Sandiganbayan orders Rep. Ecleo’s arrest for 3rd time

THE Sandiganbayan, for the third time, ordered the arrest of Dinagat Island Representative Robert Ecleo Jr., after it scrapped the latter's motion. In a resolution, the anti-graft court’s first division junked Ecleo's “very urgent motion for reconsideration” for the…

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Rep. Ecleo convicted of graft; new auditing rules pushed

AROUND 44 government leaders from across the country manifested support for cult leader Ruben Ecleo Jr. who is facing arrest after the Supreme Court affirmed his conviction on graft charges decided by the Sandiganbayan. In a manifesto, the officials said that the case is an…

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No IRA at all for Dinagat Islands, DBM Sec. Abad affirms Dinagat IRA not included in 2011 National Budget

“Better exercise prudence and behave as if no province existed” Budget Secretary Florencio Abad deliberately described the real picture of the withheld Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) of the Province of Dinagat Islands to somehow end up the noise now rocking the island’s p…

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Dinagat belongs to Surigao-SC says with finality, ordered COMELEC to conduct Special Elections without delay…

After showing its most diplomatic gesture on the embattled Dinagat Case deliberation, the Supreme Court (SC) finally ended up the long political agony after issuing an En Banc Notice dated January 11, 2011 signed and released on January 26, 2011 by Enriqueta E. Vidal, Clerk…

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Sandigan: Rep. Ecleo's Conviction is Final, Appeal Dismissed

The Sandiganbayan First Division on Monday dismissed Dinagat Island Rep. Ruben Ecleo Jr.’s eleventh-hour attempt to keep himself from being arrested, following his conviction on three counts of graft in 2006. In a one-page order, the anti-graft court denied Ecleo’s motion t…

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Editorial: Ecleo’s predicament

JUST when things turned bright for Ruben Ecleo Jr. with his election in May to the House of Representatives and his parricide case in Cebu not going anywhere, in came the Sandiganbayan exploding a bomb. The supreme master of the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Associatio…

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Ecleo's motion a delaying tactic says Rep. Gonzales

Pursigido umano ang liderato ng Kamara sa pagpapasibak kay Dinagat Islands Rep. Ruben Ecleo Jr., kasunod ng pinal na hatol dito ng korte sa tatlong kaso ng katiwalian. Sinabi ni House Majority Leader Rep. Neptali Gonzales na hinihintay na lamang nila ang kopya ng "cert…

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Rep. Ecleo requests SC to block arrest warrant

Dinagat Islands Rep. Ruben Ecleo Jr. asked the Supreme Court on Friday to prevent the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan from implementing the warrant of arrest issued against him over graft charges. In a seven-page "extremely urgent motion," Ecleo, also "suprem…

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Speaker: Caretaker to be named in Dinagat Islands District

House Speaker Sonny Belmonte will designate a caretaker for the soon-to be vacated district of convicted Dinagat Islands Rep. Ruben Ecleo, Jr. Belmonte ruled out calling for a special election for the district of Dinagat Islands. Belmonte says it is possible that district …

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Rep. Ecleo faces arrest, House expulsion

Dinagat Islands lone representative Ruben Ecleo Jr. will lose his seat in Congress after the Sandiganbayan issued a warrant of arrest on him. House Majority Leader and Representative Neptali Gonzales said Ecleo is facing expulsion after the Sandiganbayan First Division dism…

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Ecleo "elucidates" contradictions in his testimonies

Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association (PBMA) supreme master and now Dinagat Island Rep. Ruben Ecleo Jr. arrived very early yesterday to testify in the hearing for his parricide case for the death of his wife Alona. Ecleo, however, took the witness stand only for fe…

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Alert level 1 up in Surigao Norte, Dinagat Islands provinces

Alert level one was raised early today, Jan. 18 in the provinces of Dinagats Islands and Surigao del Norte following a continuous rainfall which started Monday evening, Jan. 17. Vice Gov. Carlos Egay, Jr., in a radio interview, said an alert level one was hoisted upon recom…

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Gov Ecleo asks SP to declare State of Calamity in Dinagat Islands

The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) thru Gov. Glenda Ecleo recommends to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) for the declaration of the province under a state of calamity. PDRRMC Deputized Coordinator and Public Information Officer Rosario R…

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Lawyer reveals ‘bribery attempt’

A prosecution lawyer yesterday revealed an alleged bribery attempt to convince siblings of murder victim Alona Bacolod to withdraw the ciminal charges against her husband, cult leader Ruben Ecleo Jr. In open court, lawyer Kit Enriquez said a certain “Alex” sent text messag…

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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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Dinagat Vice Gov denies mauling 71 year old former Barangay Captain

Dinagat Islands Provincial Vice Governor Geraldine Ecleo Villaroman today denied mauling 71 year old Felicisimo Dumandan former Barangay Captain of Barangay Cuarenta in the island town of San Jose Dinagat Island province. Villaroman alleged she gave former Barangay Captain F…

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SC says Dinagat Islands not a province anymore; Issues final entry of judgment

It’s final, the Supreme Court (SC) has finally recorded an Entry of Judgment to its decision dated February 10, 2010 nullifying a law that created the province of Dinagat Islands. In an interview, Atty. Victor Bernal, one of the 3 petitioners, said the entry of judgment was …

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Ecleo shown pics of wife’s remains; It’s not my wife, cult leader insists to court

The body found stuffed inside a garbage bag in a ravine in Dalaguete town, Cebu wasn't his wife, cult leader Ruben Ecleo claimed in a court hearing yesterday afternoon. Ecleo, supreme master of the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association (PBMA), was shown the phot…

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Speaker wants to know status of cult leader-turned-solon

Just how did cult leader Ruben Ecelo Jr. get out of jail and into the halls of Congress? Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. wants to find out. Prompted by a Philippine Daily Inquirer report saying that Ecleo was allowed to leave jail because of severe heart ailment even though t…

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