MANILA, Philippines The Sandiganbayan has approved the compromise agreement between the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) and the heirs of an alleged crony of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr., concerning purported ill-gotten we
MANILAwjpeso, Philippines Firm yet compassionate. This was how Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo described his former colleague, Sandiganbayan Presiding Justice Amparo Cabotaje-Tang as she officially retired from the judiciary on Nov. 8. As PJ, she g
MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan Third Division has acquitted chief presidential legal counsel and former Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile, his ex-chief of staff Jessica “Gigi” Reyes, and businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles in a plunder c
MANILA, Philippines (Updated 9:12 p.m.) — The Sandiganbayan has convicted former Maguindanao Governor Sajid Ampatuan of graft and malversation of public funds. In a 66-page decision issued on October 18, the court sentenced Ampatuan to an inde
cartel gaming Sandiganbayan’s clearance of Marcoses, Enrile dismays group of churches
2024-10-23National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan’s recent decisions that dismissed an ill-gotten wealth case against the Marcoses and acquitted former senator Juan Ponce Enrile of plunde