Published May 10, 2021, 5:22 PM
Sandiganbayan
The Sandiganbayan has dismissed the second graft and malversation cases involving P4.9 million in Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) of former North Cotabato 2
nd District Rep. Gregorio Tocmo Ipong filed against the late Aaron Foundation Philippines, Inc. (AFPI) president Alfredo A. Ronquillo due to his death.
His first graft and malversation cases involving P9.6 million had been dismissed in September 2020 due to his death long before the cases were filed.
His co-accused in the P4.9 million PDAF cases, aside from Ipong, are Technology and Livelihood Resource Center (TLRC) Director General Antonio Ortiz, TLRC Deputy Director General Dennis Cunanan, and TLRC Chief Accountant Marivic Jover. The cases are still undergoing trial by the Sandiganbayan.
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Published April 9, 2021, 8:09 AM
Lawyer Richard Cambe, who was convicted of plunder by the Sandiganbayan in 2018 and detained at the National Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City, died of stroke last Thursday, April 8.
Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Deputy Director General Gabriel P. Chaclag said Cambe was rushed to the Ospital ng Muntinlupa where he died at about 6 p.m.
Chaclag said that members of Cambe’s family “have been informed and they requested that their privacy be respected.”
“So we can only confirm that he died of stroke. Initial investigation also shows no signs of foul play so far,” he said.
Published April 9, 2021, 1:05 PM
Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla, Jr. on Friday, April 9 sent his condolences to the family of his former staff, who died of a stroke inside the New Bilibid Prison, where he is serving his sentence after he was convicted for plunder in the pork barrel fund scam.
Ramon Bong Revilla, Jr.
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In a statement, Revilla recalled that Richard Cambe, his former chief of staff, worked for more than 10 years with his father, former Senator Ramon Revilla, Sr.
Cambe is serving a sentence of up to 40 years for plunder after he was found guilty in December 2018 of plundering P124.5-million worth of taxpayers’ funds while he was a staff of the senator.
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 9) Richard Cambe, a former staff member of Senator Bong Revilla, died of natural causes while serving jail time in the multi-million peso pork barrel scheme, the Bureau of Corrections said on Friday.
Cambe suffered a stroke on Thursday and was brought from the New Bilibid Prison to the Ospital of Muntinlupa where he was declared dead, it said.
BuCor spokesperson Gabriel Chaclag said there were no signs of foul play in Cambe s death based on initial investigation.
Cambe and co-accused businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles were found guilty of plunder in 2018 for amassing ₱224.5 million worth of Revilla s Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF).