The Supreme Court (SC) has affirmed a ruling of the Sandiganbayan that allowed businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles and former Masbate congresswoman Rizalina Seachone-Laneta to post bail in the plunder charges filed against them in connection with the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or pork scam.
Napoles was convicted of plunder by the Sandiganbayan First Division in December last year in connection with the misuse of the PDAF of several lawmakers.MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court has affirmed a ruling of the Sandiganbayan that allowed businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles and former Masbate congresswoman Rizalina Seachone-Laneta to post bail in the plunder charges filed against them in connection with the Priority Development Assistance Fund or pork scam.
“The Court concurs that said items must be excluded from the computation of the supposed amassed ill-gotten wealth for being irrelevant to this case,” the SC decision read. Three children in the Bangsamoro region died from measles in the past 10 weeks while 592 others contracted the viral, supposedly...
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