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May 9, 2011
Sandiganbayan Approves Garcia Plea Bargain Deal

MANILA, Philippines - The Sandiganbayan has approved today the plea bargain agreement struck between former Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez and former military comptroller Major General Carlos Garcia.

MANILA, Philippines - The Sandiganbayan has approved today the plea bargain agreement struck between former Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez and former military comptroller Major General Carlos Garcia.

In a resolution penned by Presiding Justice Edilberto Sandoval , the 2nd Division of the graft court disclosed that Garcia complied with the requirements to enter the plea bargain deal with the government.

February 1, 2011
20-40 Years for Carnappers – Chiz

LEGAZPI CITY, Jan. 29 2011-- Senator Chiz Escudero is seeking stiffer penalties of up to 40 years imprisonment against carjackers in a bid to stop the string of car thefts in the country.

LEGAZPI CITY, Jan. 29 2011-- Senator Chiz Escudero is seeking stiffer penalties of up to 40 years imprisonment against carjackers in a bid to stop the string of car thefts in the country.

The senator said penal provisions had rendered the existing law inutile in the face of the series of carjacking and had allowed criminal syndicates to carry out the criminal activity with ease.