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(Eagle News) — Former military comptroller retired Lt. Gen. Jacinto Ligot has been found guilty of perjury. The Sandiganbayan also sentenced Ligot to one year for each of the five counts he was convicted of over the false declarations made in his Statements of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth from 1993 to 2001. The other perjury cases against the former military official, however, were dismissed. Earlier, the Court of Tax Appeals cleared Ligot and his […]
(Eagle News) — Former Philippine National Police Chief Alan Purisima on Friday pled not guilty to perjury charges filed against him over his alleged failure to disclose various possessions in his Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth. Purisima made the plea in the Sandiganbayan’s Second Division, where he was indicted for eight counts of perjury over his questioned SALNs for the years 2006 to 2009 and 2011 to 2014. In the charge sheet, the Ombudsman […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Johnny Depp could face perjury charges in Australia after the deputy prime minister threatened Tuesday to unleash a new chapter in a pet dog case dubbed the “war on terrier.” The “Pirates of the Caribbean” star and his then-wife Amber Heard fell foul of Australia’s strict quarantine laws when they failed to declare her canines Pistol and Boo on arrival in the country on a private jet in 2015. Heard escaped […]
Ousted Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona wants the highest court in the land to stop the Sandiganbayan to hear the ill-gotten wealth cases filed by the Office of Ombudsman against him and his wife.
Ousted Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona questioned the filing of perjury and ethical violation charges filed against him by the Ombudsman.
