Sandiganbayan convicts Dapitan City ex-mayor for malversation of funds
By Tetch Torres-Tupas
The Sandiganbayan convicted former municipal mayor of Dapitan City for pocketing close to P1-million in confidential intelligence funds from 1998 to 2001.
The Sandiganbayan convicted former municipal mayor of Dapitan City for pocketing close to P1-million in confidential intelligence funds from 1998 to 2001.
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.
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 subpoenaed former Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Romulo Neri and former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. to testify in the graft case against former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
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.
The Sandiganbayan has issued a hold-departure order against Iloilo Rep. Augusto Syjuco in connection with six grafts charges filed against him.
The Supreme Court has ruled with finality that Sandiganbayan Justice Gregory Ong is a natural-born Filipino, dismissing challenges to his citizenship.
The Supreme Court ruled that Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Gregory Ong is a Filipino citizen.
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 Thursday ordered the arrest of retired Lieutenant General Jacinto Ligot in connection with the numerous false declarations in his statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) from 1993 to 2003.
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 is determined to fight the Sandiganbayan ruling affirming the plea bargain agreement forged years ago between then Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez and former Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) comptroller Carlos Garcia.
The Sandiganbayan on Wednesday denied the motion to quash the subpoena for former Economic Planning Secretary Romulo Neri to testify in the graft cases against former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
