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The Sandiganbayan has sentenced former North Cotabato second district representative Gregorio Ipong to up to 27 years in prison for graft and malversation in connection with the alleged misuse of his Priority Development Assistance Fund or pork barrel amounting to P4.9 million in 2007. ....
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 ....