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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 […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Friday, Aug. 17, said Solicitor General Jose Calida’s Supreme Court petition seeking to put a stop to an inquiry into the contracts entered into by his and his family’s security agency with the government has no legal basis. According to Trillanes, Calida, after all, “does not have any immunity from any legislative inquiry.” “Let me remind Mr. Calida that he is not a sacred cow,” Trillanes said. “Mark me, no […]
(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) — 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) — 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) — 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 […]
