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Court ruling needed Are allowances tax-free?
A court ruling is needed to settle the question of whether prosecutors’ allowances from local government units (LGUs) should be tax-free. Regional State Prosecutor Fernando Gubalane, who insists the allowances are tax-free, yesterday said he may seek declaratory relief in court after the Commission on Audit (COA) suspended their allowances from the Mandaue City government. […]
Justice Secretary Let’s avoid conflict of interest
March 27, 2012
JUSTICE Secretary Leila de Lima is wary about allowances given by local governments. “I always have reservations about that. I saw that most of our local prosecutor’s offices are receiving allowances from LGUs. I feel that that’s not an ideal situation, and in fact it’s questionable,” said De Lima in an interview with Cebu reporters […]
No income tax paid for P6.46M in honoraria from Mandaue city gov’t, says auditors
March 27, 2012
The taxman has come for them. Auditors discovered that judges, prosecutors and court employees in Mandaue City receive honoraria from the local government without deduction for income tax. The same practice may be happening in other courts in Cebu province. A total of P6.5 million in allowances was received tax-free by these national government employees […]
Fiscal seeks P800 hike in travel allowance
March 26, 2012
Prosecutor Mary Ann Castro has asked the Talisay City Council to pass a resolution increasing the travel allowance of prosecutors attending cases to Talisay City. In a letter dated March 23, Castro wrote the council asking an P800 increase from the original allowance of P200. Castro is detailed as prosecutor of the office of Talisay […]
Judge assigned in Cagayan de Oro as new CA justice
February 25, 2012
THE judge who convicted nine foreigners and two Filipinos in the 2004 shabu mega lab case in Mandaue City will hold office in Cagayan de Oro for her new post. Judge Marilyn Lagura-Yap was sworn into office yesterday as an associate justice of the Court of Appeals 23rd division. With her four children as […]
DEATH THREAT
February 11, 2012
Judge asks NBI to verify threat letter from ‘Ka Jerry’ He’s not one to discuss cases outside the court, much less grant media interviews. But yesterday Judge Raphael Yrastorza of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 14 in Cebu City made an exception and confirmed that he received a written death threat last […]
JUDGE BACKS OUT: City Hall stipend ties his hands in Rallos land case
November 18, 2011
Eventually, it’s difficult to bite the hand that feeds. A judge has decided to let go of handling the long-running land dispute between the Rallos heirs and the Cebu City government over a P133-million money claim that City Hall refuses to pay. In a one-page order, Regional Trial Court (RTC) Judge James Stewart […]
March 27, 2012
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