputy Speaker Arnulfo “Noli” Fuentebella, for the second time. He is the third member of [...]
The Sandiganbayan has barred outgoing Zamboanga del Norte governor Rolando Yebes from leaving the country to face a graft charge for alleged abuse of power in blocking the succession of a qualified applicant to a vacant seat in the municipal council of Tampilisan.
He likens public service to a religion. For businessman Erico “Aris” Aumentado Jr., who seeks to replace his late father as congressman in the second district of Bohol, following this calling is the best way to honor his father, who died on Dec. 25, 2012, with an unfinished term.
The Office of the Ombudsman has asked two members of the Sandiganbayan Third Division to inhibit themselves from hearing the graft case against businessman Roberto Ongpin and former officials of the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) for conflict of interest.
The Sandiganbayan has convicted former Bureau of Fire Protection Director Mario Tanchangco, six other BFP officials and a businessman for graft in connection with the purchase of P6.5-million worth of vehicle spare parts in 1992 which proved to be nonexistent.
The Commission on Audit and the Department of the Interior and Local Government have been asked by members of the provincial board of Negros Occidental to look into the alleged anomalous purchase of more than 5,000 sheep by the provincial government headed by Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr.
The Sandiganbayan has issued a hold-departure order against Iloilo Rep. Augusto Syjuco in connection with six grafts charges filed against him.
The Sandiganbayan dismissed the graft and malversation charges against former Justice Secretary Agnes Devanadera for allegedly granting illegal allowances for herself and her staff in 2007 during her stint as government corporate counsel.
Solo parents are pushing for more benefits under the law to enable them to cope with the high cost of living and education of their children, according to the Department of Social Welfare and Development.
Reelectionist Sen. Loren Legarda on Monday received bipartisan support amid what she called efforts to malign her and dislodge her from the No. 1 spot in the surveys.
The Sandiganbayan has found probable cause to indict Mayor Paulino Leachon of Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro, for graft over the use of city dump trucks and their drivers to deliver sand to a private lot.
At least 46 witnesses will be presented by the lawyers of suspended Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia for her defense in the criminal charges she is facing before the Sandiganbayan.
