IBP, fishers withdraw kalikasan plea over SolGen’s fouling up of case

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 10:53:32 +0000

IBP, fishers withdraw kalikasan plea over SolGen's fouling up of case

The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) and fisherfolk have decided to withdraw the writ of kalikasan petition for the protection of the West Philippine Sea.

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Calida: ISIS eyeing Mindanao as Asian base

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:11:42 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has chosen Mindanao as its “epicenter” on its plan to establish control in East Asia, Solicitor General Jose Calida told the Supreme Court Tuesday. 

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Duterte blames Gazmin for flaws in Trillanes’ amnesty papers

Duterte blames Gazmin for flaws in Trillanes' amnesty papers

President Duterte said Saturday the flaw surrounding the  amnesty given to his critic Senator Antonio Trillanes IV was traced to former Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, who himself recommended and approved the amnesty for the mutineer, a sole duty he described only of the President under the country’s Constitution.

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SolGen behind request for Trillanes amnesty form–Defense exec

THE Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) requested Sen. Antonio Trillanes 4th’s amnesty application from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Department of National Defense (DND) said on Wednesday. Patrick Rubin, the DND chief for internal audit service, said the OSG contacted the AFP deputy chief of staff for personnel (J1), which keeps the […]

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Calida asks SC to junk quo warranto case vs Duterte

Solicitor General Jose Calida has asked the Supreme Court to dismiss the quo warranto petition filed by suspended lawyer Elly Pamatong against President Rodrigo Duterte.

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Duterte defends decision to allow Calida to keep his post

President Rodrigo Duterte defended his decision to keep Solicitor General Jose Calida, despite accusations that there was conflict of interest in his family-owned security firm bagging multi-million-peso contracts with various government agencies.

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