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Supreme Court (File photo) MANILA - The Supreme Court (SC) set aside a decision of the Court of Appeals (CA) which found officials of an Iloilo town liable in a questioned bidding process. Associate Justice Amy Lazaro-Javier of the SC Second Division granted the petition of Sta. Barbara municipal engineer Noel Jaspe and municipal budget officer Ma. Negenia Araneta to dismiss the grave misconduct suit filed against them in connection with a 2006 bidding due the "forced misapplication" of the law. Jaspe was the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) vice chair while Araneta was a member during the bidding that time for five infrastructure projects, including concreting and asphalting of five streets and the construction of a building. Three bidders secured documents for the projects Topmost Development and Marketing Corp. (TDMC), F. Guerrea Construction Inc. (FGCI), and AFG Construction and Construction Supply (AFG). A BAC member, Agustin Sonza Jr., questioned the withdrawal of TDMC ....
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Published May 26, 2021, 4:23 PM Sandiganbayan The Sandiganbayan has denied anew the plea for former Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile to have the testimonies of the witnesses against him in his plunder and graft cases be presented orally in open court during a hearing. Enrile argued that his constitutional right to confrontation will be “impaired” with the use of judicial affidavits against his will, and he stressed that “where the rules allow him to decide on specific methods to be employed in his trial, such decision must be respected, not negated.” Specifically, Enrile wanted to “require the prosecution to present the direct testimonies of their witnesses, including that of Atty. Ryan P. Medrano’s, in oral form and in open court.” ....
Published April 27, 2021, 12:49 PM The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has dismissed the criminal and administrative charges filed by the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) against four policemen who were tagged in the maintenance of a “secret detention cell” at Raxabago Police Station 1 in Tondo, Manila in 2017. Office of the Ombudsman Cleared of the charges were former station commander PLtCol. Robert Casimiro Domingo, PCpl. Dylan Lola Verdan, Pat. Berly Apolonio, and PMSgt. Jonathan Ochinang Ubarre. “It is beyond dispute that the 12 newly arrested persons were detained inside a cramped space. However, there is no showing that respondents did so in bad faith,” the OMB’s joint resolution reasoned. ....
Published January 20, 2021, 2:00 PM Former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile failed to fend off a witness in his plunder case since the Sandiganbayan Third Division junked his Objection and allowed prosecution witness Atty. Ryan P. Medrano, Director IV of the Field Investigation Office of the Ombudsman, to use his Judicial Affidavit. Former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Enrile is facing one plunder and 15 graft charges because of the reported misuse of his priority development assistance fund (PDAF), which he allegedly endorsed to the bogus non-government organizations (NGOs) owned by Janet Lim Napoles in exchange for kickbacks. For Enrile’s plunder case, the Office of the Special Prosecutor submitted the Judicial Affidavit of Atty. Medrano dated February 12, which Enrile filed an Objection to. ....