Case involves a separate perjury charge which
prosecutors claim is still ‘alive’
THE Office of the Ombudsman is now pushing for
the revival of an other pending case before the Sandiganbayan
involving former President Joseph Estrada.
Likewise, the tug-of-war of the anti-graft court
and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) over the controversial Jose
Velarde account will resume.
The four owners and directors of Green Cross Inc. on Tuesday were
cleared by the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) against
allegations of money laundering filed by Gonzalo Co It, the former
president of the firm.
TWO more lower court judges were meted stiff penalties by the
Supreme Court in its continuing effort to cleanse the judiciary of
incompetents and misfits, so people will not lose faith in the
justice system.
The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) has
drafted an executive order creating the National Transport Safety
Board in the wake of the sinking of the MV Princess of the Stars off
Sibuyan Island in Romblon.
President Gloria Arroyo said the Philippines is
preparing a comprehensive and extensive proposal for the country’s
eligibility for compact status under the Millennium Challenge Corp.
(MCC).
THE House of Representatives passed on third and final reading a
bill, which aims to criminalize the illegal possession, importation
and sale of chemicals being used in the manufacture of explosives.
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