Tag: Sandiganbayan

Sandiganbayan acquits former AFP chief Villanueva of graft

(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has acquitted former Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief Diomedio Villanueva of graft. In acquitting Villanueva, the First Division said the prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that he committed the offense when he, as postmaster general at the Philippine Postal Corp., supposedly refunded PhilPost USA, a private company  $1,031,936.04 or P53,043,834.52. The amount supposedly represented  “Terminal Dues paid for mail matters sent to Royal Mail (UK post office).” […]

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Revilla camp given until Feb. 19 to comment on motion to hold him civilly liable for plunder of pork barrel funds

(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has given former Senator Bong Revilla’s camp until Feb. 19 to comment on the prosecutors’ motion for him to be held civilly liable for the plunder of P124.5 million of pork barrel funds. This was after First Division chair Associate Justice Efren Dela Cruz granted the request of Estelito Mendoza, Revilla’s lawyer, for the period of time to prepare. Dela Cruz also asked prosecutors to file their opposition to the […]

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Sandiganbayan approves Jinggoy Estrada’s plea for Hong Kong vacation

(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has approved former Senator Jinggoy Estrada’s request he be allowed to go on vacation to Hong Kong before he starts campaigning for the 2019 elections. In allowing Estrada, who is out on bail, to travel from Dec. 26 to 31, the anti-graft court noted the former senator’s right to travel. It added Estrada’s P1.33 million bail posted in September last year for his temporary freedom sufficed as guarantee he would […]

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Sandiganbayan defers Napoles’ transfer to Correctional Institution for Women

(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has deferred alleged pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim Napoles’ transfer to the Correctional Institution for Women pending resolution of her appeal for her to remain detained in Camp Bagong Diwa. The anti-graft court instead ordered the  Office of the Special Prosecutor to comment on the appeal of Napoles, who had cited security reasons in arguing against her transfer to the CIW after her conviction for plunder. The anti-graft court on […]

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Ombudsman Martires says judgment of acquittal cannot be appealed

(Eagle News) — It appears the prosecution will no longer appeal the Sandiganbayan’s acquittal of former Senator Bong Revilla for plunder. Ombudsman Samuel Martires himself said “it is an elementary doctrine in law that you cannot appeal a judgment of acquittal.” “It is not just a policy,” Martires said, noting that the “doctrine” has “its roots in Roman law that an ‘issue once decided cannot be tried again’.” It “is based on double jeopardy or the […]

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Palace respects Sandiganbayan’s acquittal of Bong Revilla in plunder case

(Eagle News) — The Palace on Friday, Dec. 7, urged the public to respect the decision of the Sandiganbayan acquitting former Senator Bong Revilla of plunder. “While justice grinds so slow most of the time it does grind, and when it stops it renders a verdict that is exacting immutable,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said of the special first division’s decision promulgated on Friday that also found Revilla’s former chief of staff, Richard Cambe, and […]

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Bong Revilla posts bail for graft case

(Eagle News) — Former Senator Bong Revilla on Friday, Dec. 7, posted bail for the graft case filed against him. Revilla posted a P480,000 bail for 16 counts of graft before the Sandiganbayan after he was acquitted of the plunder charges filed against him, earlier in the day. During the promulgation, the Sandiganbayan’s first division, which had to convene into a special division because it could not reach a unanimous decision on Revilla’s plunder case, […]

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UPDATED: Sandiganbayan acquits Bong Revilla of plunder

Court finds Revilla’s former chief of staff Richard Cambe, Napoles guilty of the crime (Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan on Friday, Dec. 7, found former Senator Bong Revilla not guilty of plunder. The first division said Revilla “cannot be held liable” for the crime which he was charged with several years ago. “There was a split decision of the five (division) justices–three voted for (Revilla’s) acquittal for insufficiency of evidence, two for his conviction..By reason […]

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Sandiganbayan decision on Bong Revilla plunder case expected today

(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan is expected to come out today, Friday, Dec. 7,  with its verdict in the P224.5-million plunder case against former Senator Bong Revilla in connection with the P10-billion pork barrel scam. The First Division is also expected to rule on the cases filed against Revilla’s co-accused, his former chief of staff Richard Cambe and alleged pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim Napoles. Apart from Revilla, former Senators Jinggoy Estrada and Juan […]

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Imelda Marcos posts P300,000 bail

(Eagle News)–Former First Lady Imelda Marcos on Wednesday, Dec. 5, posted bail for her temporary liberty after the Sandiganbayan ruled she could avail of remedies following her conviction for graft. It was Marcos’ lawyers who posted the P300,000 bail on her behalf. The amount was double the initial bail the anti-graft court set for her temporary liberty pending the resolution of her motion to avail of post-conviction remedies. With the grant of the motion, Marcos […]

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Sandiganbayan allows provisional liberty for Imelda Marcos while she appeals graft conviction

(Eagle News)–The Sandiganbayan has allowed former First Lady Imelda Marcos to post bail for her provisional liberty pending the resolution of her appeal of her conviction for seven cases of graft. In a statement, the Fifth Division ordered Marcos to post double the amount of the original bail she posted for her provisional liberty pending only the resolution of her motion to avail of post-conviction remedies, or P300,000 in total. In allowing Marcos to avail of […]

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Imelda Marcos to appeal graft conviction before Supreme Court

(Eagle News) — Former First Lady Imelda Marcos is asking the Sandiganbayan to forward her case to the Supreme Court for “further proceedings” as she announced her plans to seek the help of the High Court over her graft conviction. Marcos made the appeal in a notice filed before the anti-graft court’s fifth division. “With due respect, the accused submits that the decision convicting her is contrary to facts, law and jurisprudence,” Marcos said. The […]

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