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[DatePublished] => 2007-04-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 361967 [Title] => Pleyto: PAGC ruling a patent nullity [Summary] => The Aug. 29 order of the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission (PAGC) dismissing Public Works and Highways Undersecretary Salvador Pleyto from government service was a "patent nullity," his lawyer said yesterday.
"The PAGC resolution is a patent nullity for having been issued in gross disregard of Executive Order 12," former congressman Roan Libarios said, referring to the PAGC charter, where Section 2 provides that "majority of the members of the commission shall be members of the Philippine Bar."
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 361639 [Title] => Appeals court stops Palace from firing DPWH undersecretary [Summary] => The Court of Appeals stopped Malacañang yesterday from dismissing Public Works Undersecretary Salvador Pleyto, who had failed the governments lifestyle check.
In a 60-day temporary restraining order, the CA first division ordered the Office of the President to temporarily hold back enforcement of the Presidential Anti-Graft Commissions (PAGC) order of dismissal, dated Aug. 29.
"The respondents (PAGC and OP) are directed to cease and desist from implementing the assailed resolutions (firing Pleyto)," read the two-page order.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 356983 [Title] => Two Cabinet members under PAGC probe [Summary] => Two Cabinet secretaries are under investigation for alleged involvement in government procurement anomalies, the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission (PAGC) said yesterday.
PAGC chairwoman Constancia de Guzman said one of the two cases involving the two Cabinet secretaries was already assigned to a fact-finding team.
"We have finished the initial evaluation of the case and we have found prima facie (evidence). We are not digging deeper as regards the investigation," she said.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 357016 [Title] => DPWH Usec sinibak! [Summary] => Nagsimula na ang malawakang paglilinis sa Gabinete ni Pangulong Arroyo matapos sibakin sa tungkulin ang isang undersecretary habang siyam pang opisyal ang inaaasahang susunod. [DatePublished] => 2006-09-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1462010 [AuthorName] => Lilia Tolentino [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 339788 [Title] => Govt set to release P500 M for repair of Metro bridges, flyovers [Summary] => The government is set to release P500 million to ensure the safety of motorists in Metro Manila through the repair and strengthening of bridges, flyovers and similar structures.
This developed after the Road Board, which is chaired by Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane Jr., approved the release of the fund for several projects, which include seismic retrofitting, repair and strengthening of bridges and flyovers found to be damaged or in critical condition.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
[DatePublished] => 2007-04-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 361967 [Title] => Pleyto: PAGC ruling a patent nullity [Summary] => The Aug. 29 order of the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission (PAGC) dismissing Public Works and Highways Undersecretary Salvador Pleyto from government service was a "patent nullity," his lawyer said yesterday.
"The PAGC resolution is a patent nullity for having been issued in gross disregard of Executive Order 12," former congressman Roan Libarios said, referring to the PAGC charter, where Section 2 provides that "majority of the members of the commission shall be members of the Philippine Bar."
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 361639 [Title] => Appeals court stops Palace from firing DPWH undersecretary [Summary] => The Court of Appeals stopped Malacañang yesterday from dismissing Public Works Undersecretary Salvador Pleyto, who had failed the governments lifestyle check.
In a 60-day temporary restraining order, the CA first division ordered the Office of the President to temporarily hold back enforcement of the Presidential Anti-Graft Commissions (PAGC) order of dismissal, dated Aug. 29.
"The respondents (PAGC and OP) are directed to cease and desist from implementing the assailed resolutions (firing Pleyto)," read the two-page order.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 356983 [Title] => Two Cabinet members under PAGC probe [Summary] => Two Cabinet secretaries are under investigation for alleged involvement in government procurement anomalies, the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission (PAGC) said yesterday.
PAGC chairwoman Constancia de Guzman said one of the two cases involving the two Cabinet secretaries was already assigned to a fact-finding team.
"We have finished the initial evaluation of the case and we have found prima facie (evidence). We are not digging deeper as regards the investigation," she said.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 357016 [Title] => DPWH Usec sinibak! [Summary] => Nagsimula na ang malawakang paglilinis sa Gabinete ni Pangulong Arroyo matapos sibakin sa tungkulin ang isang undersecretary habang siyam pang opisyal ang inaaasahang susunod. [DatePublished] => 2006-09-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1462010 [AuthorName] => Lilia Tolentino [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 339788 [Title] => Govt set to release P500 M for repair of Metro bridges, flyovers [Summary] => The government is set to release P500 million to ensure the safety of motorists in Metro Manila through the repair and strengthening of bridges, flyovers and similar structures.
This developed after the Road Board, which is chaired by Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane Jr., approved the release of the fund for several projects, which include seismic retrofitting, repair and strengthening of bridges and flyovers found to be damaged or in critical condition.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
By Jose Rodel Clapano | October 6, 2006 - 12:00am
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