THE spokesman for the Supreme Court (SC) on Friday confirmed a report of The Manila Times that the husband of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno had links with the builders of the controversial Torre de Manila, but that he severed ties with the company more than two decades ago.

“The Chief Justice’s husband, Mr. Mario Jose E. Sereno, was connected with Dacon Corporation, a Consunji-owned corporation, but resigned from that company almost 26 years ago, in July 1989,” a Supreme Court statement quoting SC spokesman Theodore Te read.

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