The Sandiganbayan on Friday acquitted former Ilocos Sur congressman Salacnib Baterina in the cases involving the misuse of his Priority Development Assistance Fund allocation (PDAF) worth P35 million.
The Sandiganbayan acquitted businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles and 10 other accused in 16 graft and corruption cases related to the multibillion-peso pork barrel scam, but found her guilty for graft and malversation for other cases, Chino Gaston reported Monday on "24 Oras."
Napoles camp to file charges vs 3 Sandiganbayan justices By JOAHNA LEI CASILAO, GMA News
Published February 6, 2021 7:39pm The camp of Janet Lim Napoles on Saturday said they would file charges against three justices of the anti-graft court after they haphazardly convicted Napoles of graft and malversation in connection with the P10-billion pork barrel scam. Rony Garay, Napoles’ lawyer, said they were preparing appropriate charges against Justice Geraldine Faith Econg, Justice Reynaldo dela Cruz, and Justice Edgardgo Caldona “for gross ignorance of the law, manifest partiality, and extreme bias.” In a 103-page decision, the Sandiganbyan on Friday ruled that Napoles, former Cagayan de Oro representative Constantino Jaraula and three others had pocketed P19.2 million from a lawmaker s pork barrel budget and were thus guilty of three counts of graft and three counts of malversation.