Court junks VACC plea over historic Manila building

The Court of Appeals (CA) has junked a petition filed by the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) that seeks to halt the conversion of the historic Army and Navy Club in Manila into a hotel and a casino gaming outlet, now known as the Rizal Park Hotel, owned by businessman Simon Paz.

In a two-page resolution dated September 7, 2017 but released just recently, the CA’s former 15th Division, dismissed VACC’s motion for reconsideration and stood pat on junking the petition for certiorari and prohibition on issues of technicality for violating the principle on hierarchy of courts.