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Mindanao dev't official faces graft case for bringing husband to work

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 14 08:46 PM

The Office of the Ombudsman has filed a case against Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) Finance and Administrative Services Director Charlita Escaño at the Sandiganbayan, for bringing her husband to a seminar in 2015. Read more »

Prosecutors to Jinggoy: More fun to spend holidays in the Philippines

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 14 11:32 AM

WHY HK? Former senator Jinggoy Estrada received some unsolicited advice from government prosecutors to enjoy the holiday season in the Philippines instead of spending Christmas in Hong Kong. Read more »

Prosecutors press for Napoles' immediate prison transfer

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 13 03:56 PM

MANILA - Government prosecutors have urged the Sandiganbayan 1st Division to order the immediate transfer of plunder convict Janet Lim Napoles to prison.    Read more »

Revilla’s plan if re-elected as senator: Run after 'false accusers'

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 13 01:46 PM

Revilla also reiterated that he is not returning anything to the national government, saying the order of the court to pay P124.5 million only refers to those who were found guilty. Read more »

Sandiganbayan defers Napoles prison transfer

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 12 04:41 PM

Businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles, who was convicted for plunder will stay at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology facility inside Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City, the anti-graft court said Wednesday, after the businesswoman claimed that there were threats against her life. Read more »

Sandiganbayan junks appeal of oil mills, holding firms on coco levy fund turnover

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 12 04:11 PM

Cocolife argued that if the Supreme Court decision is to be implemented as stated in the Sandiganbayan resolution, it will lead to the eventual closure and liquidation of the company.  Read more »

Sandiganbayan to transmit Imelda case records to Supreme Court

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 11 03:35 PM

MANILA - The Sandiganbayan 5th Division has started proceedings for the transmittal of the case records of Ilocos Norte Rep. Imelda Marcos who was found guilty of 7 counts of graft in connection with illegal Swiss foundations and bank accounts during the Marcos dictatorship. Read more »

Ex-CJ Sereno says Revilla acquittal a 'legal abomination'

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 11 03:28 PM

Ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno has called the recent Sandiganbayan decision acquitting former Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla, Jr. a “legal abomination.” Read more »

Enrile’s ex-chief of staff should remain in jail, Sandiganbayan insists

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 11 12:24 PM

A Sandiganbayan justice flip-flopped on the bail petition of Gigi Reyes, the former chief of staff and co-accused of former senator Juan Ponce Enrile in the Priority Development Assistance Fund scam, but his vote was not enough to cause the release of Reyes from jail. Read more »

AMLC report sa Revilla plunder case, 'di pinahalagahan' ng Sandiganbayan

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 11 03:07 PM

Hindi binigyan ng bigat ng Sandiganbayan ang report ng Anti-Money Laundering Council na may milyon-milyong pisong hindi maipaliwanag na pera na pumasok sa bank accounts ng kaniyang pamilya. Read more »

Money laundering report sa yaman ni Revilla, binalewala ng Sandiganbayan?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 11 03:27 PM

Ipinagtataka ng dating tagapagsalita ng Korte Suprema na tila di binigyang bigat ng Sandiganbayan sa plunder case ni dating senador Ramon "Bong" Revilla ang ulat tungkol sa perang pumasok sa bank account nito.  Read more »

Enrile plunder trial starts rolling on February next year

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 10 04:34 PM

The Sandiganbayan 3rd Division has set the first day of plunder trial for former senator Juan Ponce Enrile on February 19, 2019 after a delay in the proceedings brought about by his motion for bill of particulars filed before the Supreme Court. Read more »

Revilla says to redeem family's name after acquittal

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 10 12:55 PM

Former Senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. on Monday promised to clear his family's name after he was acquitted by the Sandiganbayan of plunder charges over the multi-billion peso pork barrel scam. Read more »

Did Sandiganbayan ignore AMLC report on Revilla wealth?

Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 10 12:11 PM

Differing opinions sprouted on Monday regarding the appreciation of the Sandiganbayan of an audit report on former Sen. Bong Revilla's wealth from 2007 to 2010 in the court's decision to acquit him of plunder. Read more »

Ex-SC spokesman raises questions over Revilla's acquittal

Patrick Quintos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 10 11:31 AM

MANILA - The Sandiganbayan ruling that cleared former Senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. of plunder charges raises several questions, a former Supreme Court spokesperson said Monday. Read more »

Bong Revilla not made to return P124.5 million, claims lawyer

Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 10 10:22 AM

Former Senator Bong Revilla is not being ordered by the Sandiganbayan to return the P124.5 million after he was acquitted of a plunder charge in relation to the funneling of his "pork barrel" into alleged ghost projects, his lawyer said Monday. Read more »

ALAMIN: Bakit tutol ang 2 mahistrado sa plunder acquittal ni Revilla

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 09 05:39 PM

Napalaya na ng Sandiganbayan noong Biyernes si dating Sen. Bong Revilla pero sa opinyon ng dalawang mahistrado, guilty dapat ang naging hatol sa kaniya. Read more »

ALAMIN: Hatol kina Bong Revilla, Napoles maaari pa bang mabaligtad?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 08 06:24 PM

Maaari pa bang mabaligtad o iapela ang desisyon ng Sandiganbayan para ma-convict ang dating senador?    Read more »

After plunder acquittal, Bong Revilla wants to spend time with family

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 08 05:34 AM

MANILA - It was a family reunion that lasted an hour.  Read more »

Bong Revilla, balik-pamilya sa Cavite

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 08 03:00 AM

Ito'y matapos siyang mapawalang sala sa kasong plunder kaugnay ng pork barrel scam. Read more »