Sandigan approves Estrada release

 
By Tetch TorresINQUIRER.net
Last updated 05:35pm (Mla time) 10/26/2007
 
MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan anti-graft court has approved the release of convicted former president Joseph Estrada but at the same time issued a writ of execution for the forfeiture of his bank accounts and properties.
The two-page Sandiganbayan order was issued after an almost 30-minute deliberation by the [...]

SC junks transsexual’s plea for gender, name change

First posted 18:49:36 (Mla time) October 22, 2007
Tetch Torres
INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines — To prevent complications with existing laws, the Supreme Court dismissed the petition of a transsexual for his name and gender to be changed in his birth certificate, to allow him to marry his American fiancé.
In a 22-page decision, [...]

Pablo Neruda

If You Forget Me
I want you to know
one thing.
You know how this is:
if I look
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of the slow autumn at my window,
if I touch
near the fire
the impalpable ash
or the wrinkled body of the log,
everything carries me to you,
as if everything that exists,
aromas, light, metals,
were little boats
that sail
toward those isles [...]

Albus Dumbledore is Gay!!!!

Oh my god, i can’t believe it!!! J.K. Rowling revealed that Albus Dumbledore, the greatest wizard ever, is GAY!!!! and he’s in love with Gellert Grindelwald…
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Dumbledore is in love

a PuNcHLiNe CaLLed LiFe

 

Finally, another semester has ended. For a brief moment, I could heave a sigh of relief for I would be free from recitations, quizzes and most of all professors from hell. 
This semester has been quite a struggle for me. I have juggled with a lot of problems at work, school, health, [...]

Excise tax on alcohol and tobacco upheld inside Subic

By Tetch Torres
INQUIRER.net
Last updated 06:32pm (Mla time) 10/18/2007
 
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court upheld the government’s right to collect excise tax on alcohol and tobacco products from business establishments inside the Subic Special Economic and Freeport Zone.
In a 25-page decision through Associate Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales, the high court ruled in favor of the petitioners Department [...]

High Court favors Meralco in P107M overpayment tax case

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Last updated 05:42pm (Mla time) 10/16/2007
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court ordered the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to pay the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) more than P107 million representing overpaid income taxes for 1987 and 1988.
In its 11-page decision, the high court’s second division through Associate Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales said [...]

SC orders re-arrest of widow of slain OGCC chief

By Tetch Torres
INQUIRER.net
Last updated 03:48pm (Mla time) 10/16/2007
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court ordered the cancellation of bail and re-arrest of the widow of murdered Office of the Government Corporate Counsel chief Jun Valerio.
In its 12-page decision, the high court’s second division said the Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC) erred [...]

Supreme Court junks Cuenca bid to recover UHC interests

By Tetch Torres
INQUIRER.net
Last updated 06:45pm (Mla time) 10/15/2007
 
MANILA, Philippines — A former crony of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos failed to regain control of his companies sequestered by the Presidential Commission on Good Government.
In a 19-page decision, the high court’s Second Division dismissed for lack of merit the petition filed by businessman Rodolfo M. Cuenca [...]

(UPDATE) Widow wins 32-year battle with Malacañang

First posted 21:56:42 (Mla time) October 08, 2007
Tetch Torres
INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court has ordered the Office of the President to hand back a 4,924.60-square-meter portion of the Palace compound to a 90-year-old widow and pay her about P8 million in fees.
In an 18-page decision, the high court affirmed the 2003 ruling of [...]