CRHW Worksheets prepared by Mark Anthony V. General, MAELT | Dilangalen NHS, SDO Cotabato
Instructions: Copyedit the news article published in Manila Bulletin written by Czarina
Nicole Ong Ki on February 22, 2023. Make two headlines using flush left and crossline
in downstyle (ds) and cap and lower case (Clc) styles, respectively.
The SandiganBayan has dismissed a 1987 civil casse filed against the late former
President Ferdinand E. Marcos Jr., his wife Imelda, and several so-called “cronies”
for failure of the government to proved that they accumulated ill-gotten wealth
through the use of dummy corporations.
With the dismissal of the complain, the anti-graft court denies the pleas of the then
Presidential Commision on Good Government (PCGG) to return ed the alleged
unlawfully-acquired properties, and the payment of P50 billion in damages and P1
billion in legal expenses.
The desicion stated that there was no “competent evidence” to prove who was the
close associates of Marcos and how they all amassed assets and properties that
would be rightly considered as ill-gotten wealth.
In view of the foregoing, this case for reversion, reconveyance, and accounting
against defendants Peter A. Sabido, Luis A. Yulo, Nicolas Dehesa, Ferdinand E.
Marcos, Rafael Sison, and Don M. Ferry, is dismissed for failure of the plaintiff to
prove by preponderance of evidence the material allegations contained in the
amended complaint, the decision promulgated on February 21, 2023 stated.
“Accordingly, the sequestration of herein defendant corporation, Lianga Bay
Logging Co., and Yulo King Ranch, are hereby declared lifted,” it said.
