Sandiganbayan
The Sandiganbayan has acquitted former Philippine Postal Corporation (PPC) Postmaster General Hector Ronald R. Villanueva and Chief Executive Staff Juliana C. Dimalanta of their graft charges for alleged irregular appointment of a consultant from June 2007 to 2009.
They were ch
Sandiganbayan The Sandiganbayan has dismissed the malversation and graft charges filed against 13 former officials of Agusan del Sur for their alleged participation in the reported irregular purchase of P9.8 million worth of liquid fertilizer in 2004. Cleared of graft charges were former Execut
Deputy Speaker and Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. Luis Raymund Villafuerte
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In a 4-1 vote of the Sandiganbayan justices, the anti-graft court granted Villafuertes’ demurer to evidence on his motion that the evidence of the prosecution was weak after its presentation during trial.
Villafuerte was charged with violations of Section 3(e) of Republic Act No. 3019, the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, for the contracts he entered into with Tigon Security Investigation and General Services, Inc. from July 2008 to December 2009.
The graft charge against Villafuerte’s co-accused former Rural Health Physician Bernadette Galan Carlos and Medical Officer III Gerardo Nolasco Villafuerte was dismissed earlier last Feb. 3, also on a demurrer to evidence.