+ Follow FREEDOM RING Tag
FREEDOM RING
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[Title] => Sandigan remands Doy’s graft case to Ombudsman
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The Sandiganbayan remanded to the Office of the Ombudsman yesterday the graft case against former Vice President Salvador "Doy" Laurel in connection with the alleged multibillion-peso Expo Pilipino scam.
The anti-graft court’s fifth division said government prosecutors "deprived" Laurel, former chairman of the National Centennial Commission, of his right to file an appeal because he was only given a copy of their decision on the same day he was indicted.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-21 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla
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[ArticleID] => 201931
[Title] => Laurel’s arraignment set April 28
[Summary] => The Sandiganbayan’s fifth division has set the arraignment of former Vice President Salvador "Doy" Laurel on April 28 for graft charges filed against him by the Office of the Ombudsman in connection with the alleged Expo Pilipino scam in 1998.
Laurel, former head of the National Centennial Commission (NCC), is expected to enter a plea of not guilty.
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-08 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 199933
[Title] => Ex-VP Laurel kinasuhan ng graft
[Summary] => Dahil sa katiwaliang naganap umano sa bidding ng Freedom Ring sa Clark Expo-Filipino, sinampahan kahapon ng kasong katiwalian ng Ombudsman sa Sandiganbayan si dating Vice President Salvador "Doy" Laurel.
Sa apat na pahinang kasong inihain ng anti-graft body, kinasuhan si Laurel ng graft dahil sa hindi nito pagpapadaan sa bidding sa pagpapagawa ng naturang kontrobersiyal na Freedom Ring.
Nabatid na itinaas ni Laurel ang halaga ng pagpapagawa ng Freedom Ring mula P248 milyon sa P1.165 bilyon ng walang pondo mula sa gobyerno.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-22 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 197441
[Title] => ‘Expo a meaningful legacy’
[Summary] => CLARK FIELD, Pampanga — Returning to the controversial Expo Pilipino for the first time last Friday since he ordered it built during his presidency, former President Fidel Ramos hailed the project as "probably the only meaningful legacy" to future generations of Filipinos.
Ordered shut down by Ramos’ successor, former President Joseph Estrada, the 60-hectare Expo Pilipino will be taken over by the Clark Development Corp. (CDC) next month in a bid to make profitable as a world-class theme park.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-03 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1804849
[AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes
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[ArticleID] => 171621
[Title] => Ombudsman set to decide on Expo charges vs Doy
[Summary] => The Office of the Ombudsman is expected to issue this month a resolution on whether to indict former Vice President Salvador "Doy" Laurel in a graft case involving the alleged overpriced construction of the Freedom Ring at Clark Field in Pampanga.
Lawyer Jose de Jesus, director of the Office of the Ombudsman’s Evaluation and Preliminary Bureau, said the case against Laurel was now ripe for resolution.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-11 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano
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[ArticleID] => 171376
[Title] => No more pleadings, Supreme Court tells Laurel
[Summary] => "No further plea—dings shall be allowed."
With this warning, the Supreme Court hammered the last nail yesterday on former Vice President Salvador Laurel’s efforts to stop the Ombudsman from indicting him for alleged anomalies in the construction of the Expo Pilipino’s P1.165-billion "Freedom Ring."
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-09 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 169294
[Title] => Desierto: Laurel plea impressed with merit
[Summary] => It is a meritocracy, after all.
Ombudsman Aniano Desierto found former Vice President Salvador Laurel’s motion to submit an "extended counter-affidavit" on the case of graft charges filed against him over the Philippine Centennial Exposition in Pampanga "impressed with merit," Laurel said yesterday.
Laurel detailed and replied to the accusations leveled against him "point by point" in his motion to file an extended counter affidavit which he filed before the Office of the Ombudsman on July 5.
[DatePublished] => 2002-07-23 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 169027
[Title] => Ombudsman gives Doy 10 days to answer Expo raps
[Summary] => The Office of the Ombudsman has given former Vice President Salvador Laurel 10 days to submit his counter-affidavit on a multimillion-peso graft case set for filing against him in connection with alleged overpricing of the Freedom Ring at Clark Field in Pampanga.
Ombudsman Aniano Desierto said they decided to delay the filing of the complaint to avoid losing it by technicality.
"But definitely, the charges will be filed in a few weeks time," Desierto said.
[DatePublished] => 2002-07-21 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 167663
[Title] => Expo scam charges set to be filed this week
[Summary] => The Office of the Ombudsman is set to file this week graft charges against former Vice President Salvador Laurel in connection with alleged overpricing in the construction of the controversial Freedom ring in Clark Field, Pampanga.
Ombudsman Aniano Desierto said the case should have been filed yesterday, but was postponed due to the suspension of work declared by Malacañang because of the floods spawned by heavy rains.
[DatePublished] => 2002-07-09 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 167085
[Title] => SC won’t junk Expo scam raps
[Summary] => The Supreme Court (SC) denied with finality yesterday the appeal of former Vice President Salvador Laurel to stop the Ombudsman from indicting him for his alleged involvement in the P9.6-billion Centennial Expo scam in 1998.
Justice Santiago Kapu-nan, the proponent of the ruling, dismissed the arguments Laurel presented before the court’s five-member first division, paving the way for the Ombudsman to file corruption charges against the former chairman of the National Centennial Commission (NCC).
[DatePublished] => 2002-07-04 00:00:00
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