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                    [ArticleID] => 1519293
                    [Title] => EDITORIAL - Waiting for resolution
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Four elections and 11 years later, indictments are still being brought against former and incumbent public officials suspected of involvement in the misuse of P728 million in fertilizer funds.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-06 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/opinion/20151107/startoon.gif ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1387133 [Title] => Binay et al. warned on ill-gotten wealth [Summary] =>

BELOW are excerpts from a letter to Vice President Jojo Binay written by Francisco Wenceslao, president of the Philippine Anticorruption Movement USA, Inc. (Pamusa):

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135304 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804858 [AuthorName] => Federico D. Pascual Jr. [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1366313 [Title] => Ex-agri chief asks Sandigan to dismiss plunder case [Summary] =>

Former Agriculture Secretary Luis Ramon “Cito” Lorenzo Jr. has asked the Sandiganbayan to dismiss the plunder case against him in connection with the P728-million fertilizer fund scam.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1673868 [AuthorName] => Reinir Padua [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1365585 [Title] => Sandigan asked to reconsider ruling, order arrest of Bolante [Summary] =>

Arguing that proof of ill-gotten wealth is not necessarily needed in a case of plunder, ombudsman prosecutors asked the Sandiganbayan yesterday to reconsider its decision finding no probable cause to indict former agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn “Jocjoc” Bolante for plunder.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1362975 [Title] => Ombudsman vows to strengthen case vs ex-DA chief, Jocjoc [Summary] =>

Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales said yesterday her office would strengthen the plunder case it filed against former Agriculture Secretary Luis “Cito” Lorenzo and his undersecretary Jocelyn “Jocjoc” Bolante.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1362587 [Title] => Fertilizer scam: No cause for plunder vs Jocjoc, Cito [Summary] =>

The Sandiganbayan has not found enough evidence to proceed with the charge of plunder against former Department of Agriculture (DA) secretary Luis “Cito” Lorenzo and undersecretary Jocelyn “Jocjoc” Bolante for their alleged involvement in the P728-million fertilizer fund scam.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140828/sandigangbayan-GEN4.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1326197 [Title] => GMA bakit inabsuwelto sa fertilizer fund scam? [Summary] =>

“WALANG hinayag ang complainant na dokumento o testimonya na direktang nagsasangkot kay Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.” ‘

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135482 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1324652 [Title] => Noynoy did not receive fertilizer funds – papers [Summary] =>

Meanwhile, critics trace Ombudsman’s exoneration of GMA to wrong internal rules.

 

 

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1324021 [Title] => Abad on the fertilizer scam [Summary] =>

I am writing to you in response to Mr. Jarius Bondoc’s opinion piece “Noynoy, Abad among 2004 fertilizer scam recipients; GMA exonerated,” which was published in The Philippine STAR today (May 16).

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Letters to the Editor [SectionUrl] => letters-to-the-editor [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1323595 [Title] => Noynoy, Abad among 2004 fertilizer scam recipients; GMA exonerated [Summary] =>

Supposedly the complainant — now deceased — cited no direct link of Arroyo to the P728-million plunder. Will the same then exculpate the partaking congressmen and governors?

 

 

 

 

 

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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