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Published July 16, 2021, 11:45 AM
Sandiganbayan
The Sandiganbayan has dismissed the civil case filed 34 years ago against the late former Ferdinand E. Marcos, his wife Imelda R. Marcos, and the late businessmen Ricardo C. Silverio and Pablo P. Carlos Jr. in connection with their alleged ill-gotten wealth.
The case, denominated as Civil Case No. 0011, was filed by the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) on July 22, 1987 for reconveyance, reversion, accounting, restitution and damages.
The Marcoses, Silverio and Carlos were accused of abuse of right and power, unjust enrichment, and breach of public trust.
Former President Marcos died in 1989; Carlos in 1998, and Silverio in 2016.
Published April 23, 2021, 3:16 PM
The Sandiganbayan has denied the plea of the former municipal agriculturist of Tigbauan, Iloilo to junk her graft case in view of the court’s dismissal of the charges against her two co-accused.
Denied was the request of Eugenia Sayson who was charged with graft, together with former Mayor James Excelsior Torres and Market Supervisor George Tinguban, in connection with the P1.87 million purchase of two farm tractors in 2009.
The charges against Torres and Tinguban had been dismissed on a demurrer to evidence when they challenged the weakness of the prosecution’s evidence against them.
In the case of Sayson, she told with anti-graft court that her role was essentially the same as the participation of Tinguban as it was only limited to accepting the tractors by accomplishing the corresponding Acceptance and Inspection Report and certifying the completeness of delivery.
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.
MANILA BULLETIN FILE
Cleared in a resolution written by Associate Justice Alex L. Quiroz and concurred in by Associate Justices Lorifel L. Pahimna and Bayani H. Jacinto were Jose Calixto, chief administrative officer, and Marieta Cruz, finance management officer II.
The Sandiganbayan said that Calixtro and Cruz were not part of the bids and awards committee (BAC) of the EAMC and were not involved in the determination of the mode of procurement.
“Evidently, the herein accused had no participation in the determination of the mode of procurement. On this score alone, the case against them is bound to fail,” the resolution said.