8 accused show up in court, await detention order
Eight of the 16 accused in the graft and malversation charges over the P289-million substandard flood control project in Oriental Mindoro appeared before the Sandiganbayan […]
Ruffy Biazon to appeal Sandiganbayan ruling on graft case
Muntinlupa Mayor Rozzano Rufino “Ruffy” Biazon over the weekend said he will appeal Sandiganbayan’s ruling that found him, along with five other respondents including businesswoman […]
Herbert Bautista to file motion for reconsideration of guilty verdict
Former Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista will file a motion for reconsideration before the Sandiganbayan Seventh Division that found him and his then-city administrator guilty […]
Ex-treasurer Dominador Maravillas Jr. of Compostela, Cebu sentenced to reclusion perpetua in 2001, with then mayor Gilbert Wagas; arrested 20 years later, in 2021; secured probation and, after only two years in jail, is now free. Takeaways from the interesting story.
[] Not considered by Sandiganbayan in grant of probation was that Maravillas “eluded jail” for two decades after he was convicted [] Probation granted after Toledo City […]