Sandigan convicts ex-Cotabato Rep Ipong,
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MANILA - The Supreme Court (SC) has granted a plea filed by former Technology and Livelihood Resource Center (TLRC) deputy director general Dennis Cunanan to be allowed to travel to the United States while his appeal on the graft case against him remains pending. In a resolution dated Sept. 29 uploaded on the SC website on Tuesday the SC's First Division allowed Cunanan to travel to the US from October 7 to November 5. Last July 14, the SC already granted Cunanan's motion to travel from June 29 to July 20 but required him to submit anew his detailed flight and travel itinerary, considering that the original date of departure had already lapsed. Last July 28, Cunanan filed a manifestation of compliance proposing a revised travel itinerary to the US departing on October 7 and returning on November 5. In addition, he deposited a PHP300,000 travel bond with the SC. Cunanan, the court said, asserted his willingness to submit a written notice of his arrival to the clerk of court with
Published May 10, 2021, 5:22 PM
Sandiganbayan
The Sandiganbayan has dismissed the second graft and malversation cases involving P4.9 million in Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) of former North Cotabato 2
nd District Rep. Gregorio Tocmo Ipong filed against the late Aaron Foundation Philippines, Inc. (AFPI) president Alfredo A. Ronquillo due to his death.
His first graft and malversation cases involving P9.6 million had been dismissed in September 2020 due to his death long before the cases were filed.
His co-accused in the P4.9 million PDAF cases, aside from Ipong, are Technology and Livelihood Resource Center (TLRC) Director General Antonio Ortiz, TLRC Deputy Director General Dennis Cunanan, and TLRC Chief Accountant Marivic Jover. The cases are still undergoing trial by the Sandiganbayan.