The Sandiganbayan has upheld its earlier ruling sentencing former Maguindanao governor Sajid Islam Ampatuan to life in prison in connection with fictitious farm-to-market road projects. In a 10-page ...

Ampatuan is likewise perpetually disqualified to hold any public office. The case involved the P400 million in public funds meant for the construction and/or rehabilitation of farm-to-market roads ...

Associate Justice Bernelito Fernandez penned the resolution issued on March 24, denying Ampatuan’s Motion for ... Estelito Dollosa — died while the case was on trial, while state auditor ...

Moro leaders in Ampatuan, among them moderate Islamic missionaries overtly against the presence of violent religious extremists in the municipality, had confirmed to reporters that the 17 men are ...