Sandiganbayan defers arraignment of Toledo Mayor Osmeña

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 12:27:26 +0000

The Sandiganbayan has deferred the arraignment of Mayor John Osmeña of Toledo City in Cebu for withholding real property taxes.

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SC affirms hold departure orders vs Cebu Rep. Garcia

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2019 04:31:17 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court Second Division affirmed the decision of the Sandiganbayan barring Cebu Representative Gwendolyn Garcia from leaving the country.

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Sandiganbayan cases filed by Ombudsman dip by more than half in 2018

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 12:46:54 +0000

Data from the Sandiganbayan shows that the cases filed by the Office of the Ombudsman went down from 2,513 in 2017 to just 739 in 2018.

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Former BI exec Argosino claims he was tricked into detention

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 11:39:32 +0000

Former Immigration Deputy Commissioner Al Argosino claimed on Monday that he was tricked into detention.

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State university dean convicted for tapping own review center

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 06:42:32 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — The Dean of the College of Allied Medicine (COAM) of the Southern Luzon State University (SLSU) has been convicted by the Sandiganbayan of  two counts of graft after endorsing and tapping her own tutorial center to provide review classes for nursing students.

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Sandiganbayan junks Iloilo solon’s plea on graft case

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2019 21:17:41 +0000

ILOILO CITY — The Sandiganbayan has denied a motion by Iloilo Rep. Jerry Treñas to question the sufficiency of evidence in a graft case he is facing at the antigraft court.

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Court gives Bong Revilla 20 days to answer motion to return P124M

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 03:20:34 +0000

Court gives Bong Revilla 20 days to answer motion to return P124M

The Sandiganbayan granted the request of Revilla for 20 days to reply to a motion requiring him to return P124.5M in pork barrel funds.

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Court again denies plea of Rep. Gwen Garcia to junk graft raps

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 10:01:29 +0000

Court again denies plea of Rep. Gwen Garcia to junk graft raps

The Sandiganbayan has again denied the motion for reconsideration filed by Cebu Rep. Gwendolyn Garcia seeking to reverse a prior decision to continue the trial of her case for graft and technical malversation.

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Nur Misuari snubs Sandiganbayan arraignment

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 23:17:20 +0000

Nur Misuari snubs Sandiganbayan arraignment

Nur Misuari was a no-show on Friday during his scheduled arraignment before the Sandiganbayan Third Division for the alleged P77.2-million ghost textbook scam during his term as governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

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News Briefs: January 25, 2019

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 21:00:08 +0000

Bounty offer ‘not needed’ to solve ambush on Cebu mayor Philippine National Police Director General Oscar Albayalde on Thursday said a bounty was not needed to resolve the killing of the husband of Mayor Lakambini Reluya of San Fernando, Cebu province, and two others. Albayalde said that even without the P50-million reward offered for information […]

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