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Accused of cyberlibel, Ressa was found guilty by a Manila Regional Trial Court on June 15, 2020. [3] [4]: 36 The case centered on an article published on Rappler by Reynaldo Santos Jr. which accused the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines of accepting favors from Filipino-Chinese businessman Wilfredo Keng. [5]
The following is a list of Filipino politicians convicted of crimes in relation to their conduct while in office. This excludes: People who are merely formally charged of crime/s they allegedly committed, who may or may not be under detention. Acquitted people; Conviction of crimes committed while not in office.
Davidson Rusia is a convicted felon who was a gang member and was sentenced to prison twice in the United States for other crimes. [10] Rusia claimed that he was with Larrañaga in Ayala Center, Cebú early in the evening of July 16, the evening Larrañaga says that he was at R&R Restaurant in Quezon City with his friends.
Reclusión perpetua is prescribed for crimes punishable by the Revised Penal Code, while life imprisonment is imposed on offenses punishable by special laws. Reclusión perpetua carries the accessory penalty in which, as defined by Philippine law, the prisoner is barred for life from holding political office. Life imprisonment does not carry ...
Antonio Leyza Sanchez [5] (May 10, 1946 – March 27, 2021) was a Filipino politician who served as mayor of Calauan, Laguna from 1980 to 1986 and from 1988 to 1993. He is the convicted mastermind in the murders of Eileen Sarmenta and Allan Gomez, both students of the University of the Philippines, Los Baños (UPLB), in 1993.
Jalosjos began his career as a television producer for ABC and ABS-CBN.Following the closure of ABS-CBN in the aftermath of the declaration of martial law in September 1972, he cofounded Philippine Production Center, Inc., and with the permission of the Lopez family who owned ABS-CBN, brought several of their shows such as Pugo’s Si Tatang Kasi and Dolphy’s Buhay Artista to its rival ...
Relatives of victims of alleged war crimes committed by Myanmar’s military filed a criminal complaint in the Philippines against their nation’s ruling generals as they increasingly seek to ...
In 1994, Echegaray, a house painter, was accused of repeatedly raping Rodessa, the 10-year-old daughter of his live-in-partner (Rodessa was nicknamed "Baby" by the press). [1] During Echegaray's trial, Rodessa's mother accused her daughter of lying and claimed that the accusation was motivated by the greed of Rodessa's grandmother.