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DOF seeks quick action on tax evasion cases
MANILA—The Department of Finance is pushing for quicker action on cases against alleged tax evaders, smugglers and erring government employees as the department vowed to go for a more aggressive anticorruption campaign. In a statement, Internal Revenue Commissioner Kim Henares said the bureau’s Run Against Tax Evaders (RATE) would now focus on self-employed professionals, specifically […]
More unpaid bills: Travel agency, food caterers, others seek payment
January 5, 2013
Anxious to get paid, more suppliers went to see Acting Gov. Agnes Magpale yesterday to present their bills for services rendered before she took over last Dec. 19. They include a travel agency which said the Province of Cebu owed P1.5 million for local and foreign trips, and a food caterer with unpaid catering bills […]
Spur discussions on future, ex-leader urges PH media
November 26, 2012
TAGAYTAY CITY— Former Polish President Lech Walesa, who led his country in its transition from communist rule to democracy, called on the Filipino media, on Sunday, to help shape the future of the Philippines. The role of the media today is to “provoke discussions on how this new era will evolve,” according to Walesa, a […]
With graft case pending, what’s Naga project really for, asks vice gov
November 23, 2012
We didn’t visit the Balili property to steal goats.” So said Vice Gov. Agnes Magpale about her surprise visit to the province-owned Balili lot in Naga which is the subject of a graft case filed in the Sandiganbayan against Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia and seven others. Magpale said she wanted to know why P27 million was […]
Group wants Cebu City gov’t scholarship investigated
August 31, 2012
The anti-corruption group Dilaab finds disturbing reports that a school owned by a city councilor of Cebu City is cornering a big chunk of the city’s college scholarship fund. Dilaab Movement convenor Fr. Carmelo Diola said if this is true, “the issue is one of delicadeza if not downright misuse of funds meant for poor […]
Gwen moves to stop Sandiganbayan trial
July 28, 2012
The legal team of Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia is challenging the decision and jurisdiction of the Ombudsman in the graft charges filed against the governor in connection with the 2008 purchase of land in the Balili Estate which turned out to be mosty under water. Her daughter, lawyer Cristina Codilla-Frasco filed a motion for reconsideration […]
Balili kin, Bolo post bail, says Capitol lot purchase ‘legal’
July 24, 2012
Though all of 84 years old, Amparo Balili still managed to walk through the doors of the Palace of Justice to post bail on charges filed against her in relation to the 2008 Balili property purchase. Balili, along with former board member Juan Bolo and lawyer Romeo Balili, each posted a P30,000 bail pending trial […]
POLL: As the ‘boss’ of P-Noy, how do you assess the state of the nation after his two years in office?
July 23, 2012
Ombud says no plunder, only graft raps for Gwen
July 22, 2012
CEBU Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia and other officials couldn’t face plunder charges despite spending P98.9 million in Capitol funds to purchase the controversial Balili beach property in Naga City, the Ombudsman-Visayas said. Pelagio Apostol, Deputy Ombudsman for the Visayas, said Garcia and the other officials could be charged with plunder if they accumulated wealth of at […]
No hand in Gwen’s graft charges—Durano, Bakud party
July 22, 2012
SENATE aspirant JV Ejercito has earned the wrath of the Durano clan after saying that graft charges against Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia were “possibly one of the conditions imposed by the Duranos during their signing of an alliance with the Liberal Party.” The Bakud party led by Rep. Ramon “Red” Durano VI yesterday rejected Ejercito’s statement […]
January 7, 2013
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