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TINAPOS na ng Sandiganbayan ang mga pagdinig sa petisyon para sa piyansa na inihain ng dating senador na si Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., kung saan iginiit ng depensa na nabigo ang prosekusyon na patunayan na malakas ang ebidensya ng pagkakasala.

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Citing a “30-year long delay” that violated the defendants’ right to a speedy trial, the Sandiganbayan has dismissed the civil forfeiture case in connection with the reported misuse and misappropriation of coconut levy funds.

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Foreign currency deposits in foreign banks are covered by bank secrecy laws and cannot be attached or seized by the government as part of a probe on ill-gotten wealth, the Sandiganbayan has ruled, in a case involving Swiss deposits held in escrow of a brother of former first lady Imelda Marcos.

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The Sandiganbayan has upheld its ruling ordering the release to the family of the late ambassador Benjamin “Kokoy” Romualdez of $5.19 million held in escrow at the Philippine National Bank.

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Four newly appointed justices – two for the Court of Appeals and two for the Sandiganbayan – took their oaths of office at the Supreme Court (SC) in Manila yesterday.

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Despite an expected “deluge of cases,” the Sandiganbayan is aiming to expedite the trial of perpetrators of the flood control corruption – and finish it in six to eight months.

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For lack of merit, the Sandiganbayan has upheld the acquittal for plunder of presidential legal counsel Juan Ponce Enrile, his former chief of staff Jessica Lucila Reyes and detained pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles.

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TINAPOS na ng Sandiganbayan ang mga pagdinig sa petisyon para sa piyansa na inihain ng dating senador na si Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., kung saan iginiit ng depensa na nabigo ang prosekusyon na patunayan na malakas ang ebidensya ng pagkakasala.

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Citing a “30-year long delay” that violated the defendants’ right to a speedy trial, the Sandiganbayan has dismissed the civil forfeiture case in connection with the reported misuse and misappropriation of coconut levy funds.

[DatePublished] => 2026-03-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1807780 [AuthorName] => Daphne Galvez [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/03/19/22025-10-2022-40-40_2026-03-19_22-56-36680_thumbnail.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2501278 [Title] => Sandigan stops seizure of Kokoy’s P410 million Swiss deposits [Summary] =>

Foreign currency deposits in foreign banks are covered by bank secrecy laws and cannot be attached or seized by the government as part of a probe on ill-gotten wealth, the Sandiganbayan has ruled, in a case involving Swiss deposits held in escrow of a brother of former first lady Imelda Marcos.

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The Sandiganbayan has upheld its ruling ordering the release to the family of the late ambassador Benjamin “Kokoy” Romualdez of $5.19 million held in escrow at the Philippine National Bank.

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Four newly appointed justices – two for the Court of Appeals and two for the Sandiganbayan – took their oaths of office at the Supreme Court (SC) in Manila yesterday.

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Despite an expected “deluge of cases,” the Sandiganbayan is aiming to expedite the trial of perpetrators of the flood control corruption – and finish it in six to eight months.

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For lack of merit, the Sandiganbayan has upheld the acquittal for plunder of presidential legal counsel Juan Ponce Enrile, his former chief of staff Jessica Lucila Reyes and detained pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles.

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