THE NATIONAL Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) welcomed the Supreme Court's (SC) decision junking various petitions filed by communist front groups against former and current officials of the Philippine government.
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Macalintal urges Comelec to prepare for BSKE 2023
AN ELECTION lawyer has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to direct the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to resume preparation for the conduct of Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) next year.
Saturday, November 17, 2018
OPINION: PT&T takes NTC and Selection Com to SC by Jun Ledesma
THE PHILIPPINE TELEGRAPH Corporation (“PT&T”) filed a Petition for Certiorari with the Supreme Court assailing the acts of the National Telecommunications Commission (the “NTC”) and the New Major Player Selection Committee (the “NMP Selection Committee”) committed during the selection process for the New Major Player in the Philippine telecommunications market (“3rd Telco Bidding”).
PT&T argued that the NMP Selection Committee gravely erred when it interpreted the term “regional operations” under the Rules and Regulations on the Selection Process for a New Major Player in the Philippine Telecommunications Market (“MC No. 09-09-2018”) as applicable only to foreign companies, effectively preventing any domestic corporation from participating in the 3rd Telco Bidding.
PT&T further alleged that the NTC gravely abused its discretion when it refused to certify that PT&T has the required technical capability to participate in the 3rd Telco Bidding despite the various arguments and evidence showing that PT&T has experience in the provisioning, delivery and operations of telecommunications services for the last ten (10) years on a national scale.
Moreover, PT&T argued that the NMP Selection Committee acted capriciously and with evident bias when it prematurely disqualified PT&T from the 3rd Telco Bidding on the sole ground that it failed to submit a Certification of Technical Capability instead of deferring said submission until the Document Verification Phase of the 3rd Telco Bidding, as what the NMP Selection Committee did in favor of the Mislatel Consortium with respect to the latter’s lack of a subsisting Congressional Franchise.
PT&T’s grievances lie solely with the NTC and NMP Selection Committee. However, PT&T impleaded the Mislatel Consortium as respondents in its petition because the corporations constituting said consortium are real parties in interest as defined under the Rules of Court.
PT&T is hopeful that its petition will be acted upon favorably. We hope that the Supreme Court will act swiftly on the petition in view of the transcendental importance of the selection of the new major player in the Philippine telecommunications market. (Jun Ledesma)
PT&T argued that the NMP Selection Committee gravely erred when it interpreted the term “regional operations” under the Rules and Regulations on the Selection Process for a New Major Player in the Philippine Telecommunications Market (“MC No. 09-09-2018”) as applicable only to foreign companies, effectively preventing any domestic corporation from participating in the 3rd Telco Bidding.
PT&T further alleged that the NTC gravely abused its discretion when it refused to certify that PT&T has the required technical capability to participate in the 3rd Telco Bidding despite the various arguments and evidence showing that PT&T has experience in the provisioning, delivery and operations of telecommunications services for the last ten (10) years on a national scale.
Moreover, PT&T argued that the NMP Selection Committee acted capriciously and with evident bias when it prematurely disqualified PT&T from the 3rd Telco Bidding on the sole ground that it failed to submit a Certification of Technical Capability instead of deferring said submission until the Document Verification Phase of the 3rd Telco Bidding, as what the NMP Selection Committee did in favor of the Mislatel Consortium with respect to the latter’s lack of a subsisting Congressional Franchise.
PT&T’s grievances lie solely with the NTC and NMP Selection Committee. However, PT&T impleaded the Mislatel Consortium as respondents in its petition because the corporations constituting said consortium are real parties in interest as defined under the Rules of Court.
PT&T is hopeful that its petition will be acted upon favorably. We hope that the Supreme Court will act swiftly on the petition in view of the transcendental importance of the selection of the new major player in the Philippine telecommunications market. (Jun Ledesma)
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Sunday, October 21, 2018
No lead on Peter Lim so far: DOJ
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE said the government has yet to get fresh leads on the whereabouts of Cebu businessman and suspected drug lord Peter Lim.
“There are no lead(s) on Lim so far,” Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said. In September, the Supreme Court (SC) dismissed the petition filed by Lim's lawyers last June in connection with his indictment on drug charges.
In a minute resolution, the High Court's Third Division said Lim failed to show any grave abuse of discretion in rendering the challenged order and resolution of the DoJ against him.
The SC added that the assailed DOJ orders which charged Lim “appear to be in accord with the facts and the applicable law and jurisprudence.”
The members of the DOJ prosecution panel who pursued the charges against Lim were Assistant State Prosecutor Juan Navera, Senior Assistant State Prosecutor Anna Noreen Devanadera and Prosecution Attorney Herbert Babugan.
At a Senate hearing on December 5, 2016, self-confessed drug distributor Kerwin Espinosa identified Lim as one of his drug suppliers, an allegation which the Cebuano millionaire denied.
In August 2017, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group filed a case against Lim, Espinosa and six others for alleged drug trafficking. And a court ordered Lim’s arrest after finding probable cause against him. (Benjamin Pulta)
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