控訴裁判所は、マンダウエ市の元市長ジョナス・コルテス氏に対し、Suprea社の生コンプラントをめぐる重大な不正行為の疑いで無罪判決を下した。この決定により、同氏を公職から追放し、公務への就任を禁止したオンブズマンによる先の決定が覆された。
2025年7月25日に言い渡された判決において、控訴裁判所第5法廷はコルテス氏の申し立てを認め、2024年9月26日のオンブズマンによる決定を取り消した。裁判所は、ラボゴン地区におけるセメントプラントの運営に関して、同氏が汚職や背信行為に及んだとする実質的な証拠はないと判断した。2026年5月7日、控訴裁判所は再審請求を棄却し、行政申立の棄却を確定させた。2026年5月21日に発表された声明の中で、コルテス氏は今回の結果を真実と公正さの勝利であると述べ、支持者および担当した裁判官らに感謝の意を表した。この論争は、2022年に必要な許可を得ずにプラントが稼働していたことに対する苦情から始まった。行政処分は棄却されたものの、コルテス氏は現在も反汚職腐敗防止法に基づく別の刑事手続きに直面している。
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The Supreme Court has voided former president Rodrigo Duterte's 2018 dismissal of overall deputy ombudsman Melchor Arthur Carandang. The court awarded Carandang backwages and retirement benefits up to the end of his 2020 term. The Third Division ruled on January 29, 2026, that the president lacks disciplinary authority over a deputy ombudsman.
The Court of Appeals has affirmed the dismissal from government service of former overall deputy ombudsman Warren Rex Liong over his role in the alleged overpriced procurement of personal protective equipment from Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. during the COVID-19 pandemic. The CA's Third Division denied his petition against the Ombudsman's order for lack of merit.
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Following the Prosecutor's request after a decade-long probe, Judge Fredy Peña Ávila has fully absolved David Andrés Cangrejo Torres and 11 others in the alleged electoral corruption case at Neiva's ESE Carmen Emilia Ospina, citing insufficient evidence to overcome the presumption of innocence.
The Supreme Court will review the Commission on Elections' decision clearing Senator Francis Escudero for accepting a P30-million campaign donation from a government contractor. High school teacher John Barry Tayam filed the plea with the high court. The donation came from Lawrence Lubiano during the 2022 elections.
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The Sandiganbayan has acquitted former Isabela State University president Aleth Misola Mamauag of graft charges related to the 2012 purchase of a property in Fairview, Quezon City. The court stated that prosecutors failed to prove bad faith or negligence on her part. The decision was issued on March 12, 2026.
Mexico's Supreme Court revoked the amparo granted to former Tamaulipas governor Francisco García Cabeza de Vaca, reactivating the arrest order against him for alleged organized crime and money laundering offenses. Residing in the United States, Cabeza de Vaca denounced political persecution by Morena following his 2019 revelations about a tax evasion network. The Court's decision was backed by eight justices, with notes on the procedure.
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The Supreme Court has denied Vice President Sara Duterte's request for a temporary restraining order to halt impeachment proceedings against her. The court consolidated the petitions and ordered the House Committee on Justice to comment within 10 days. Hearings will proceed on April 14 without the TRO.