Manila, June 24 -- The Supreme Court (SC) has cleared personalities identified with the late President Ferdinand Marcos, including former senator Juan Ponce Enrile, of criminal liability over loans granted over half a century ago by the Philippine National Bank (PNB) to a sugar firm.
In a 15-page decision by Associate Justice Jose Reyes Jr. last March and made available recently, the SC's Second Division denied the petition for certiorari filed by the government through the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG).
Also cleared were then PNB directors Roberto Benedicto, Antonio Diaz, Ismael Reinoso, Simeon Miranda, Renato Tayag, Juan Trivinio, Cesar Virata, Jose Macario Laurel IV, and Jose Leido.
Likewise, the Court also cleared...