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                    [Title] => QC prosecutor inhibits self from ‘Garci’ case
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A Quezon City assistant prosecutor has inhibited himself from conducting the preliminary investigation on the controversial passport case of former election commissioner Virgilio Garcillano.


Assistant Prosecutor Perfecto Lawrence Chua-Cheng withdrew from handling the case yesterday after lawmakers filed an 11-page joint motion for inhibition before the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office, radio station dzMM reported yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1650428 [AuthorName] => Perseus Echeminada [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 287479 [Title] => Comelec lacks evidence vs Garcillano — Abalos [Summary] => Former election commissioner Virgilio Garcillano has not yet been investigated by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) because of the lack of "admissible" evidence.

Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos said even if they could obtain a copy of the original recordings detailing an alleged wiretapped phone conversation between Garcillano and President Arroyo, the tapes could not be used as evidence.

"An evidence illegally sourced cannot be used as evidence," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 281674 [Title] => Authenticate the tapes [Summary] => A story circulating in the intelligence community is that during the election period last year, the administration itself had allegedly given government spooks the go-signal to place certain personalities under electronic surveillance. This is not unusual in this country, and previous administrations should not pretend that they never engaged in this kind of snooping.
[DatePublished] => 2005-06-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => QC prosecutor inhibits self from ‘Garci’ case
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A Quezon City assistant prosecutor has inhibited himself from conducting the preliminary investigation on the controversial passport case of former election commissioner Virgilio Garcillano.


Assistant Prosecutor Perfecto Lawrence Chua-Cheng withdrew from handling the case yesterday after lawmakers filed an 11-page joint motion for inhibition before the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office, radio station dzMM reported yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1650428 [AuthorName] => Perseus Echeminada [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 287479 [Title] => Comelec lacks evidence vs Garcillano — Abalos [Summary] => Former election commissioner Virgilio Garcillano has not yet been investigated by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) because of the lack of "admissible" evidence.

Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos said even if they could obtain a copy of the original recordings detailing an alleged wiretapped phone conversation between Garcillano and President Arroyo, the tapes could not be used as evidence.

"An evidence illegally sourced cannot be used as evidence," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 281674 [Title] => Authenticate the tapes [Summary] => A story circulating in the intelligence community is that during the election period last year, the administration itself had allegedly given government spooks the go-signal to place certain personalities under electronic surveillance. This is not unusual in this country, and previous administrations should not pretend that they never engaged in this kind of snooping.
[DatePublished] => 2005-06-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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