SC: CA presiding justice should retire

First posted 16:44:37 (Mla time) October 17, 2008 Tetch Torres INQUIRER.net   MANILA, Philippines — Court of Appeals Presiding Justice Conrado Vazquez should retire, said a Supreme Court justice who wrote a separate opinion that was attached to the high tribunal ruling on the bribery issue involving four appellate court justices. “Accordingly, the writer of [...]

SC upholds ruling vs CA justices, trader

First posted 15:45:10 (Mla time) October 15, 2008 Tetch Torres INQUIRER.net   MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE) The Supreme Court stood pat on the penalty it imposed against the Court of Appeals justices and a businessman who were linked to the controversy surrounding the case filed by the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) against the Government Service [...]

SC dismisses CA justice in bribery case

4 others penalized By Leila Salaverria, Tetch Torres INQUIRER.net, Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 12:03:00 09/09/2008 MANILA, Philippines — (UPDATE 4) The Supreme Court has dismissed an associate justice for violating the Code of Judicial Conduct and penalized four others in the bribery controversy at the Court of Appeals. In a 58-page per curiam decision, [...]

PCGG chief links Mike Arroyo lawyer to CA row

By Tetch Torres INQUIRER.net First Posted 11:06:00 08/26/2008 MANILA, Philippines — Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) Chairman Camilo Sabio has revealed that the lawyer for First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo had asked for his help in connection with the case filed by the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) against the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS). [...]

CA justice in bribe mess found guilty in another case

First posted 12:49:54 (Mla time) August 20, 2008 Tetch Torres INQUIRER.net   MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE) The Supreme Court found Court of Appeals Associate Justice Vicente Roxas administratively guilty of violating the Rules of Court and the New Code of Judicial Conduct in the Philippine Judiciary. Roxas is one of the justices embroiled in a [...]

CA justice in bribe allegations get scolding from SC probers

First posted 17:37:19 (Mla time) August 19, 2008 Tetch Torres INQUIRER.net   MANILA, Philippines — A Court of Appeals justice embroiled in bribery allegations was berated anew by the Supreme Court panel investigating the issue over his supposed questionable actions against fellow justices. Retired high court Associate Justice Flerida Ruth Romero said that appellate court [...]

2 CA justices face off at SC bribery probe

First posted 17:11:16 (Mla time) August 14, 2008 Tetch Torres INQUIRER.net   MANILA, Philippines — The rift among justices of the Court of Appeals deepened Thursday as two of the protagonists in the controversy involving bribery faced each other at the resumption of the investigation by a Supreme Court panel. It was Associate Justice Vicente [...]

Chief CA bribe scandal prober: Court records ‘a mess’

First posted 15:06:57 (Mla time) August 13, 2008 Tetch Torres INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — The retired Supreme Court justice who chairs the panel tasked to investigate the alleged bribery within the Court of Appeals took the appellate court to task, saying its records are “a mess.” “The Court of Appeals records [are] a mess,” retired [...]

GSIS asks SC to void CA junking of SEC CDO vs Meralco

First posted 18:51:41 (Mla time) August 13, 2008 Tetch Torres INQUIRER.net   MANILA, Philippines — The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) asked the Supreme Court to nullify the “suspicious” decision of the Court of Appeals’ 8th division voiding the Securities and Exchange Commission’s cease and desist order (CDO) against the Manila Electric Company (Meralco). In [...]