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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.
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has issued an order regulating the granting of protocol license plates to government officials following concerns about the increasing prevalence of low-numbered plates.
Secretary Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga will expel forest conservationists from the Upper Marikina Watershed. She stated this at the very Senate inquiry Wednesday on the neglect of protected areas by her Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources.
MANILA, Philippines – The anti-graft court Sandiganbayan has ordered the 90-day suspension of National Defense College Executive Vice President Aldrin Cuña over a graft case involving an alleged anomalous Quezon City project when he was the city’s administrator.