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(Eagle News)–Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon has slammed the Public Attorneys Office for creating its own forensic unit, noting that this was a “mere duplication” of units of government bodies. In a statement, Drilon said the PAO forensic laboratory had “no basis in law,” adding that only the Constitution and an act of Congress allow for a public office to be created. He added that if PAO chief Persida Acosta’s argument the creation was based […]
(Eagle News)–The Office of the Ombudsman is conducting a preliminary probe and an administrative adjudication against Public Attorneys Office chief Persida Acosta and forensics chief Erwin Erfe over corruption allegations against them. In a statement issued after at least 80 PAO lawyers denied fiing a manifestation seeking Acosta’s and Erfe’s suspension before the anti-graft body, the Ombudsman said the probe stemmed from the complaint for graft, falsification, malversation and illegal use of public funds or […]
(Eagle News)–At least 80 lawyers from the Public Attorneys Office denied issuing the manifesto that seeks the suspension of PAO chief Persida Acosta and forensic chief Erwin Erfe for alleged corruption. In an e-mailed statement to reporters, the group said the manifestation was “fabricated by someone else, unscrupulous persons who resort to shady schemes and strategies to advance their personal cause.” “We did not write the subject manifestation, nay submitted the same to the Office […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Risa Hontiveros called on Public Attorneys Office chief Persida Acosta to resign, following the measles outbreak in several parts of the country which some blamed on the hype made by the lawyer of the Dengvaxia controversy. “(Her) lies have slain children…. Her lies and hysterics contributed directly to the erosion of public trust in our vaccination programs. And because of this, 55 children have lost their lives to measles, and an outbreak now […]
(Eagle News) — “Malicious, baseless and a complete lie.” This was how Health Secretary Francisco Duque III described on Thursday, Jan. 31, Public Attorneys Office chief Persida Acosta’s claims the Department of Health paid at least four families P50,000 each for them to drop charges related to the Dengvaxia mess. According to Duque, since he assumed office, he “took immediate action to address” the Dengvaxia mess he “inherited” by “stopping the dengue immunization program implementation.” Duque […]
Moira Encina Eagle News Service Naghain na rin ng reklamo sa Department of Justice ang ina ng doktor na sinasabing namatay matapos mabakunahan ng Dengvaxia. Kasama ni Norma Gotoc, ina ni Dr. Kendrick Gotoc, na nagsampa ng kaso si Public Attorney’s Office Chief Persida Acosta na tumatayong abogado ng pamilya. Ito na ang ika-31 kaso na inihain katulong ang PAO sa DOJ kaugnay sa Dengvaxia controversy. Pangunahin sa kinasuhan sina Health Secretary Francisco Duque […]
Foreign pathologist’s opinion on deaths of suspected Dengvaxia victims needed, Aguirre says (Eagle News) — Erwin Erfe, chief of the Department of Justice’s Public Attorneys Office, is a medico-legal officer and not a pathology expert. The Palace, Department of Health and the DOJ came to this conclusion in a meeting to determine how the Dengvaxia issue should be handled, Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre said. According to Aguirre, as such, Erfe’s opinion on the Dengvaxia deaths should […]
(Eagle News) — The Public Attorney’s Office on Monday said that it would file criminal, civil and administrative charges in February in connection with the Dengvaxia mess. PAO chief Persida Acosta did not say exactly against whom the charges would be filed. She, however, said that in the civil case, included were those who “had something to do with allowing” the implementation of the immunization program. She said said that almost 300 families whose children […]
