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                    [ArticleID] => 546685
                    [Title] => 2 mahistrado humabol sa Supreme Court nomination
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Dalawa pang mahis­trado ng Korte Suprema ang humabol para mag-aplay sa babakantehing po­sisyon ni Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice Rey­nato Puno na mag­ re­retiro sa darating na May 17.

[DatePublished] => 2010-02-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 291296 [Title] => Erap wants to attend Mike Velarde’s birthday [Summary] => Detained President Joseph Estrada asked the Sandiganbayan yesterday to grant him a furlough on Aug. 20 to undergo a medical checkup at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan and also to attend the birthday Mass of El Shaddai leader Bro. Mike Velarde.

Jay Flaminiano, a member of the defense team, said Estrada was "invited" by Bro. Mike to attend the religious group’s regular Saturday Mass at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila’s Rizal Park where the birthday of Velarde and El Shaddai’s anniversary will be celebrated.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 281021 [Title] => Erap daughter’s plea for Bible study in Tanay nixed [Summary] => Government prosecutors opposed yesterday the request of one of the daughters of former President Joseph Estrada to hold a weekly Bible study in his 15-hectare resthouse in Tanay, Rizal, where he has been detained since July last year.

In a seven-page comment, chief special prosecutor Dennis Villa Ignacio said the request of Teresa "Techie" Ejercito should be denied, arguing that this would set a bad precedent among other members of Estrada’s families and his friends who would also want to visit him.
[DatePublished] => 2005-06-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 279036 [Title] => Chavit’s ‘P130 million’ tale reenacted today [Summary] => Former President Joseph Estrada’s corruption trial will be held today at the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) — not outside his residence as requested by defense lawyers.

Defense attorneys will try to disprove prosecution allegations that P130 million in bribe money was once delivered to Estrada at his Greenhills, San Juan home just months after he assumed office in 1998.

Today’s demonstration is being held at the BSP so that real money can be used.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 278522 [Title] => Erap lawyer mulls contempt raps vs DOJ chief [Summary] => A lawyer for former President Joseph Estrada is considering the filing of contempt charges against Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez for virtually calling former chief justice Andres Narvasa a liar after he testified that President Arroyo wanted Estrada to go into exile after his 2001 ouster.

Lead defense lawyer Rene Saguisag informed the Sandiganbayan’s three-member special division they might take legal action against Gonzalez, who called Narvasa’s testimony on Wednesday a "concoction."
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 276994 [Title] => Erap lawyers spring surprise, call chief prosecutor a ‘hostile witness’ [Summary] => Ever heard of a prosecutor testifying as a witness for the defense in a trial he’s prosecuting?

Defense lawyers in former President Joseph Estrada’s trial yesterday sprang a surprise by calling the lead prosecutor, Dennis Villa Ignacio, as their next witness in an effort to prove there was "selective prosecution."

But the court stopped them from proceeding, saying they should press charges instead of using the trial for this purpose.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 276621 [Title] => Erap’s lawyers want inspection of San Juan residence [Summary] => Former President Joseph Estrada’s lawyers have asked the Sandiganbayan yesterday for an inspection of Estrada’s Greenhills, San Juan residence in an attempt to debunk allegations that he received bribes from illegal gambling operators during his aborted presidency.

Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis Singson, the prosecution’s main witness, had testified that he and Estrada associate Charlie Ang once delivered P130 million in cash to Estrada’s residence in August 1998, just months after Estrada assumed office.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 276465 [Title] => Anti-terror task force exec to be probed [Summary] => An undersecretary of the Department of National Defense (DND) now faces investigation following reports that one of the 11 textile firms owned by Faustino Chingkoe, the prime suspect in a multibillion-peso tax scam, is registered under his name, that of his driver and an oil company executive who is also a respondent in the tax credit scam.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 270441 [Title] => Lim clears Erap in ambush attempt on Chavit [Summary] => Testifying at Joseph Estrada’s corruption trial yesterday, Sen. Alfredo Lim told the court that the former president had denied any involvement in a purported assassination attempt on Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis "Chavit" Singson.

That incident prompted Singson in late 2000 to go to the media and publicly accuse Estrada of running an illegal gambling protection racket, among other accusations, triggering the former actor’s downfall.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 269557 [Title] => Ex-Pagcor chief clears Erap on Bingo-2 Ball [Summary] => A defense witness in Joseph Estrada’s corruption trial said yesterday the former president did not have anything to do with a short-lived gambling venture by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) that was seen as a legalized version of jueteng.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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