The National Prosecution Service will pass the task of investigating one of the landmark cases against former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, former Chief Justice Renato Corona, and five other former Supreme Court Justices to the Office of the Ombudsman.
A complaint for plunder has been filed with the Office of the Ombudsman against former president and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and son Camarines Sur Representative Diosdado Ignacio “Dato ”Arroyo in connection with the questionable skybridge and dam project in Camarines Sur.
The Supreme Court affirmed the Office of the Ombudsman’s decision dismissing the criminal case against former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and several others in connection with the with the alleged misuse of P530 million funds intended for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
The Sandiganbayan Fourth Division allowed former First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo to travel to Japan and Hong Kong on Feb. 3 to 10.
The Office of the Ombudsman has 10 days to produce its first resolution on the investigation conducted on former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s plunder case.
Newly appointed Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen will hand the petition filed by former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo that sought to dismiss the P366-million plunder case filed against her in connection with the mishandling of intelligence funds from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO).
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) confirmed on Tuesday that two of the co-accused of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in the P366-million plunder case flew out of the country last July.
The Supreme Court has rescheduled the deliberation on the petition filed by former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to stop the Sandiganbayan from proceeding with the P366-million plunder case against her.
A petition was filed Monday with the Supreme Court asking to reverse the decision of the Office of the Ombudsman that dismissed the criminal case against former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in connection with the alleged misuse of P530 million funds intended for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
MANILA, Philippines—The Supreme Court on Monday again clarified that the ruling it issued stopping the Sandiganbayan resolution from implementing the Oct. 3 resolution ordering the arrest of the accused personalities in the P366-million plunder case does not cover former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
The Office of the Ombudsman dismissed for lack of evidence the technical malversation case against former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and several others in connection with the alleged misuse of P530-million funds intended for overseas Filipino workers.
Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s arraignment has been scheduled for next week but House minority leader Danilo Suarez believes that she was still too ill to appear before the Sandiganbayan First Division.
House minority leader Danilo Suarez on Wednesday slammed President Benigno Aquino III’s wheelchair joke during his state visit in New Zealand, saying it is no longer a laughing matter to take another swipe at ailing former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
