Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) general manager Nereus Acosta on Wednesday sought the Sandiganbayan’s consent to travel to Chiangmai, Thailand, to attend back-to-back international environmental conferences.
Retired Lt. Gen. Jacinto Ligot, former military chief comptroller, on Friday posted bail before the Sandiganbayan in connection with perjury charges slapped against him for filing erroneous statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) while in office.
The Sandiganbayan on Wednesday ordered the arrest of Laguna Lake Development Authority general manager Nereus Acosta and his mother, Soccoro, in connection with the perjury charge filed against them by the Office of the Ombudsman.
Malacañang expects Secretary Nereus Acosta to just follow the rule of law.
“Follow the rule of law.” So said a Palace spokesperson following the issuance by the Sandiganbayan of a warrant for the arrest of former Bukidnon Rep. Nereus Acosta, the general manager of the Laguna Lake Development Authority.
Former Bukidnon representative Nereus Acosta and his mother are asking the Sandiganbayan to dismiss the perjury charges that the Ombudsman filed against them in connection with Acosta’s allegedly irregular use of his pork barrel funds when he was still a member of the House of Representatives six years ago.
Former Bukidnon Rep. Nereus Acosta on Thursday asked the Sandiganbayan to dismiss the perjury charge filed against him by the Office of the Ombudsman in connection with the alleged irregular transfer of some P5.5 million pork barrel allocation under his name when he was a member of the House of Representatives six years ago.
The Ombudsman has charged former Bukidnon Rep. Nereus Acosta and his mother with perjury in the Sandiganbayan after finding probable cause for their indictment in connection with the alleged irregular use of Acosta’s pork barrel when he was a member of the House of Representatives six years ago.
A former high-profile Puerto Rico senator has pleaded guilty to 93 charges, including extortion, money laundering, bribery and perjury.
The Quezon City chief prosecutor has dropped a perjury charge filed against a woman who previously filed a complaint against celebrity cosmetic surgeon Vicki Belo and two other doctors of the Belo Medical Group (BMG) for an allegedly botched butt-augmentation procedure.
A former mayor’s declaration of love for his common law wife has failed to sway Ombudsman prosecutors, who want to continue pursuing perjury charges against him for allegedly naming the wrong spouse in his statements of assets, liabilities, and net worth.
Militant party-list House members on Wednesday filed a criminal complaint against former Commission on Elections Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano for allegedly lying to Congress about not having gone to Singapore and for allegedly submitting a fake passport during the investigation into the alleged fraud in the 2004 polls.
Former Overall Deputy Ombudsman Margarito Gervacio on Monday contested the perjury charges filed against him for allegedly failing to declare a house in Davao City in his statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) in 2003 and asked the Sandiganbayan to order a reinvestigation of the case.
