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(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima has asked the Department of Justice panel hearing the sedition charges filed against her and several others to remove the Office of the Solicitor General as counsel for the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, the acting complainant. In seeking for the OSG’s removal in a 13-page motion filed on Aug. 14, De Lima said it is “illegal and improper” for Solicitor General Jose Calida to appear as the lawyer for […]
(Eagle News) – Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has decided to inhibit from the Writ of Kalikasan case pending with the high court involving the protection of the marine environment in the West Philippine Sea, saying he did this for the “peace of mind” of Solicitor General Jose Calida. Carpio’s inhibition came after a motion was filed by the Office of the Solicitor General asking the high court to direct him to inhibit […]
(Eagle News) — For Solicitor General Jose Calida, the impeachment complaints filed against the seven associate justices who voted for the ouster of Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice “will not see the light of day.” According to Calida, if the “logic” of the lawmakers who filed the complaints against Associate Justices Teresita Leonardo-De Castro, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin, Francis Jardeleza, Noel Tijam, Andres Reyes Jr., and Alexander Gesmundo is to be followed, “then all Justices, […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Barring hitches, the Supreme Court will act on Maria Lourdes Sereno’s appeal of the High Court decision that nullified her appointment as Chief Justice, and therefore decide on the issue with finality, this month. This is according to Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio, who spoke to reporters on the sidelines of the SC’s celebration of its 117th anniversary on Friday, June 8. “We will decide that hopefully this month,” […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Supreme Court on Tuesday, June 5, gave Solicitor General Jose Calida five days to respond to Maria Lourdes Sereno’s motion for reconsideration of the High Court decision that nullified her appointment as Chief Justice. It was Calida who filed the quo warranto petition that led to the landmark SC ruling on May 11. During the en banc session, Associate Justice Noel Tijam, who was the ponente, was not […]
(Eagle News)–The Office of the Solicitor General has said the Commission on Audit’s flagging of over P10 million in alleged excess allowances of several OSG lawyers, including Solicitor General Jose Calida, had “no basis.” In a statement, OSG spokesperson Hector Calilung said Circular No. 85-25-E cannot prevail over existing laws. He said Republic Act No. 9417 essentially says that OSG lawyers may receive honoraria without any cap to the amount. “To allow COA Circular No. […]
(Eagle News) — For Senator Koko Pimentel, Solicitor General Calida does not have to divest from his family’s security agency. Pimentel, a bar topnotcher, said this was because according to the Constitution, he said, only Cabinet members were required to divest. “Ang requirement naman since government employee ka huwag ka naman actively magpatakbo ng company e hindi naman daw siya ang nagpapatakbo,” he said. Calida has denied allegations of conflict of interest stemming from Vigilant […]
(Eagle News) — “Why should I?” Solicitor General Jose Calida had this to say amid calls for him to resign over alleged conflict of interest stemming from his family’s security company bagging ₱261.39 million worth of contracts with various government agencies. “Did I commit graft? No, I did not,” Calida said in an interview on CNN Philippines aired on Thursday, May 31. According to Calida, he resigned as president and chairman of Vigilant Investigative and Security […]
(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 Leila de Lima on Wednesday, May 30, slammed Solicitor General Jose Calida for what she said was his “hypocrisy” after he denied any conflict of interest when his family’s security firm bagged several contracts in some government agencies. “He has the gall to claim that there is no conflict of interest despite official records showing that his family-owned security firm bagged P150-million worth of contracts from government agencies,” she said, as […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Wednesday, May 30, said he would look into the contract entered into by the Department of Justice and the security company owned by the family of Solicitor General Jose Calida. “To satisfy everyone, we’ll take a look. I’ll call the BAC, the bids and awards committee, and find out from them if all the proper procedures were observed,” Guevarra said of the contract between the DOJ and […]
(Eagle News) — A supporter of Maria Lourdes Sereno is accusing Solicitor General Jose Calida of having a “conflict of interest” over what she said was his and his family’s stake in a company that provides security services to four government agencies. The accusations of Jocelyn Acosta were contained in a letter to the Solicitor General, who was the same person who filed the quo warranto petition that resulted in a Supreme Court decision that […]
