A Justice Zone (JZ) that will “tighten all loopholes in the investigation, arrest, prosecution, trial and judgment phases of anti-trafficking cases” was launched in Zamboanga City on Friday, Feb. 24.
Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo said the Zamboanga City JZ “will pilot breakthrough init
Sandiganbayan
The Sandiganbayan has denied the motion filed by the government to declare in default seven other defendants in Civil Case No. 0010, an ill-gotten wealth case against the Marcos family.
By declaring a defendant in default, the defendant will no longer be able to participate in
Sandiganbayan The Sandiganbayan has lifted the preliminary attachment orders on the five bank accounts of Edgardo T. Yambao, brother-in-law of former Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Comptroller Lt. General Jacinto C. Ligot. In a resolution dated July 12, the anti-graft court said that Yam
Sandiganbayan (MANILA BULLETIN)
Cleared were former CDA Board Administrator Wendell B. Reyes Sr., Finance Division Chief Gertrudes M. San Diego, and Marissa M. Estanislao, private secretary of the late Vice Chairman Ombre S. Hamsirani.
On April 19, 2004, they were charged together with the late acting CDA Chairman Ruben M. Conti, Hamsirani, and Board Administrator Nicetas V. Torres with giving undue advantage to the Zamboanga Multi-Purpose Trading Cooperative, Dried Fish Dealers Multi-Purpose Cooperative, ERA Integrated Development Cooperative, Badjao Cultural Community Multi-Purpose Cooperative, South Sea Marine Products Processing Cooperative, and Isabela Fish Bularan Multi-Purpose Cooperative.
The charges against Conti and Hamsirani had been dismissed on account of their deaths. The case against Torres has been ordered archived because he remained at-large.