Enrile, 2 others cleared of plunder
FORMER Senate president and now Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile was acquitted by the Sandiganbayan in a plunder case on Friday after more than 10 years of trial.
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Enrile, Reyes, Napoles cleared of plunder in pork scam
MANILA, Philippines — After a decade, the trial for plunder of former senator and now presidential legal adviser Juan Ponce Enrile, his former chief of staff Jessica Lucila Reyes and businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles by the Sandiganbayan ended in their acquital.
Sandiganbayan acquits Enrile, others in P172-M pork barrel scam
MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan Third Division has acquitted chief presidential legal counsel and former Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile, his ex-chief of staff Jessica “Gigi” Reyes, and businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles in a plunder case concerning the alleged embezzlement of over P172 million from pork barrel funds.
Maslog to remain in NBI custody
MANILA, Philippines — The prime suspect in the 1999 textbook anomaly, who was initially presumed dead, will stay longer in detention due to a bench warrant of arrest issued by the Sandiganbayan.
Duque asks Sandigan to junk P41 billion graft rap
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.
Cavite’s Revilla family seeks to keep congressional seats in 2025 polls
MANILA, Philippines — The Revilla clan is looking to maintain its foothold in Cavite’s government, with a father, mother and son all vying for another term in Congress. Two of them filed their certificates of candidacy on Tuesday, October 1.
NBI nabs ‘dead’ woman in 1999 textbook scam
MANILA, Philippines — The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has arrested a woman for falsification of public documents and violation of the Anti-Alias Law.
Village exec gets 11 years for malversation
MANILA, Philippines — A barangay treasurer in Baguio City has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for allegedly pocketing cash prizes of winners in a sports competition.