Guilty: Trump first ex-U.S. president convicted of felony crimes

Associated Press 05/31/2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump became the first former American president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of all 34 charges in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016…

Janet Napoles found guilty of 8 graft, malversation raps; given 64 yrs in jail

Jean Mangaluz 10/20/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Janet Napoles, the alleged mastermind behind the pork barrel scam, is found guilty of eight charges of graft and malversation, the Sandiganbayan said on Friday, Oct. 20. Napoles, together with former National Agribusiness Corporation…

Roderick Paulate found guilty of graft, falsification by Sandiganbayan

Jean Mangaluz 12/03/2022

MANILA, Philippines—The Sandiganbayan has found actor Roderick Paulate guilty of graft and falsification by a public officer in connection with maintaining “ghost employees” while serving as councilor in Quezon City in 2010. In the decision promulgated on…

Online sex trafficker gets 31 years for selling, abusing young boys

Doris C. Bongcac 03/11/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines– A 34-year-old man from Cebu City was sentenced to at least 31 years in prison after pleading guilty to the attempted trafficking of two boys, aged 9 and 14 and for acts of lasciviousness.…

Llenes’ counsel no show: Court orders reset of Silawan murder case arraignment

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/29/2019

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Renato Llenes, 42, said he was prepared to enter a guilty plea for the murder of Christine Lee Silawan. But his arraignment that was scheduled at 8:30 a.m. today, May 29, at Branch…

Mandaue mom gets 16 years for exposing daughter to cyberpornography

Ador Vincent Mayol and Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/28/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines – A 56-year-old mother is facing 16 years in jail for trying to expose her daughter to cyberpornography. Rosalyn (not her real name) pleaded guilty to charges of attempted trafficking in persons and…

Bong Revilla not guilty of plunder-Sandiganbayan

Inquirer.net 12/07/2018

MANILA, Philippines — Former Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla has been acquitted by the Sandiganbayan from plunder cases in relation to the “Pork Barrel Scam.” During the promulgation on Friday, the Sandiganbayan First Division said Revilla is not…

3 policemen guilty of killing Kian delos Santos — court

Inquirer.net 11/29/2018

PO1 Jerwin Cruz, PO3 Arnel Oares and PO1 Jeremias Pereda, who were accused of killing Kian delos Santos, show up at the Department of Justice for the preliminary investigation of the case on Sept. 14, 2017. The…

Sandigan finds Imelda Marcos guilty of 7 graft counts

Inquirer.net 11/09/2018

Former First Lady and Ilocos Norte Rep. Imelda Marcos has been found guilty of seven counts of graft by the Sandiganbayan’s Fifth Division. According to a decision by the anti-graft court on Friday, Marcos is sentenced to…

PUNISH THE GUILTY

Rosalie O. Abatayo and Futch Anthony Inso 09/25/2018

Environmentalists, relatives want guilty to be punished, demand stop to quarry operations in Naga; landslide death toll climbs to 60 Retribution. This was the demand of the families of those who perished in the massive landslide that…

Accused pleads not guilty to Maxi slay

Delta Dyrecka Letigio USJ-R Journalism Intern 09/11/2018

THE primary suspect in the killing of radio disk-jockey, Marie Alexi “Maxi” Bolongaita pleaded not guilty during the arraignment procedures at the Regional Trial Court 14 (RTC-14) on Tuesday. Renante Mendador Mambiar, 37, entered a plea of…

Mom pleads guilty to exposing her children, 4 others to cyberporn; gets 20 years

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 06/06/2018

A 38-year-old mother will be spending the next 20 years in jail for selling her four children and four other minors to online pornography inside her home in Cordova town, Cebu, in 2016. Vilma (not her real…

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