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Mga kilalang personalidad sinamahan si Pacquiao sa weigh in vs Matthysse

Karl Cedrick Basco, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 14 03:19 PM

KUALA LUMPUR - Milya-milya man ang layo ng nagniningning at makulay na Las Vegas dito, kasing-tingkad pa rin ang pakiramdam sa nakatakdang paghaharap sa lona ni Manny Pacquiao at nagdedepensang si Lucas Matthysse. Read more »

OSG backs PET ruling on Bongbong-Leni poll recount threshold

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 07 10:28 AM

The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) has supported the decision of the Supreme Court (SC), sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), to deny Vice President Leni Robredo’s plea for lowering the threshold percentage for valid votes in the ongoing vice presidential election recount. Read more »

ANALYSIS: SolGen Calida's direct and continuing conflict of interest

Raïssa Robles
Posted at Jul 04 11:14 PM

Why 6 government contracts signed by SolGen Calida’s security guard business very likely put him in a direct and continuing conflict of interest Read more »

ANALYSIS: Calida’s security guard business prospers mightily under Duterte, compared to 10 years before

Raissa Robles
Updated as of Jul 02 05:17 PM

It took Vigilant 10 years to gross ?134 million worth of Agency Fees. But only 18 months to gross P261 million solely from winning government contracts when Duterte came to power. Read more »

Highest paid government officials in 2017

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 29 03:41 PM

Solicitor General Jose Calida makes it to the top 10 highest paid gov't officials in 2017.  Read more »

Calida among highest paid government officials

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 28 02:03 PM

Solicitor General Jose Calida is the fourth highest-paid official in the Duterte administration, based on the 2017 Report on Salaries and Allowances (ROSA) of the Commission on Audit. Read more »

Supreme Court ends oral arguments on same-sex marriage plea

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 26 06:05 PM

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ended oral arguments on a petition seeking to allow same-sex marriage in the Philippines. Read more »

Leonen: What's the harm in allowing same-sex couples to marry?

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 26 05:01 PM

This was the question raised by Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen during the resumption of oral arguments on a petition seeking to allow same-sex marriage in the country.   Read more »

Constitution 'doesn't allow' same-sex unions: SolGen

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 26 04:02 PM

The 1987 Constitution limits marriage between a man and a woman only, Solicitor General Jose Calida told the Supreme Court Tuesday. Read more »

Supreme Court resumes oral arguments on same-sex marriage

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 26 06:43 PM

The Supreme Court continued on Tuesday its oral arguments on a petition that seeks to allow same-sex marriage in the Philippines. Read more »

DOJ contracts with Calida security firm aboveboard, says Guevarra

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 21 04:21 PM

Contracts between the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the security firm owned by the family of Solicitor General Jose Calida are aboveboard, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Thursday.   Read more »

Duterte lawyer is Ombudsman frontrunner? Roque thinks so

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 21 12:06 PM

MANILA - Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Thursday hinted that President Rodrigo Duterte's former lawyer could be the frontunner among the nominees for next Ombudsman. Read more »

1 buwan bago magretiro: Mga huling banat ni Conchita Carpio Morales

Henry Omaga-Diaz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 12 08:14 PM

Mahigit isang buwan na lamang bago ang nakatakda niyang pagreretiro, naghahabol pa rin si Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales sa mga opisyal na maaaring ginagamit ang posisyon para sa kanilang negosyo. Read more »

Ano ang conflict of interest at paano ito maiiwasan?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 06 08:02 PM

Base sa nakasaad sa RA 6713, may mga paraan upang maiwasan ang conflict of interest sa pagitan ng opisyal ng gobyerno at mga negosyo nito. Read more »

SC orders SolGen to comment on Sereno's ouster appeal

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 05 04:38 PM

The Supreme Court has ordered Solicitor General Jose Calida to comment on the motion for reconsideration that Maria Lourdes Sereno filed against her ouster as the country's top magistrate. Read more »

OSG lawyers' allowances can exceed 50 percent of salary: Hilbay

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 03 12:46 AM

MANILA - Former Solicitor General Florin Hilbay is backing the position of Solicitor General Jose Calida that the law permits government lawyers to receive allowances exceeding 50 percent of their salaries. Read more »

Calida's security agency: What the law says on conflict of interest

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 02 07:51 PM

“A public official may divest and or resign from the corporation. Hindi clear ang claim ni SolGen Calida diyan eh, or iyan alternative pero pag ma-prove iyung conflict of interest, divestment ang required ng law." Read more »

OPINION: The Calida scandal

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Jun 02 03:13 PM

The Calida scandal involves conflict of interest, “a circumstance of a public officeholder whose personal interest benefits from his official action or influence.”   Read more »

Higit P7 milyong allowance ni SolGen Calida pinababalik ng COA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 01 09:00 PM

Ipinasasauli na ng Commission on Audit (COA) ang milyon-milyong halaga ng sobrang allowance at honoraria na tinanggap umano ng ilang opisyal ng Office of the Solicitor General (OSG).   Read more »

Unlike Calida, sacked OGCC chief says he did not accept excess allowances

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 01 05:57 PM

Former Office of the Government Corporate Counsel (OGCC) head Rudolf Philip Jurado reiterated he did not receive hefty allowances aside from his regular salary, contrary to the millions of pesos received by Solicitor General Jose Calida which was flagged by the Commission on Audit. Read more »