The arrest warrants against former Palawan Gov. Joel Reyes and his brother for the killing of broadcaster and environmental activist Gerry Ortega will stay as the Court of Appeals ruling invalidating the findings of a justice department investigation panel is not yet final, according to presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda.
The Court of Appeals allowed the extradition of a former Filipino priest to the United States who is facing a case of sexually molesting two minors from 1995 to 1998.
The Court of Appeals affirmed the decision of the London court ordering the Philippine International Air Terminals Company Inc. (Piatco) to pay US$172-Million of its contractual obligations to Takenaka Corporation and Asahikosan Corp. of Japan, the principal builder and main supplier of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3.
Which is which? Earlier this month, the Court of Appeals declared the closure of Banco Filipino (BF) illegal and ordered the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to reopen Banco Filipino Savings and Mortgage Bank and give it a P25-billion financial rehabilitation package.
The Court of Appeals has extended the freeze order on the bank accounts of a Filipino medical supplier allegedly involved in wire fraud and money laundering in Guam.
The Court of Appeals upheld its March, 2011 decision dismissing ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation’s motion for the dismissal of ABC Development Corporation’s (TV5) petition for certiorari (review), and prohibition in connection with the program Willing Willie which, ABS-CBN claimed, was “confusingly similar” to its former program, “Wowowee.”
The Court of Appeals has ruled out foul play in last year’s death of a man who worked as interpreter for American troops participating in the US-Philippine Balikatan exercises inside a military camp in Marawi City.
