Page 7 - F Any News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Supreme Court (File photo) MANILA - The Supreme Court (SC) set aside a decision of the Court of Appeals (CA) which found officials of an Iloilo town liable in a questioned bidding process. Associate Justice Amy Lazaro-Javier of the SC Second Division granted the petition of Sta. Barbara municipal engineer Noel Jaspe and municipal budget officer Ma. Negenia Araneta to dismiss the grave misconduct suit filed against them in connection with a 2006 bidding due the "forced misapplication" of the law. Jaspe was the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) vice chair while Araneta was a member durin...

HIGH-PROFILE SUSPECT. Lawyers and security men escort Julian Ongpin (center, in dark eyeglasses) out of the Prosecution Building of the Department of Justice in Manila on Friday (Oct. 1, 2021). Ongpin, who was caught with 12.6 grams of cocaine and tested positive for drug use in La Union on September 18, and the police who handled the case submitted their affidavits. (PNA photo by Ben Pulta) MANILA - The preliminary investigation into the high-profile illegal drug case slapped on Julian Ongpin, son of billionaire Roberto Ongpin, began on Friday. In an update sent to the media, the office of Pr...