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                    [Title] => DOJ: Dante Tan not off the hook yet
                    [Summary] => Contrary to earlier reports, criminal charges against controversial businessman Dante Tan have not been dismissed, Justice Undersecretary Manuel Teehankee clarified yesterday.


Tan, who, according to Teehankee, masterminded the Best World (BW) Resources Corp. stock price manipulation scandal in 1999, was charged with seven criminal cases for violations of the Revised Securities Act of 1982 involving stock manipulation and fraud.


He has not been absolved from criminal liability and is in fact facing imprisonment of 49 to 147 years, Teehankee said.


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                    [Title] => SEC collects P21.27-M fines over BW trading violations
                    [Summary] => The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) raised a total of P21.27 million from the collection of fines imposed on individuals and brokerage houses which were found to have violated securities rules and regulations in connection with the trading of shares of BW Resources Corp.


The amount was collected during the period 2000 to 2002 from over 100 brokers and 74 individuals.


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                    [Title] => P189-M kickbacks all lies — Estrada
                    [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Ousted President Joseph Estrada branded yesterday as lies claims by government probers that he took P189.7 million in kickbacks from two state pension agencies and used the money to acquire stocks in the franchise holder of jai alai.


Estrada, who arrived in this city with his wife Luisa Ejercito, challenged the government to prove the charges in court and "not spread black propaganda in order to initiate another hate campaign."


"These are all lies that they are propagating. They have not been proven at all," Estrada said.


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                    [Title] => PSE vows to aid SEC in running after guilty parties in BW scandal
                    [Summary] => Although hindered by a court order, the Philippine Stock Exchange has indicated its willingness to help and cooperate with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the pursuit of the case against guilty individuals, including broers, in the BW Resources trading scandal.


PSE president Ramon T. Garcia said the Exchange welcomes the move by the SEC to complete the investigation of the BW case and refile its report with the Department of Justice, where two earlier versions were practically turned down.


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                    [Title] => Megaworld starts Fairmont revamp
                    [Summary] => Publicly listed property firm Megaworld Corp. has asserted its control over the similarly listed but more controversial gaming and property company Fairmont Holdings Inc. (formerly BW Resources Corp.) as it orchestrated a major facelift in the latter’s 11-man board of directors.


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                    [Title] => DOJ starts new probe into BW shares scandal
                    [Summary] => The Department of Justice (DOJ) has moved to revive dismissed charges against Best World (BW) Resources stemming from alleged stock price manipulation and insider trading in 1999.


Justice Secretary Hernando Perez told reporters that Assistant Chief State Prosecutor Nilo Mariano, head of the probe panel, is just awaiting additional evidence from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) needed for the refiling of the complaints against BW headed by Dante Tan, a close ally of ousted President Joseph Estrada.


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                    [Title] => PSE lauds DOJ ruling on BW case
                    [Summary] => While the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) intends to pursue the case against brokers that have been implicated in the BW Resources trading scandal last year, the Philippine Stock Exchange has lauded the recent ruling of the Department of Justice absolving the brokers.


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                    [Title] => Name all the guilty in BW mess - solon
                    [Summary] => 

Expose all guilty parties, please.

An administration congressman made this appeal to the Philippine Stock Exchange
(PSE) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday, urging the
two agencies to reveal all those responsible for manipulating the share prices
of Best World (BW) Resources Inc.

This developed as PSE vice president Ruben Almadro said he plans to file a
P500-million counter-suit against presidential friend and BW official Dante
Tan."I'm serious," Almadro said.

Bataan Rep.
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                    [Title] => Ho's problems are reducible to money - Postscript
                    [Summary] => 

YOU'RE just watching the fireworks and the dragon dance. Don't ever think that
all that noise and smoke will scare away Macau dealer Stanley Ho. A grizzled
player in this rough and tumble world, he would know how to play it.

If you come right down to it, all of his operational problems here can be
measured, and eventually solved, by money.
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                    [AuthorName] => Juaniyo Arcellana
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                    [Title] => `Estrada-Yasay rift stalling passage of Securities Act'
                    [Summary] => 

DAVAO CITY -- The row between President Estrada and Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) Chairman Perfecto Yasay Jr. has delayed the passage of the
revised Securities Act, Speaker Manuel Villar said here yesterday.

This developed as Isabela Rep. Heherson Alvarez urged his colleagues not to
rush the passage of the Securities Act pending the completion of the SEC and
Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) inquiries into BW Resources Corp.

Villar said the rift between the President and Yasay has put Congress in an
awkward position.

"Nobody minded that bill before.
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                    [Title] => DOJ: Dante Tan not off the hook yet
                    [Summary] => Contrary to earlier reports, criminal charges against controversial businessman Dante Tan have not been dismissed, Justice Undersecretary Manuel Teehankee clarified yesterday.


Tan, who, according to Teehankee, masterminded the Best World (BW) Resources Corp. stock price manipulation scandal in 1999, was charged with seven criminal cases for violations of the Revised Securities Act of 1982 involving stock manipulation and fraud.


He has not been absolved from criminal liability and is in fact facing imprisonment of 49 to 147 years, Teehankee said.


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                    [Title] => SEC collects P21.27-M fines over BW trading violations
                    [Summary] => The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) raised a total of P21.27 million from the collection of fines imposed on individuals and brokerage houses which were found to have violated securities rules and regulations in connection with the trading of shares of BW Resources Corp.


The amount was collected during the period 2000 to 2002 from over 100 brokers and 74 individuals.


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                    [Title] => P189-M kickbacks all lies — Estrada
                    [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Ousted President Joseph Estrada branded yesterday as lies claims by government probers that he took P189.7 million in kickbacks from two state pension agencies and used the money to acquire stocks in the franchise holder of jai alai.


Estrada, who arrived in this city with his wife Luisa Ejercito, challenged the government to prove the charges in court and "not spread black propaganda in order to initiate another hate campaign."


"These are all lies that they are propagating. They have not been proven at all," Estrada said.


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                    [Title] => PSE vows to aid SEC in running after guilty parties in BW scandal
                    [Summary] => Although hindered by a court order, the Philippine Stock Exchange has indicated its willingness to help and cooperate with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the pursuit of the case against guilty individuals, including broers, in the BW Resources trading scandal.


PSE president Ramon T. Garcia said the Exchange welcomes the move by the SEC to complete the investigation of the BW case and refile its report with the Department of Justice, where two earlier versions were practically turned down.


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                    [Title] => Megaworld starts Fairmont revamp
                    [Summary] => Publicly listed property firm Megaworld Corp. has asserted its control over the similarly listed but more controversial gaming and property company Fairmont Holdings Inc. (formerly BW Resources Corp.) as it orchestrated a major facelift in the latter’s 11-man board of directors.


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                    [Title] => DOJ starts new probe into BW shares scandal
                    [Summary] => The Department of Justice (DOJ) has moved to revive dismissed charges against Best World (BW) Resources stemming from alleged stock price manipulation and insider trading in 1999.


Justice Secretary Hernando Perez told reporters that Assistant Chief State Prosecutor Nilo Mariano, head of the probe panel, is just awaiting additional evidence from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) needed for the refiling of the complaints against BW headed by Dante Tan, a close ally of ousted President Joseph Estrada.


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                    [Title] => PSE lauds DOJ ruling on BW case
                    [Summary] => While the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) intends to pursue the case against brokers that have been implicated in the BW Resources trading scandal last year, the Philippine Stock Exchange has lauded the recent ruling of the Department of Justice absolving the brokers.


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                    [Title] => Name all the guilty in BW mess - solon
                    [Summary] => 

Expose all guilty parties, please.

An administration congressman made this appeal to the Philippine Stock Exchange
(PSE) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday, urging the
two agencies to reveal all those responsible for manipulating the share prices
of Best World (BW) Resources Inc.

This developed as PSE vice president Ruben Almadro said he plans to file a
P500-million counter-suit against presidential friend and BW official Dante
Tan."I'm serious," Almadro said.

Bataan Rep.
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                    [Title] => Ho's problems are reducible to money - Postscript
                    [Summary] => 

YOU'RE just watching the fireworks and the dragon dance. Don't ever think that
all that noise and smoke will scare away Macau dealer Stanley Ho. A grizzled
player in this rough and tumble world, he would know how to play it.

If you come right down to it, all of his operational problems here can be
measured, and eventually solved, by money.
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                    [Title] => `Estrada-Yasay rift stalling passage of Securities Act'
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DAVAO CITY -- The row between President Estrada and Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) Chairman Perfecto Yasay Jr. has delayed the passage of the
revised Securities Act, Speaker Manuel Villar said here yesterday.

This developed as Isabela Rep. Heherson Alvarez urged his colleagues not to
rush the passage of the Securities Act pending the completion of the SEC and
Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) inquiries into BW Resources Corp.

Villar said the rift between the President and Yasay has put Congress in an
awkward position.

"Nobody minded that bill before.
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