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FORMER Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro mayor Voltaire Anthony Villarosa has been convicted by the Sandiganbayan for violating RA 8291 or the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) Law for failure to remit P4.81 million in contributions and loan payments of municipal employees from September 20, 2015 to May 20, 2016.
FIVE former officials of the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC now DOTr) and a private businessman were convicted of graft by the Sandiganbayan over the anomalous procurement of mobile phones for P5.96 million in 2005.
MANILA, Philippines — The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) has opened applications and recommendations for associate justice posts in the Court of Appeals (CA) and the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan.
THE Sandiganbayan has dismissed a graft case against two former top executives of the Land Bank of the Philippines involving the alleged anomalous sale of 46,596,596 shares of stock in Meralco in 2008.
MANILA, Philippines — The Court of Appeals (CA) has dismissed the petition of former Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Gerald Bantag to set aside the murder charges filed against him over the killing of radio broadcaster Percy Lapid in October 2022.
AN honest mistake by a public official, absent any evidence of malice, does not amount to a crime.
THE Sandiganbayan Seventh Division has granted a motion by a former official of the Technology Resource Center (TRC) to subject various documents submitted by the prosecution in the pork barrel scam cases for forensic analysis by a handwriting expert.
MANILA, Philippines — A former chancellor of the Mindanao State University (MSU)-Buug campus in Zamboanga Sibugay may spend up to 10 years in prison for using university funds for the repair and maintenance of his personal vehicle.