The Court of Appeals (CA) has affirmed the asset preservation order (APO) issued by the Manila trial court against the P15.5 million in bank accounts of a husband and wife and their two firms which were allegedly being used as “pass-through” accounts for proceeds in illegal drugs operation. In...
The husband of Vice President Sara Duterte, lawyer Manases R. Carpio, has added the heads of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Insurance Commission (IC) as respondents in a criminal complaint over the alleged illegal disclosure of bank records. In an addendum filed before the...
Impeachment respondent Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, lawyer Manases Carpio have so far given no denial regarding the alleged billions that their bank accounts held. Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon highlighted this point as he brushed off comments from Carpio that a correction...
The husband of Vice President Sara Duterte, Manases “Mans” Carpio, on Monday, May 4, strongly denied allegations that he was involved in P6.7 billion worth of bank transactions flagged by the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC), calling the report a “fake and blatant lie.” During a press...
How can it be a fishing expedition if a "whale" was caught and not fish? Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon gave this clever response Saturday, May 2 to the critics of the House Committee on Justice 's probable cause hearings on Vice President Sara Duterte 's impeachment case....
Veteran lawyer Lorna Kapunan has identified two of the possible articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte as the most compelling out of handful of alleged impeachable offenses that have been laid out against the latter. She said these were the Anti-Money Laundering Council 's...
Just an attempt to suppress evidence. That 's how House Committee Chairperson Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville “Jinky Bitrics” Luistro framed the criminal charges filed against her Monday, April 27 by Vice President Sara Duterte 's husband, lawyer Manases Carpio before the Quezon...
House Deputy Speaker La Union 1st district Rep. Paolo Ortega V says the Duterte family ought to clarify how it is able to financially sustain former president Rodrigo Duterte 's International Criminal Court (ICC) case despite their claims of having a modest lifestyle. “A clear explanation...
Malacañang said anyone has the right to file a case, distancing itself from the move of lawyer Manases Carpio, husband of Vice President Sara Duterte, to file criminal charges on the disclosure of bank accounts and violation of privacy. Carpio on Monday, April 27, filed criminal charges against...
House Senior Deputy Minority Leader Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Party-list Rep. Leila de Lima can 't help but smell fear from the direction of impeachment respondent Vice President Sara Duterte and the latter 's husband lawyer Manases Carpio. This, after De Lima got wind of Carpio 's...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) stated that its governor will respond to a legal complaint once he receives an official copy of the documents, as the country’s monetary authority seeks to maintain focus on its regulatory mandate. In a statement on Monday, April 27, the central bank said BSP...
Lawyer Manases R. Carpio, husband of Vice President Sara Duterte, filed on Monday, April 27, criminal charges against Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Eli M. Remolona Jr. as chairman of the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC), the executive director of AMLC, and four members of the House...