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(Eagle News)–Former Presidential Commission on Good Government chair Camilo Sabio has been arrested. The National Bureau of Investigation on Sunday, June 7, said Sabio was nabbed in his residence in Quezon City last Friday, June 5, by virtue of a bench warrant of arrest issued by the Fourth Division of the Sandiganbayan, where he was charged with graft. “The Warrant orders the law enforcement agency to ‘Arrest the person of Camilo L. Sabio…. and bring […]
(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has dismissed the P267 million forfeiture case filed by the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) against alleged cronies of the late President Ferdinand Marcos and wife, Imelda for lack of evidence. This is the third ill-gotten wealth case filed against the Marcoses by the PCGG that had been junked this year by the anti-graft court. The ₱267.37 million civil case against the Marcoses, their business associates Fe Roa Gimenez […]
(Eagle News)–The Sandiganbayan has junked the P102-billion forfeiture case against former President Ferdinand Marcos, his wife Imelda and others. In junking the case also against Rafael Sison, Placido Mapa Jr., Don Ferry, Jose Tengco Jr., Ramon Monzon, Generosa Olazo, Cynthia Cheong, Ma. Luisa Nograles, Leopoldo Vergara, Jose Africa and Rodolfo Arambulo, the anti-graft court noted the failure of the plaintiff, or the Presidential Commission on Good Government, to “prove by preponderance of evidence any […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has affirmed an Ombudsman ruling clearing personalities connected to the late president Ferdinand Marcos, including former senator Juan Ponce Enrile, and several others of graft over an alleged P108-million behest loan granted to a sugar milling company by the Philippine National Bank in 1968. The SC, in a 15-page decision, affirmed a 2006 ruling of the Ombudsman that had junked the graft complaints filed by the Presidential Commission on […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the Presidential Commission on Good Government’s proposal to auction off the P704.8-million Hawaii jewelry collection. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the revelation in an interview with reporters on Thursday, May 30. Panelo and other Cabinet members are on a working visit to Japan with President Duterte. “Sabi ni Presidente kagabi na payag na makinabang ang taumbayan doon sa mga jewelry. So tinanong ko siya, ‘Are you going to give […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Feb. 27, said there was still no proof the Marcos family had amassed ill-gotten wealth during then-President Ferdinand Marcos’ term as alleged. “Until now, you have not proven anything except to sequester and sell. Hindi mo nga sigurado kung talagang kay Marcos ba ‘yan?” Duterte, a lawyer, said in a speech in Manila. The Marcoses are accused of stealing $5 to $10 billion from government coffers, and […]
(Eagle News)– For Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, the Presidential Commission on Good Government and the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel should be under the Department of Justice. Guevarra added, however, that he “respect(s)” the decision of the House of Representatives to approve House Bill 7376. The bill, which was approved on third and final reading on Tuesday, May 15, aims to “eliminate the overlapping of functions and consolidate the legal services in the government into one…” […]
(Eagle News) – Opposition senator Bam Aquino said Wednesday, May 16, that the government “should work to strengthen” the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) if it was “serious in eradicating corruption.” Aquino, whose aunt former President Cory Aquino established the PCGG, made the statement a day after the House of Representatives, voting 162-10, approved House Bill No. 7376, which seeks to abolish the PCGG and transfer the commission’s powers to the Office of the Solicitor […]
Former Senator Bongbong Marcos said on Thursday his family was offering to sign a “quit claim” deed in which they would identify properties and assets they had acquired legally and relinquish their claim to whatever else the government finds. “If the government is saying we are hiding other things, we will help you find it and you can have it,” he said, without providing estimates. Marcos made the pronouncements after President Rodrigo Duterte said the […]
(Eagle News) — Former Presidential Commission on Good Government Chair Camilo Sabio was arrested on Tuesday based on outstanding warrants issued by the Sandiganbayan for graft and malversation of funds. The 82-year-old Sabio — who is facing the charges in the fourth and fifth divisions — was taken to the National Bureau of Investigation in Manila, where he underwent the booking process. The Sandiganbayan sentenced Sabio to serve a maximum of 12 years imprisonment for the […]
(Eagle News) — The Marcos family want to subject their wealth to government scrutiny, and return some to the government, President Rodrigo Duterte said. “(They said) we are ready to open and bring back pati ang a few gold bars,” Duterte says the Marcoses told him. He said they noted that the gold bars were in their keeping “because their father was protecting the economy.” “How much? (The Marcoses) will give me an accounting,” Duterte […]
MALACANANG extended its condolences to the family of former senator Jovito Salonga who died on Thursday at the Philippine Heart Center. He was 95. “The nation lost a pillar of Philippine democracy and advocate of good governance with the passing of former Senate President Jovito Salonga today,” Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said in a statement on Thursday. “We extend our condolences to the bereaved family of Senator Salonga.” Salonga, who had battled Alzheimer’s Diseases, served […]
