By Tetch Torres INQUIRER.net First Posted 15:32:00 07/31/2009 MANILA, Philippines — Senator Panfilo Lacson was a no-show at the preliminary investigation of the Department of Justice into the 2000 Dacer-Corbito murders. Lacson’s lawyers, Ric Fernandez, Benigno Pardo, and Winston Esguerra appeared before the investigating panel chaired by Senior State Prosecutor Peter Ong. Fernandez asked for [...]
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By Tetch Torres INQUIRER.net First Posted 15:25:00 07/30/2009 MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE) Former police colonel Glen Dumlao will affirm his handwritten affidavit linking Senator Panfilo Lacson to the 2000 Dacer-Corbito murders, one of his lawyers said. In his 2001 handwritten affidavit, Dumlao said Lacson, who used the codename “71” was part of the plot to [...]
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INQUIRER.net First Posted 18:36:00 07/30/2009 MANILA, Philippines – A watchdog group criticized Malacañang for returning the shortlist of nominees to to the Supreme Court to the Judicial Bar Council (JBC) to add more names to the list. “The President’s returning of the JBC shortlist blatantly circumvents the selection and appointments process and openly undermines the mandate [...]
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