Archive for December 19th, 2012

Former police intelligence officer Michael Ray Aquino fled the country in 2001 after he was implicated in the Dacer-Corbito killings.

Publicist Salvador “Bubby” Dacer and his driver, Emmanuel Corbito, were abducted on Nov. 24, 2000, at an intersection in Makati City. Their charred remains were found in April 2001 in a creek in Cavite and identified by forensic experts from dental records and personal items.

Aquino, former chief of operations of the now defunct Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force (Paoctf), allegedly received orders from then Paoctf head, now Sen. Panfilo Lacson, to abduct the victims, according to coaccused and fellow Paoctf offi…Keep on reading: What Went Before: Michael Ray Aquino and the Dacer-Corbito killings
Source: Inquirer.net

CEBU CITY—Technically, Sulpicio Lines Inc. ceased to exist after it changed its name.

The owner and operator of the ill-fated MV Doña Paz is now known as Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corp.

According to records at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the company changed its name through a resolution adopted on Dec. 19, 2009, by a majority vote of the members of the board of directors and stockholders.

On April 20, 2010, the SEC approved the articles of incorporation that amended Article 1 that stated the change of Sulpicio Lines’ name to Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corp., which would be doing business under the name of Span Asia Carrie…Keep on reading: Sulpicio Lines gone; owners form new company
Source: Inquirer.net

The Office of the Ombudsman has absolved incumbent Muntinlupa City Mayor Aldrin San Pedro from complaints for dishonesty and grave misconduct, which he allegedly committed prior to his reelection in 2010.

A seven-page decision signed by Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales dismissed the complaints filed by former City Councilor Rafael Arciaga against the mayor for being moot.

It said San Pedro’s reelection effectively wiped out his past administrative liabilities based on a 1959 ruling of the Supreme Court, which stated that an elected public official is deemed to have been “forgiven” for any administrative infraction committed prior to his present term o…Keep on reading: Ombudsman junks raps vs Muntinlupa mayor
Source: Inquirer.net

SURIGAO CITY—Over the past several months, followers of a cult said to be led by a little-known movie actor have been converging on a hill in preparation for the beginning of what they believe will be doomsday.

Calling itself H-World, the group says Dec. 21 marks the beginning of the “Great Darkness” and the coming of the “Divine Government.” It coincides with the much-talked-about date Mayans had supposedly prophesied would be the end of the world.

“It’s the day when darkness begins to reign, when the hearts of men lose hope,” said Berano Tamayo, 60, of the self-styled quasi-military and quasi-religious organization purportedly headed by Royette…Keep on reading: Doomsday group converge on hill in Surigao for end of the world
Source: Inquirer.net