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Chief Justice: No room for 'tyrants,' 'jokers' in judiciary

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 21 04:29 PM

MANILA- Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin on Thursday reminded Sandiganbayan justices to be tolerant in the performance of their duties or else end up as tyrants. Read more »

Supreme Court allows Napoles to attend Sandiganbayan hearings

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 21 03:04 PM

The Supreme Court has allowed convicted plunderer Janet Lim Napoles to attend her hearings at the Sandiganbayan, mostly in connection with the Priority Development Assistance Fund scam. Read more »

Sandiganbayan orders preventive suspension of Iloilo congressman

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 20 05:05 PM

MANILA - The Sandiganbayan 4th Division has ordered the 90-day preventive suspension of Iloilo 2nd District Rep. Arcadio Gorriceta who is facing a graft case in connection with a government project undertaken when he was still mayor of Pavia town.   Read more »

Napoles imprisonment in Mandaluyong delays Enrile plunder trial

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 19 03:43 PM

The commitment of plunder convict Janet Lim Napoles to the Correctional Institution for Women caused the cancellation of the first day of trial of the plunder case of former senator Juan Ponce Enrile in connection with the Priority Development Assistance Fund scam.  Read more »

Misuari seeks court nod for conferences abroad, state says his attendance 'not indispensable'

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 04:31 PM

MANILA - Former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) governor and Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) founding chairman Nur Misuari has asked the Sandiganbayan 3rd Division to allow him to go overseas to attend several meetings pending his graft trial.  Read more »

Sandigan junks one of ex-Pagcor chief Genuino's graft cases over funds misuse

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 14 03:07 PM

The Sandiganbayan 3rd Division junked one graft case involving Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation Chairman Efraim Genuino, but only because the amount of government funds involved in the case is already included in a related case he is also facing before the anti-graft court.  Read more »

Villafuerte seeks court nod for HK trip before campaign

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 13 04:09 PM

Camarines Sur 2nd District Rep. LRay Villafuerte has asked for a travel pass from the Sandiganbayan 6th Division as he plans to unwind with his family before embarking on a campaign for re-election in the 2019 midterm elections. Read more »

Sandiganbayan says graft cases vs former TRC execs must proceed

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 13 12:38 PM

The Sandiganbayan 2nd Division said the trial of former Technology Resource Center (TRC) deputy director general Dennis Cunanan and group manager Maria Rosalinda Lacsamana for graft and malversation of public funds should continue with the presentation of their own evidence.  Read more »

Sandiganbayan maintains it would rule on Marcos’ P1-billion civil case

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 08 04:02 PM

MANILA - The Sandiganbayan 2nd Division has maintained that it would rule on the P1.052-billion civil suit that the Presidential Commission on Good Government filed against the Marcos family and their cronies over alleged ill-gotten wealth during the regime of their patriarch, the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos.  Read more »

Sandiganbayan: No hospital arrest for cancer-stricken ex-DPWH official convicted of graft

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 07 04:41 PM

MANILA - The Sandiganbayan 7th Division has denied the motion of a convicted former official of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for confinement in a medical facility because of his stage 2 prostate cancer.   Read more »

Sandiganbayan clears 2 ex-gov't officials tagged in 'pork barrel' scam

Adrian Ayalin , ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 06 05:16 PM

MANILA - The Sandiganbayan has acquitted two former government officials tagged in the alleged misuse of a former lawmaker's Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), among several cases that stemmed from the multibillion-peso fund diversion scam.    Read more »

Maguindanao ex-gov Ampatuan faces more graft raps over ghost projects

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 05 01:21 PM

The recommended bail bond is P90,000 for each count of graft and P200,000 for each count of malversation. Read more »

SC affirms hold departure orders vs Cebu Rep. Gwen Garcia

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 05 11:31 AM

The Supreme Court has upheld the hold departure orders issued by the Sandiganbayan against Cebu Rep. Gwendolyn Garcia over her graft cases, which stemmed from an allegedly anomalous purchase of property when she was governor. Read more »

College dean guilty of graft for using school auditorium for own review center

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 04 07:11 PM

A former dean was found guilty by the Sandigabayan 7th Division of 2 counts of graft for allowing her privately-owned review school to use the school’s auditorium in 2012. Read more »

Ex-BI exec accuses court sheriff of illegal detention, submits video

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 04 03:35 PM

Former Immigration deputy commissioner Al Argosino filed a motion for reconsideration before the Sandiganbayan 6th Division, hoping for the reversal of the decision of Justices Sarah Jane Fernandez, Karl Miranda and Zaldy Trespeses who refused to inhibit themselves in his P50 million bribery scandal cases. Read more »

Cases filed by Ombudsman at Sandiganbayan drops by 71 percent

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 04 01:19 PM

The number of cases filed by the Office of the Ombudsman before the Sandiganbayan dropped by 71 percent from 2017 to 2018 in the latest Statistics on Cases released by the anti-graft court. Read more »

Cops, soldiers in Morong 43 cases say prosecution failed to establish their guilt

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 01 05:37 PM

he military generals and police officers accused in the supposed illegal arrest and torture of community health workers known as “Morong 43” said the prosecution failed to establish their guilt in 8 cases being heard by the Sandiganbayan 7th Division.   Read more »

Sandiganbayan justices in BI bribery scandal cases won't inhibit

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 01 03:20 PM

MANILA - Justices of the Sandiganbyan 6th Division have refused to recuse themselves from handling plunder and other cases filed against former Bureau of Immigration (BI) deputy commissioners over the alleged P50-million bribery scandal involving illegal Chinese workers in Pampanga.   Read more »

Marcos son-in-law asks Sandiganbayan to release other sequestered properties

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 01 04:04 PM

Gregorio Araneta III, son-in-law of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, has asked the Sandiganbayan 4th Division to order the release of sequestered properties associated to his name. Read more »

Revilla insists he has nothing to return to National Treasury

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 31 05:34 PM

Former Senator Bong Revilla has insisted that he should not be ordered by the Sandiganbayan 1st Division to pay P124.5 million civil liability as he was already acquitted of plunder in connection with the Priority Development Assistance Fund scam last year. Read more »