Low number of cases filed at Ombudsman
THE Office of the Ombudsman recorded only 1,381 cases for fact-finding in the first six months of 2024, lower by 32 percent compared to 2,038 cases for the same period last year.
City Sandiganbayan latest news
Ex-GOCC exec gets 72 years jail time for pork barrel scam
FORMER Technology Resource Center (TRC) deputy director general Dennis Cunanan is looking at a 72-years jail sentence following his conviction on eight criminal charges in relation to the multi-billion pesos Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or “pork barrel” scam on August 8, 2024.
Travel ban against ex-Capiz gov stays
FORMER Capiz governor Esteban Evan Contreras has failed to persuade the Sandiganbayan Fourth Divi-sion to lift the hold departure order (HDO) issued against him on March 15, 2024 in connection to a pending criminal charge.
Ex-AFP comptroller Carlos Garcia ordered to pay P407.8 million fine
MANILA, Philippines — Retired military comptroller Carlos Garcia is now legally compelled to pay a total of P407.8 million in fines for his conviction in 2022 of direct bribery and facilitating money laundering in connection with his illegal amassing of wealth amounting to P303 million when he was in the military from 1993 to 2004.
Sandiganbayan: Ex-general must pay P407M fine
THE Sandiganbayan has ordered the issuance of writs of execution in the plunder and money laundering charges against retired Maj. Gen. Carlos F. Garcia, former comptroller of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), for the collection of fines totaling P407.8 million.
Court grants DOF exec’s request for reduced bail
THE Sandiganbayan has ordered the reduction of bail for criminal charges filed against a former official of the Department of Finance (DOF) over the multi-billion pesos Tax Credit Certificate scam.
Manila court finds Napoles guilty of money laundering
A MANILA court has convicted Janet Lim Napoles for money laundering in connection with the pork barrel scam which she allegedly masterminded.
Corruption case vs former Disini co-accused stays
THE Sandiganbayan has thrown out a motion from defendant Dominico Borja, a former executive of the Herdis Management and Investment Corp., seeking the dismissal of a criminal charge for allegedly involving former strongman Ferdinand E. Marcos in an unlawful transaction 42 years earlier.