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(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition by Solicitor General Jose Calida to stop a Senate inquiry into the government deals acquired by his family’s security agency, citing mootness. In its resolution promulgated on Friday, Oct. 25, Calida said the terms of the 17th Congress and Antonio Trillanes IV as senator, who had wanted the probe, had already ended. Calida had argued the Committee on Civil Service, Government, Reorganization and Professional Regulation led by […]
Ni Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Aabot sa 536 na iba’t-ibang uri ng baril ang nakumpiska ng Civil Security Group-SOSIA mula sa walong security agency na ipinasara dahil sa iba’t ibang paglabag. Kapansin-pansin na luma at kinakalawang na ang karamihan sa mga baril na matagal daw itinago ng mga security agency. “Pansamantala confiscated itong firearms nila at hindi nila ito magagamit hangga’t hindi sila makapagbigay ng mga tamang requirements para makapag-operate ng […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, June 3, again defended Solicitor General Jose Calida over the allegations of conflict of interest against him. Speaking to Filipinos in South Korea, Duterte said Vigilant Investigative and Security Agency Inc. was a business “inherited” by Calida from his father long before he was appointed as SolGen. “Why should I fire him?…Basta may bidding lahat, anything in government basta may bidding ka, walang problema, okay ‘yan. Kung siya […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, May 30, came to the defense of Solicitor General Jose Calida, who is being hounded by allegations of conflict of interest. The allegations stem from his family’s Vigilant Investigative and Security Agency Incorporated bagging contracts in at least four government agencies since he was appointed as SolGen in 2016. “Matagal na yang security agency na iyan. Wala na ba tayong katuwiran sa negosyo? As long as we do […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Francis Pangilinan on Monday, May 28, called for the resignation of Solicitor General Jose Calida amid reports the security agency of his wife bagged contracts in at least four government agencies since he assumed the post in 2016. “If (Tourism) Secretary Wanda Teo resigned because the DoT/PTV 4 favored her Tulfo brothers’ TV production company to the tune of P60 million worth of government contracts(Calida), the lawyer of the government, should […]
(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Monday, May 28, defended Solicitor General Jose Calida from allegations of conflict of interest after the security firm allegedly owned by his wife was reported to have bagged contracts with at least four government agencies after he assumed office in 2016. According to Roque, “I think mere stock ownership is not prohibited for as long as you declare it in your (Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net […]
