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FOR taking more than six years to finish its preliminary investigation, the Office of the Ombudsman has lost its opportunity to prosecutor former Mexico, Pampanga mayor Teddy Tumang and his co-accused, businessman William Colis of Buyu Trading and Construction.
Since the corruption scandal erupted over the sweetheart deal awarded to Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp., people have wondered how high up accountability would go. As COVID-19 rampaged and the country was placed under lockdown, the newly established Pharmally, with only P650,000 in capital, bagged an P11.5-billion contract to provide pandemic emergency response supplies including face masks, face shields and personal protective equipment.
MANILA, Philippines — Several groups have opposed a Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC) judge's candidacy for higher court and Office of the Ombudsman positions.
THE Sandiganbayan Sixth Division has denied separate motions filed by former Bayambang, Pangasinan mayor Ricardo Camacho and private defendant Willy Chua seeking leave of court to challenge the sufficiency of government evidence against them.
MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan has sentenced former Department of Finance (DOF) executive director Uldarico Andutan Jr. to up to 60 years in prison in connection with the multibillion-peso tax credit scam in the 1990s.
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.