Former Registry of Deeds head of Mandaue guilty of graft, bribery

Futch Anthony Inso 11/15/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — Lawyer Reynaldo Mayol, dismissed Mandaue City Registry of Deeds head, was found guilty by the Mandaue City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 84 for the crime of violation of Republic Act No. 3019…

Alice Guo posts P540,000 bail for graft charges in Valenzuela court

Tech Torres-Tupas 09/21/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo posted bail for graft on Friday in the Valenzuela Court. Her lawyer, Atty. Stephen David, confirmed the bail amount was P540,000. However, the arraignment was postponed due to a…

Tolentino lauds transfer of Alice Guo’s graft case to Valenzuela RTC

Antonio Iñares 09/16/2024

MANILA, Philippines—Senate Majority Leader Francis “Tol” Tolentino commends the decision to transfer Alice Guo’s graft case from the Regional Trial Court (RTC) in Tarlac to Valenzuela City to rectify the error in jurisdiction that he pointed out…

Trillanes files plunder, graft raps vs ex-President Duterte, Go

Tetch Torres-Tupas 07/05/2024

MANILA, Philippines – Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV filed a complaint for plunder against former President Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Bong Go before the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday. Trillanes alleged that Duterte and Go “facilitated corrupt practices, specifically the…

Nur Misuari founder of MNLF found guilty in P77-M graft case

Jane Bautista - Reporter 05/25/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Nur Misuari, the founder of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) was found guilty for two counts of graft in connection with procurements totaling P77 million from nonexistent companies toward the end of his…

Ace Durano, 5 others acquitted over 2009 calendar graft case

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/15/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Supreme Court (SC) has acquitted former Tourism Secretary Joseph Felix Mari ‘Ace’ Durano and five others over the graft case involving a 2009 calendar campaign that went without public bidding. The Second…

Punta Engaño residents want barangay officials suspended for graft

Futch Anthony Inso 05/14/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — Several residents from four Sitios in Barangay Punta Engaño in Lapu-Lapu City have filed a complaint before the Ombudsman Visayas for violation of R.A. 3019 otherwise known as The Anti Graft and Corrupt…

Cebu lampposts case: SC clears DPWH execs, contractor of graft

Jane Baustista 02/24/2024

The Supreme Court acquitted three former officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and a private contractor of graft charges in relation to the installation of allegedly overpriced lampposts during the 2007 Association of Southeast Asian Nations…

Ex-Consolacion mayor, officials acquitted in graft case

Kathleen de Villa 02/17/2024

The antigraft court on Friday acquitted former Consolacion, Cebu Mayor Avelino Gungob Sr. and six other municipal officers of graft charges related to the purchase of organic fertilizers nearly 19 years ago whose prices were purportedly jacked…

Roderick Paulate claims reporting of graft, falsification case was ‘unfair’

Hannah Mallorca 11/09/2023

Almost a year after he was found guilty of graft and falsification of documents for hiring ghost employees, former Quezon City councilor Roderick Paulate claimed that the media’s coverage of his case was “unfair.” In December 2022, the Sandiganbayan charged…

Sandiganbayan: 5th conviction for Napoles, this time over llocos Sur pork

Julie Aurelio 10/28/2023

The Sandiganbayan has found pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim Napoles guilty of graft again. Her latest conviction was on the three counts of graft and three counts of malversation of public funds over the misuse of…

SC upholds conviction of former Bohol town mayor

Leo Udtohan 10/10/2023

TAGBILARAN CITY — The Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the conviction of former Corella town mayor in Bohol and now incumbent councilor Vito Beltran Rapal over his unliquidated cash advances and for pocketing money intended for tarsier…

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