Not credible. Not capable. Not qualified. That was how Senate ways and means committee chair Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian described Global ComRCI, the third-party auditor that the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp contracted in 2017 to ensure that the controversial Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogo) were declaring the right revenues and paying the right fees and taxes. The harsh description was certainly warranted, as the Senate has been uncovering more evidence underlining how clearly unqualified the consortium was
The libertarian resolution of the Supreme Court (Reyes v. Director, Jan. 17, 2023, First Division, ably written by Justice Ramon Paul L. Hernando) freeing Jessica Lucila “Gigi” Reyes for the vexatious violation of her constitutional right to liberty and to speedy trial raised this question: “May this grant of the writ of habeas corpus to her be extended to detained former senator Leila de Lima?” My short answer is: Not necessarily; at least not immediately; much needs to be done still. DINO DE LEON, A LAWYER OF DE LIMA, was reported by abogado.com.ph to have admitted in a television interview that
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