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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.
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                    [Title] => Dante Tan not yet off the hook in BW scam — SEC
                    [Summary] => Controversial businessman Dante Tan is not yet off the hook in the BW case as there are still pending stock manipulation cases filed against him in various courts, an official of the Securities and Exchange Commission said.


"We want to correct the impression that Dante Tan is already scot-free. He is not. There are still so many cases that have been filed against him. What has been dismissed was only one of them," SEC chairperson Lilia R. Bautista told reporters yesterday.


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                    [Title] => PLDT to issue P100-M stocks
                    [Summary] => Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLTD) plans to issue and sell to subscribers P100-million worth of convertible preferred stock series "DD."


The shares, dubbed as 10 percent cumulative convertible preferred stock series DD, will be sold at P10 per share or a total of P100 million and will come from the unissued shares of the company’s authorized capital stock.


These will be sold from Jan. 1, 2003 to Dec. 31, 2003 under PLDT’s subscriber investment plan (SIP) which was established to implement Presidential Decree 217.


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                    [Title] => BW suspects arraigned May 8
                    [Summary] => Seven of the co-accused of businessman Dante Tan will be arraigned on May 8 at the Pasig City court on charges that they violated some provisions of the Revised Securities Act in connection with the 1999 BW stock manipulation scam.


Assistant Chief State Prosecutor Nilo Mariano said Raul de Castro, Federico Galang, Emmanuel Go, Jimmy and Mario Juan, Hermogenes Ladarran and Edgardo Lim Jr. will be arraigned on May 8 at 8:30 am before the sala of Judge Amelia Fabros.


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                    [Title] => SEC charges vs Wincorp junked
                    [Summary] => The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has suffered a setback in pursuing its case against Westmont Investment Corp. (Wincorp) as the Department of Justice (DOJ) dismissed the charges "for lack of merit."


In a 22-page resolution issued last July 3 – but which was only received by the SEC on July 31 – the three-man DOJ investigating panel junked the SEC’s motion to charge Wincorp officials with criminal and civil liabilities for allegedly violating certain provisions of the Securities Regulation Code.


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                    [Title] => Tan denies giving documents to missing PR man
                    [Summary] => Presidential friend and BW Resources chairman Dante Tan admitted yesterday he had hired the services of missing publicist Salvador "Bubby" Dacer" but denied giving him important documents that may have led to his abduction late last year.


At the same time, Tan expressed full confidence he would be vindicated by a fair and unbiased trial of the stock manipulation case filed against him.


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                    [Title] => Dante Tan, kinasuhan na ng DOJ
                    [Summary] => Pormal nang sinampahan ng Department of Justice ng tatlong bilang ng kasong kriminal dahil sa paglabag sa Revised Securities Act ang negosyanteng si Dante Tan na naging sanhi umano ng biglaang pagtaas ng stock price ng BW Resources noong nakaraang taon.


Ang tatlong bilang ng kasong kriminal na kinakaharap ni Tan ay isinampa ng DOJ prosecutors sa pamumuno ni Assistant Chief State Prosecutor Nilo C. Mariano sa Pasig Regional Trial Court makaraang aprubahan ito ni Chief State Prosecutor Jovencito Zuño.


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                    [Title] => SEC poises criminal raps against Wincorp officials
                    [Summary] => The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has started preparing criminal charges against officials of Wincorp Investment Corp. (Wincorp) for violations of the Securities Code.


According to lawyer Emilio Aquino, the SEC’s Prosecution and Enforcement Department (PED) has expanded its investigative report on Wincorp to include the violation of the provisions of Section 29 (a-1) and (a-2) which have denominated as antifraud provisions of the Revised Securities Act (RSA).


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                    [Title] => SEC seeks more powers over board members of private corporations
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will press for similar powers now
assigned to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) under the newly enacted
General Banking Act (GBA).

At the same time, the SEC said companies should adopt a code of corporate
governance for members of their board of directors to ensure more responsible
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In particular, SEC chairman Lilia Bautista said the corporate watchdog wants to
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                    [Title] => SEC rejects Wincorp motion to lift CDO
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has rejected the motion of
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REVISED SECURITIES ACT

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"We want to correct the impression that Dante Tan is already scot-free. He is not. There are still so many cases that have been filed against him. What has been dismissed was only one of them," SEC chairperson Lilia R. Bautista told reporters yesterday.


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The shares, dubbed as 10 percent cumulative convertible preferred stock series DD, will be sold at P10 per share or a total of P100 million and will come from the unissued shares of the company’s authorized capital stock.


These will be sold from Jan. 1, 2003 to Dec. 31, 2003 under PLDT’s subscriber investment plan (SIP) which was established to implement Presidential Decree 217.


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Assistant Chief State Prosecutor Nilo Mariano said Raul de Castro, Federico Galang, Emmanuel Go, Jimmy and Mario Juan, Hermogenes Ladarran and Edgardo Lim Jr. will be arraigned on May 8 at 8:30 am before the sala of Judge Amelia Fabros.


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In a 22-page resolution issued last July 3 – but which was only received by the SEC on July 31 – the three-man DOJ investigating panel junked the SEC’s motion to charge Wincorp officials with criminal and civil liabilities for allegedly violating certain provisions of the Securities Regulation Code.


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                    [Title] => Tan denies giving documents to missing PR man
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At the same time, Tan expressed full confidence he would be vindicated by a fair and unbiased trial of the stock manipulation case filed against him.


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Ang tatlong bilang ng kasong kriminal na kinakaharap ni Tan ay isinampa ng DOJ prosecutors sa pamumuno ni Assistant Chief State Prosecutor Nilo C. Mariano sa Pasig Regional Trial Court makaraang aprubahan ito ni Chief State Prosecutor Jovencito Zuño.


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                    [Title] => SEC poises criminal raps against Wincorp officials
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According to lawyer Emilio Aquino, the SEC’s Prosecution and Enforcement Department (PED) has expanded its investigative report on Wincorp to include the violation of the provisions of Section 29 (a-1) and (a-2) which have denominated as antifraud provisions of the Revised Securities Act (RSA).


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General Banking Act (GBA).

At the same time, the SEC said companies should adopt a code of corporate
governance for members of their board of directors to ensure more responsible
governance.

In particular, SEC chairman Lilia Bautista said the corporate watchdog wants to
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