Former Maguindanao governor Sajid Islam Ampatuan has been convicted of multiple counts of graft and falsification of public documents in connection with various anomalous transactions entered into by the provincial government in 2009.
The Sandiganbayan has denied the government’s bid to declare in default seven defendants in an ill-gotten wealth case filed against the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his alleged cronies.
The Fourth Division of the Sandiganbayan said in a recent decision that the Marcos family will only get to keep four properties, in a partial reversal of a 2019 ruling that said the first family did not need to return P200 billion in ill-gotten wealth.
Former National Irrigation Administration administrator Carlos Salazar has been sentenced to up to eight years in prison in connection with a dam project initiated in 2009 without prior approval from the National Economic and Development Authority.
Court affirms arrest order vs Faeldon in smuggled rice case rappler.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from rappler.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.