Police blasted for failing to find and arrest Ecleo

By Mylen P. Manto, BRP (The Freeman) CEBU - The prosecution team in the Ecleo parricide case has expressed their disappointment in the PNP for their failure to arrest former Dinagat representative Ruben Ecleo Jr. Ecleo is now wanted after he was convicted of parricide for kil…

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Lawyers ask DOJ Sec to protect witnesses vs Cong. Ecleo

PROSECUTORS and two lawyers' groups have asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) to reconsider its decision terminating from the Witness Protection Program (WPP) the five prosecution witnesses in the parricide case against Dinagat IsLand Rep. Ruben Ecleo Jr. because "…

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Special Elections for Dinagat & Siargao? Political re-alignment looms…

Political leaders of two separate provinces of Dinagat and Surigao del Norte is now wrangled halfway on the possibility of a “Special Elections”, following Supreme Court’s decision declaring R.A. 9355 or an Act creating the province of Dinagat Islands as unconstitutional. I…

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Rep. Ecleo misses trial anew

DINAGAT Island Rep. Ruben Ecleo Jr. skipped the parricide trial against him yesterday, citing health reasons. Lawyer Orlando Sala-tandre, who represented Ecleo, said his client was advised by his doctor to rest because of his heart ailment. The Philippine Benevolent Missionar…

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Ecleo to cite ‘heart ailment’ again

Accused cult leader Ruben Ecleo Jr. will attend today’s court hearing in Cebu City where a motion to cancel his P1- million bail will be tackled. His lawyer in the parricide case said Ecleo is still suffering from serious heart disease. Defense lawyer Orlando Salatandre told …

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Cebu Prosecutors gusto ipabalik sa presohan si Ecleo?

Kasagaran sa mga dagkung kaso nga didto sa Mindanao nahitabo, anaa dinhi sa Sugbu gipa-balhin basi sa kamanduan sa Korte Suprema ilabina kun media killing. Tingali dinhi sa Sugbu gipanglabay tungod kay sobra ang ilang pagsalig sa atong mga mahistrado. Gawas nga dili mahadlok …

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Ecleo appeal on graft convictions junked

The Sandiganbayan First Division has upheld for the second time its October 13, 2006 verdict convicting former San Jose, Surigao del Norte mayor Ruben Ecleo Jr. in three counts of graft concerning alleged fraudulent payments to a private contractor for construction projects…

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Unease over Ecleo case

One of the more telling comments about the order of the Supreme Court directing Cebu City Regional Trial Court Executive Judge Meinrado Paredes to re-raffle the parricide case against Ruben Ecleo Jr. comes from columnist BobbitAvila. With the SC directive, the trial on the …

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