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MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan has sentenced Moro National Liberation Front founding chairman Nur Misuari to 12 to 16 years in prison over the purchase of P77.26 million worth of non-existent information technology (IT) educational materials during his term as governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in 2001.
MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan has convicted Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) chairman Nur Misuari of two counts of graft charges over the alleged anomalous procurement of Information Technology (IT) educational supplies worth over P77 million.
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) has cleared former agriculture chief Arthur Yap of graft and malversation charges over his alleged involvement in a pork barrel scam from 2007 to 2009.
MANILA, Philippines — A decade since its filing, the plunder case against Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile, his former chief of staff Jessica Lucila “Gigi” Reyes and detained businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles will finally be decided next month.
MANILA, Philippines — Following the granting of the motion to quash by a Quezon City court on the charge of offending religious feelings against Dominican exorcist Fr. Winston Cabading, the case’s plaintiff, former SandiganBayan Associate Justice Harriet Demetriou, announced her intention to appeal.
MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Ombudsman has affirmed its earlier ruling finding probable cause to file graft cases before the Sandiganbayan against former top officials of the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) in connection with the Pharmally procurement mess amounting to P11.5 billion.
MANILA, Philippines – The anti-graft court Sandiganbayan has convicted former Quezon City councilor Dante de Guzman of four counts of graft over the failed distribution of millions of pesos worth of supplies meant for barangays in the city’s District 3.
THE Sandiganbayan has acquitted controversial businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles for violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act for alleged irregular and unlawful disbursements in 2005 of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or «pork barrel» of former Nueva Ecija representative Aurelio Umali.