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[Title] => No case against me, Desierto foe says
[Summary] => Lawyer Ernesto Francisco Jr. denied yesterday that there was any criminal case filed against him as claimed by the leader of anti-corruption group Bantay-bayan Foundation.
"There is no criminal case filed or pending against my person... I am not aware of any criminal case that has been filed or is pending against me," Francisco wrote The STAR in denying the claims of Willy Calma, head of the Bantay-bayan.
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In a one-page manifesto, Willy Calma, president of the Bantay-bayan Foundation, a corruption prevention group with 200,000 members nationwide, denounced Francisco for allegedly being "devoid of credibility because he himself is saddled with a number of criminal cases."
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February 11, 2002 - 12:00am
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The House prosecution panel no longer sees the need to call to the witness stand Col. Raymund Lachica, saying it has already established the alleged misuse of confidential funds and traced the accountability to Vice President Sara Duterte.
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hree months after the incident, the Department of Justice has started its preliminary investigation into the shooting that erupted at the Senate complex, which supposedly facilitated the escape of Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa on May 14. Dela Rosa is facing an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court on charges of crimes against humanity committed during the Duterte administration’s war on drugs.
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As the Senate impeachment court continues its long drawn-out proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte, the daily spectacle of line-item audits and heated legal sparring has dimmed a simpler, darker reality. The trial of the second highest official in the land is not merely an inquiry into liquidations and operational receipts; it is the ultimate stress test for the country’s vulnerable democratic institutions.
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