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MANILA, Philippines — Former La Union second district representative Thomas Dumpit Jr. has been cleared of graft and malversation charges filed against him in connection with the alleged misuse of his Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or pork barrel in 2008 amounting to P5.85 million.
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, November 29) — Former La Union representative Thomas Dumpit, Jr. has been acquitted of corruption charges he was facing over the alleged misuse of his Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF).
MANILA, Philippines — Former Quezon City mayor Herbert Bautista’s co-accused in a new graft case pleaded not guilty during their arraignment before the Sandiganbayan yesterday.
Fourteen years to the day 58 people were massacred in Maguindanao, the ringleader and mastermind, Andal Ampatuan Jr. was convicted yesterday, this time for 21 counts of graft, and sentenced to a total of up to 201 years in prison.
MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan has ruled to continue with the trial of former Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) executive director Samuel Aloysius Jardin despite the prosecutors’ motion to withdraw the graft case.
THE Sandiganbayan Sixth Division has denied a motion filed by prosecutors from the Office of the Ombudsman to withdraw a graft case against former Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) executive director Aloysius Jardin.
MANILA, Philippines — Detained businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles has asked the Sandiganbayan to dismiss the plunder case against her in connection with her alleged role in the misuse of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or “pork barrel” of former senator and incumbent Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile.
MANILA, Philippines — Lawyer Jessica Lucille “Gigi” Reyes, the former chief of staff of presidential legal counsel Juan Ponce Enrile, said yesterday she neither received bribes nor signed endorsements for non-government organizations (NGOs) as implementing agencies of the former Senate president’s priority development assistance fund (PDAF) or pork barrel.