MANILA The Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed the graft charges filed against former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile along with several others in connection with the coconut levy fund, citing the government's failure to substantiate the delays in pursuing the case. In its 52-page decision published online on Wednesday, the Court's First Division dismissed the complaint against Enrile, who turns 99 years old next week, due to "violation of their constitutional right to a speedy disposition of the cases." Apart from Enrile, also covered by the order are businessman Jose Concepcion, Rolando dela Cuesta, Narciso Pineda and Danilo Ursua. The court also ordered the dismissal of the same case against Eduardo Cojuangco Jr., Jose Eleazar, Maria Clara Lobregat, and Augusto Orosa in view of their supervening deaths. "Taken in its entirety, there is a clear violation of the respondents' constitutional right to speedy disposition of cases when petitioner republic failed to prov
MANILA The Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed the graft charges filed against former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile along with several others in connection with the coconut levy fund, citing the government's failure to substantiate the delays in pursuing the case. In its 52-page decision published online on Wednesday, the Court's First Division dismissed the complaint against Enrile, who turns 99 years old next week, due to "violation of their constitutional right to a speedy disposition of the cases." Apart from Enrile, also covered by the order are businessman Jose Concepcion, Rolando dela Cuesta, Narciso Pineda and Danilo Ursua. The court also ordered the dismissal of the same case against Eduardo Cojuangco Jr., Jose Eleazar, Maria Clara Lobregat, and Augusto Orosa in view of their supervening deaths. "Taken in its entirety, there is a clear violation of the respondents' constitutional right to speedy disposition of cases when petitioner republic failed to prov
THE Supreme Court (SC) has allowed the transfer to the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) in Muntinlupa City of two fraternity brothers of ex-President Rodrigo Duterte and a retired policeman, who were sentenced to 50 years imprisonment by the Sandiganbayan last year after being found guilty of plunder and graft in…
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Supreme Court (File photo) MANILA -The Supreme Court (SC) dismissed for lack of merit a petition filed by former Optical Media Board (OMB) chairperson and chief executive officer Ronald "Ronnie" Ricketts seeking the dismissal of graft charges against him before the Sandiganbayan. The charges stemmed from Ricketts' alleged failure to charge those arrested for possession of pirated digital video discs (DVDs) and video compact discs (VCDs) during a raid in Quiapo, Manila in 2010. In a resolution promulgated in November and shared online Tuesday, the Court's First Division affirmed the 2017 resolutions of Sandiganbayan's Fourth Division that denied Ricketts' motion for leave of court to file a demurrer to evidence. A demurrer seeks the dismissal of a case by questioning the sufficiency of the evidence presented to support the charges. Following the decision of the Sandiganbayan to deny the motion for leave to file a demurrer, the SC ruled that Ricketts' proper