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MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan has affirmed the finality of the dismissal of a forfeiture case against three of the firms created out of the Coconut Industry Investment Fund, also known as the coco levy funds, during martial law.
MANILA, Philippines — For faking her own death, assuming false identities and repeatedly fleeing from authorities, the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan maintained that businesswoman Mary Ann Tupa Maslog, who also goes by the name Jesica Sese Francisco, must remain in detention despite facing a bailable offense of graft in connection with the P24-million textbook scam in 1998.
MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos has named Associate Justice Geraldine Faith Abracia Econg as presiding justice of the Sandiganbayan, a court that tries the cases against government officials accused of graft and corruption.
MANILA, Philippines — Acting on the Presidential Commission on Good Government’s request, the Sandiganbayan has dismissed the government’s damage claims against the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos Sr., former first lady Imelda Marcos, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile and the late businessman Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco Jr. in connection with the alleged misuse of the Coconut Industry Investment Fund (CIIF), also known as the coco levy funds, during martial law.
BAGUIO, Philippines — The Camp John Hay Golf Club’s two teams are looking to finish off their quests to defend titles in their respective divisions in the 74th Januarius Fil Am Invitational (seniors edition).
MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan has affirmed the acquittal of Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada of indirect and direct bribery.
MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan has upheld the conviction of officials of three abolished state firms in connection with the pork barrel scam.
MANILA, Philippines — Former Department of Health secretary Francisco Duque III has asked the Sandiganbayan to dismiss his graft case over alleged irregularities in the DOH’s transfer of P41.46-billion funding to the Department of Budget and Management Procurement Service (PS-DBM) at the height of the COVID pandemic in 2020.
THE Sandiganbayan has allowed other defendants to present their evidence in a 27-year ill-gotten wealth case over objections from the plaintiff, the Republic of the Philippines, and despite the trial having already started 17 months earlier.