Sandiganbayan junks Iloilo solon’s plea on graft case

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2019 21:17:41 +0000

ILOILO CITY — The Sandiganbayan has denied a motion by Iloilo Rep. Jerry Treñas to question the sufficiency of evidence in a graft case he is facing at the antigraft court.

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Ex-MRT 3 official wants graft case dismissed

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 21:01:28 +0000

Former Metro Rail Transit (MRT) 3 General Manager Al Vitangcol III has sought the dismissal of the graft charges against him as he challenged the evidence presented by Ombudsman prosecutors in the Sandiganbayan.

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Binay Jr. arraigned on graft raps

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 21:04:14 +0000

Binay Jr. arraigned on graft raps

Former Makati City Mayor Jejomar Erwin “Junjun” Binay Jr. has finally been arraigned on multiple charges in connection with the P2.3-billion Makati City Hall Building II, nearly three years after his indictment. He refused to enter a plea so the Sandiganbayan Third Division entered a not guilty plea for him during his arraignment on Friday. […]

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It’s a go for Yap’s trial at Sandiganbayan

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2018 21:36:33 +0000

The Sandiganbayan will proceed with the trial of former Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap, now a Bohol representative, in connection with an employee car plan deemed disadvantageous to the government.

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Sandiganbayan rejects Garcia’s bid to dismiss graft raps

Voting 3-2, the Sandiganbayan rejected the bid of Cebu Rep. Gwendolyn Garcia to dismiss the graft and technical malversation charges against her, as it thumbed down her argument of unreasonable delays in both the Ombudsman’s investigation and the court’s trial.

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WHAT WENT BEFORE: Graft case vs Gwendolyn Garcia

In July 2012, the Office of the Ombudsman charged at the Sandiganbayan then Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia with two counts of graft and one count of illegal use of public funds for the purchase of a land for a housing project, which turned out to be mostly under water.

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