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[Title] => Supreme Court turns down government's appeal on Dante Tan's acquittal
[Summary] => The Supreme Court has rejected the government’s appeal of the acquittal of businessman Dante Tan in two criminal cases for violation of the Revised Securities Act on grounds that he would be placed in double jeopardy.
[DatePublished] => 2010-08-02 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Edu Punay
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[Title] => Torture
[Summary] => Salvador “Bubby” Dacer was reportedly beaten up before being garroted.
[DatePublished] => 2009-06-05 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133252
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[AuthorID] => 1807094
[AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan
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[Title] => DOJ seeks extradition of BW’s Tan
[Summary] => The Department of Justice (DOJ) said yesterday it will seek the extradition of businessman Dante Tan, who managed to flee to Australia and acquire citizenship despite his involvement in a major insider trading case that contributed to the eventual resignation of President Joseph Estrada.
Australian Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock himself said during questioning by the Australian Parliament on June 3 that Tan was given Australian citizenship after he signed a declaration that he did not have any criminal convictions and that he was not facing any criminal charges.
[DatePublished] => 2003-06-05 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1804901
[AuthorName] => Aurea Calica
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[ArticleID] => 169626
[Title] => GMA adopts hands-off policy on PLDT issue
[Summary] => In line with her policy not to meddle into purely private "boardroom brawls," President Arroyo has said the government will not be drawn into playing the role of referee in the ongoing dispute among the controlling stakeholders of the Philippine Long Distance and Telephone Co. (PLDT).
As long as no government shares or public funds are involved in corporate disputes, President Arroyo said her administration’s policy is to keep away from taking sides in such corporate feuds.
[DatePublished] => 2002-07-26 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
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[AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva1
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[Title] => Espiritu named special envoy
[Summary] => President Arroyo has designated impeachment trial witness and former Finance Secretary Edgardo Espiritu as her special envoy to multilateral and bilateral financial institutions with the rank of ambassador.
The Malacañang Press Office said Espiritu will represent the country in transactions with foreign banks "under the terms of reference to be established by the secretary of foreign affairs and the secretary of finance."
[DatePublished] => 2001-06-19 00:00:00
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[Title] => Espiritu named special envoy
[Summary] => President Arroyo has designated impeachment trial witness and former Finance Secretary Edgardo Espiritu as her special envoy to multilateral and bilateral financial institutions with the rank of ambassador.
The Malacañang Press Office said Espiritu will represent the country in transactions with foreign banks "under the terms of reference to be established by the secretary of foreign affairs and the secretary of finance."
[DatePublished] => 2001-06-19 00:00:00
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[Title] => ‘MJ’ says Estrada played key role in BW stock scam
[Summary] => Businessman Mark Jimenez has told state prosecutors that deposed President Joseph Estrada played a leading role in the country’s worst stock market scandal, Justice Secretary Hernando Perez said yesterday.
Jimenez also confirmed that he deposited checks in the account of "Jose Velarde," one of the aliases Estrada allegedly used to launder billions of pesos in protection money and kickbacks, Perez added.
But the justice chief said that the Jose Velarde accounts were only the tip of the iceberg.
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-31 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1096652
[AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla
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[Title] => ‘MJ’ to testify vs Estrada
[Summary] => Businessman Mark Jimenez, a crony of ousted President Joseph Estrada, has agreed to testify on corruption charges against the deposed president.
A well-informed source told The STAR yesterday that Jimenez met on Friday with officials of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and agreed to expose what he knows about Estrada’s alleged ill-gotten wealth.
"We have him," the source told The STAR. "(The DOJ is) getting what he knows. He will tell all."
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-29 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
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[AuthorName] => Liberty Dones
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[Title] => GMA scraps Estrada’s economic superbody
[Summary] => The Economic Coordinating Council (ECC) is now history.
President Arroyo announced Thursday night that she has decided to abolish the ECC which was formed by her disgraced predecessor Joseph Estrada to coordinate and implement economic policies.
The ECC was created through Executive Order No. 193 in January 2000, allegedly at the instance of Finance Secretary Jose Pardo who had then had just assumed the finance portfolio vice Edgardo Espiritu.
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-27 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
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[AuthorID] => 1804833
[AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva
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[Title] => EDITORIAL - Kick them all out
[Summary] => Too bad for Sen. Rene Cayetano, who still hasn’t successfully wriggled out of allegations that he and his son be-nefited unduly from trading in Best World Resources shares. The accusations were hurled by presidential friend Dante Tan, who is under investigation for alleged stock manipulation and insider trading involving BW shares. An enraged Cayetano took the Senate floor to say that President Estrada himself was behind Tan’s effort to discredit the opposition senator.
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-15 00:00:00
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January 15, 2001 - 12:00am
