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Did CSN try to silence whistleblower?
An explosive lawsuit filed in District Court this week alleges that College of Southern Nevada President Michael Richards retaliated against employees who cooperated in the attorney general's investigation of Bob Gilbert, the former construction chief
Updated: 11/18/2011 02:44A
Ex-Philippine Pres Arroyo charged with poll fraud but Supreme Court upholds
The election fraud charges, which carry a penalty of 40 years imprisonment, were filed Friday by the Commission on Election at the Pasay Regional Trial Court in Manila. Judge Jesus Mupas will now decide whether to issue an arrest warrant,
Updated: 11/18/2011 02:44A
New travel ban request against Arroyo
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) filed an urgent motion in a regional trial court on Friday for a hold departure order after filing charges of electoral sabotage case against Arroyo over the 2007 elections. If the regional court issued a hold
Updated: 11/18/2011 02:42A
Nurses were unable to access Evelyn Joel's home - court
A PUBLIC health nurse has told the Evelyn Joel trial that health staff were unable to gain access to where she was living on 14 occasions in the months before her death. The multiple sclerosis sufferer died in hospital on January
Updated: 11/18/2011 02:41A
SC Denies Relief to Sanjiv Bhatt in Custodial Death Case
The high court had allowed the trial court to frame charges against Bhatt in the case, while rejecting on October 10 his plea that challenged the Jamnagar sessions court order. The court had permitted the state government to withdraw its plea to drop
Updated: 11/18/2011 02:39A
Police assure security in Imus
Mojica allayed fears of confrontations between supporters of incumbent Mayor Homer T. Saquilayan and those of Maliksi with the legal and political developments following the court decision. Imus Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 22 Judge Cesar A.
Updated: 11/18/2011 02:37A
DOJ says watch list issue moot; SC gives no comment
That [once a case if filed] the RTC [Regional Trial Court] acquires jurisdiction of the case." For his part, Marquez stressed that the Arroyo's petitions with the SC and the charges they are facing before a Pasay court "are altogether different.
Updated: 11/18/2011 02:37A
Arroyo still can't leave the Philippines, government says
The case has been raffled to Judge Jesus Mupas of the Pasay City Regional Trial Court branch 112 as the Commission on Elections (Comelec), which filed the case, asked it to issue a hold departure order against Arroyo. As this developed, the Department
Updated: 11/18/2011 02:37A
Arroyo can't still leave Philippines, government says
The case has been raffled to Judge Jesus Mupas of the Pasay City Regional Trial Court branch 112 as the Commission on Elections (Comelec), which filed the case, asked it to issue a hold departure order against Arroyo. As this developed, the Department
Updated: 11/18/2011 02:37A
Prosecutors mull appealing Khmer Rouge release order
Amid fears that not all of the elderly accused in the court's second case will live to see a verdict, the court last month divided their complex case into a series of smaller trials to speed up proceedings. The first mini-trial will focus on the forced
Updated: 11/18/2011 02:35A