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                    [Title] => SC revives P9.6-B suit vs 12  Marcos cronies
                    [Summary] => Former senator Juan Ponce Enrile, businessman Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco, Zamboanga City Mayor Ma. Clara Lobregat and nine other Marcos associates will again face a P9.6-billion graft case linked to the controversial coco levy funds.


Yesterday, the Supreme Court reversed a decision of former Ombudsman Aniano Desierto, who dismissed the case in 1997.

Accused with Enrile, Cojuangco and Lobregat are Rolando de la Cuesta, Jose Mendoza, Emmanuel Alameda, Hermenegildo Zayco, Amado Mamuric, Douglas Lu Ym, Jaime Gandiaga, Narciso Pineda, and Danilo Ursua.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 87983 [Title] => 'LAMP won't use coco levy for polls' [Summary] =>

A Cabinet member denied yesterday reports that the government is intentionally delaying the release of the P50-billion coconut levy fund so that it could be used as a campaign kitty of administration bets in next year's elections.

Agrarian Reform Secretary Horacio Morales said such reports are mere speculation.

Morales, who is also being eyed by President Estrada to be the vice chairman of a proposed coco trust fund, said an executive order releasing the levy to the farmers was supposed to be signed on April 19.

But it was postponed on request of a multisectoral task forc [DatePublished] => 2000-05-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 95246 [Title] => Estrada vows to give back coco levy fund to coconut farmers [Summary] =>

President Estrada promised coconut farmers yesterday that the government will pay back every centavo it has collected from them. However, the President stressed that the money will be pooled to form a trust fund for the rehabilitation of the coconut industry.

The money will start coming in after Mr. Estrada signs a law that would allow farmers to get back at least 27 percent of the 47 percent government-confiscated shares of San Miguel Corp. (SMC). [DatePublished] => 2000-03-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 95181 [Title] => Estrada to consult Danding on coco levy [Summary] =>

Twelve years and then some.

Coconut farmers aching for the release of the P50-billion coconut levy fund will have to wait a while.

President Estrada wants to consult first with businessman Eduardo "Dan-ding" Cojuangco and Zamboanga City Mayor Ma. Clara Lobregat before he signs an executive order that will lift the sequestration of some P50 billion in coconut levy funds.

Mr. [DatePublished] => 2000-03-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

COJUANGCO AND LOBREGAT
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                    [Title] => SC revives P9.6-B suit vs 12  Marcos cronies
                    [Summary] => Former senator Juan Ponce Enrile, businessman Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco, Zamboanga City Mayor Ma. Clara Lobregat and nine other Marcos associates will again face a P9.6-billion graft case linked to the controversial coco levy funds.


Yesterday, the Supreme Court reversed a decision of former Ombudsman Aniano Desierto, who dismissed the case in 1997.

Accused with Enrile, Cojuangco and Lobregat are Rolando de la Cuesta, Jose Mendoza, Emmanuel Alameda, Hermenegildo Zayco, Amado Mamuric, Douglas Lu Ym, Jaime Gandiaga, Narciso Pineda, and Danilo Ursua.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 87983 [Title] => 'LAMP won't use coco levy for polls' [Summary] =>

A Cabinet member denied yesterday reports that the government is intentionally delaying the release of the P50-billion coconut levy fund so that it could be used as a campaign kitty of administration bets in next year's elections.

Agrarian Reform Secretary Horacio Morales said such reports are mere speculation.

Morales, who is also being eyed by President Estrada to be the vice chairman of a proposed coco trust fund, said an executive order releasing the levy to the farmers was supposed to be signed on April 19.

But it was postponed on request of a multisectoral task forc [DatePublished] => 2000-05-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 95246 [Title] => Estrada vows to give back coco levy fund to coconut farmers [Summary] =>

President Estrada promised coconut farmers yesterday that the government will pay back every centavo it has collected from them. However, the President stressed that the money will be pooled to form a trust fund for the rehabilitation of the coconut industry.

The money will start coming in after Mr. Estrada signs a law that would allow farmers to get back at least 27 percent of the 47 percent government-confiscated shares of San Miguel Corp. (SMC). [DatePublished] => 2000-03-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 95181 [Title] => Estrada to consult Danding on coco levy [Summary] =>

Twelve years and then some.

Coconut farmers aching for the release of the P50-billion coconut levy fund will have to wait a while.

President Estrada wants to consult first with businessman Eduardo "Dan-ding" Cojuangco and Zamboanga City Mayor Ma. Clara Lobregat before he signs an executive order that will lift the sequestration of some P50 billion in coconut levy funds.

Mr. [DatePublished] => 2000-03-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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