The Sandigayanbayan Fifth Division denied a motion of the former president of the Philippine Normal University (PNU) to dismiss her graft case, but the same resolution acquitted her three co-accused.
MANILA, Philippines – The Sandigayanbayan Fifth Division denied a motion of the former president of the Philippine Normal University to dismiss her graft case, but the same resolution acquitted her three co-accused.
Ogena and her co-accused filed a demurrer to evidence, asking the court to dismiss outright their graft case. A demurrer to evidence is a motion to dismiss on the ground of insufficiency of evidence.However, the anti-graft court in the same resolution cleared of any liability because of lack of evidence the following: PNU vice president for finance and administration Rebecca España, budget office head Florence Allejos, and financial management service director Joseph Luceño.
The anti-graft court said this was unlike Ogena’s case. The court said that the testimony of prosecution witnesses and the documentary exhibits backed the allegations against Ogena. Information provided by the prosecution in 2019 accused the four PNU officials of involvement in an anomalous 2011 ad placement contract worth P1.1 million with Universal News Limited . The state university contracted a half-page advertorial to be published in theFirst, the prosecution said the ad contract skipped the required public bidding. It also violated Administrative Order No.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Philippine Congress told not to shield Duterte from ICC probe - BusinessWorld OnlineTHE BIGGEST labor coalition in the Philippines on Tuesday denounced a Senate resolution seeking to protect former President Rodrigo R. Duterte from the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) probe of his deadly drug war. “We believe that this move is a blatant disregard of justice for the thousands of victims of extrajudicial killings in the country […]
Read more »
'The Whale' is screening in more than 50 Philippine cinemas"The Whale" is showing in 56 cinemas across the Philippines today.
Read more »
Philippine strategic environment for corporate planning - BusinessWorld OnlineThe Philippine Development Plan (2023 to 2028) does not stay exclusively in the realm of macroeconomics. It also has a microeconomic focus that descends to the level of individuals and families.
Read more »
Catholics make up nearly 79% of Philippine population - BusinessWorld OnlineABOUT 78.8% of the Philippine household population are Roman Catholics, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday, citing data from the 2020 census. The country’s household population in 2020 was 108.67 million. Of the total, 85.65 million individuals recorded their religious affiliation as Roman Catholics, based on the 2020 Census of Population and Housing. […]
Read more »
17 Philippine regions among top at-risk areas for climate damage —reportSeventeen regions in the Philippines were among the top 100 areas in the world most vulnerable to the growing destructive power of climate change–driven weather extremes, according to a report.
Read more »
EU worried about extrajudicial killings under Philippine drug war - BusinessWorld OnlineA DELEGATION of European Union (EU) lawmakers on Wednesday expressed “deep concern” about the Philippine government’s deadly war on drugs. “The position, especially of the European Parliament, has been quite clear: That we are deeply concerned about the extrajudicial killings happening in the war on drugs,” Hannah Neumann, vice chairperson of the European Parliament subcommittee […]
Read more »