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Ex-DOJ secretary faces graft, malversation raps
EIGHT criminal charges were filed before the Sandiganbayan Wednesday against former Justice Secretary Agnes Devanadera over the grant of allowances to herself and her staff in 2007 while she was the Government Corporate Counsel.
Updated: 06/02/2011 10:23A
Bigcas, 5 others in smuggling raps
BUSINESSMAN Lynard Allan Bigcas and five alleged cohorts were charged with smuggling before the Department of Justice yesterday over his alleged illegal importation of almost 30 cars and motorcycles from the United States. Commissioner Angelito Alvarez
Updated: 06/02/2011 10:23A
Proskauer Rose LLP | Wealth Management Update
The rate for use with a sale to a defective grantor trust, self-cancelling installment note (“SCIN”) or intra-family loan with a note of a 9-year duration (the mid-term rate, compounded annually) has declined, to 1.59%. Remember that lower rates work
Updated: 06/02/2011 10:23A
Church rejects divorce survey results
The responsible parenthood bills, with the ability of the state to help all these families… yung divorce I think is not a priority at this time," he said Aquino said he wants more extensive debates on a possible divorce law.
Updated: 06/02/2011 10:23A
William Fry | Draft Landlord and Tenant Law Reform Bill Published by the
The Minister for Justice and Equality has published a draft Landlord and Tenant Law Reform Bill. The Bill is a follow on to the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 and has the similar objective of repealing various archaic pieces of legislation
Updated: 06/02/2011 10:23A
breakingVerdict delayed in publisher's trial
(CBC ) A verdict that had been expected Thursday in the sexual assault trial of former St. John's publisher Clyde Rose will now come down next week. Rose, 73, the former publisher at Breakwater Books, is accused of sexually assaulting a woman during
Updated: 06/02/2011 10:23A
Orkopoulos whistleblower Gillian Sneddon awarded almost $440000
Nearly six years after Gillian Sneddon answered a phone call from a young man who wanted to speak out about the sexual abuse he'd suffered at Orkopoulos' hands, yesterday she said she had finally received justice for speaking out against her former
Updated: 06/02/2011 10:22A
Felony charge against Titans' star Kenny Britt of Bayonne is dropped
That incident was just the latest of Britt's brushes with the law. He was arrested in January 2010 after failing to pay $865 for three outstanding traffic warrants. He had been facing a theft-by-deception charge for not paying bail money that he had
Updated: 06/02/2011 10:22A
Yakima jury acquits Union Gap man accused of threatening to behead judge
The Yakima Herald-Republic reports the jury deliberated about three hours Wednesday before returning the verdict on the felony harassment charge against 40-year-old Raymond Eric Zahler. He was accused of making the threat in a letter he sent last July
Updated: 06/02/2011 10:21A
Erectile Dysfunction Lawsuit Over Propecia Side Effects Filed
A Florida man has filed a product liability lawsuit against Merck, claiming that side effects of the hair loss drugs Propecia and Proscar ruined his sex life. The Propecia erectile dysfunction lawsuit was filed by Eddie Sebastia, who alleges that Merck
Updated: 06/02/2011 10:20A
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