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The group has filed for claims of up to P450 million to recoup their investments and interests, documents obtained by The STAR showed.


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                    [Title] => Court of Appeals upholds SEC order on Phil-Asia Care
                    [Summary] => The Securities and Exchange Commission has scored a major victory after the Court of Appeals dismissed for lack of merit the petition filed by unlicensed pre-need firm Phil-Asia Care Plans Inc., questioning the legality of the cease-and-desist order issued against them by the SEC.


In junking the petition for certiorari, the Appellate Court rejected Phil-Asia’s allegation that SEC committed grave abuse of discretion when it issued an order prohibiting the company from further selling pre-need plans to the public.


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                    [Title] => SEC to file contempt raps vs Multitel, Everflow, others
                    [Summary] => The Securities and Exchange Commission said it will file contempt charges against officers of Multinational Telecom Investors Corp. (Multitel), the Everflow Group and two other conduit entities if they continue to sell investment contracts to the public in defiance of the cease-and-desist order issued against them.


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                    [Title] => Everflow decries raid by SEC-NBI team
                    [Summary] => The joint team from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) which raided the three corporate offices last Monday was aimed at putting pressure on the Everflow group of companies to testify against Multinational Telecom Investors Corp. (Multitel), an Everflow official said yesterday.


Everflow director and merchant Marine Capt. Felix Aquino clarified that the search warrant was directed to gather pieces of evidence against Multitel because of their short-lived association.


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                    [Title] => SEC-NBI team raids Multitel, Everflow offices
                    [Summary] => A joint team composed of representatives from the Securities and Exchange Commission and the National Bureau of Investigation raided the corporate offices of Multitel International Holdings. Inc., MMC Investment & Financial Management Inc. and the Everflow group of companies by virtue of the search warrants issued by the Makati Regional Trial Court.


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                    [Title] => Everflow insists CDO is not against them
                    [Summary] => The Everflow group of companies insisted yesterday that it is not the direct object of a cease-and-desist order (CDO) issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last January, pointing out that it has long broken its ties with the principal recipient of the CDO, Multinational Telecom Investors Corp. (Multitel).


Everflow director Felix Aquino said the SEC should be more circumspect in issuing press statements directed against the company in the interest of fair play and due process.


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                    [Title] => SEC issues CDO against Everflow
                    [Summary] => The Securities and Exchange Commission disclosed yesterday that it had already issued a cease-and-desist order against the Everflow Group of Companies since January.


Tomas Syquia, head of the SEC’s Compliance and Enforcement Department, clarified earlier statements regarding Everflow, by saying a CDO has already been issued against the Everflow Group since Jan. 15 this year.


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                    [Title] => Everflow decries smear campaign
                    [Summary] => The Everflow Company branded yesterday as highly anomalous earlier  published reports, which suggested that the firm is under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for fraud.


Merchant Marine Capt. Felix Aquino said the recent attack against their company was aimed to put pressure on SEC, particularly it’s Compliance and Enforcement Department (CED) to issue a cease-and-desist order (CDO), despite the lack of evidence to warrant such an issuance.


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                    [Title] => SEC poises CDO against Everflow
                    [Summary] => The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is set to issue a cease-and-desist order (CDO) this week against the Everflow group of companies for soliciting investments from the public although it is not licensed to do so.


This followed a recommendation from Tomas Syquia, head of the Commission’s Compliance and Enforcement Department, to the SEC en banc, for the issuance of the CDO on Everflow for selling securities that were not registered with the commission.


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                    [Title] => SEC to crack down on Everflow
                    [Summary] => The Securities and Exchange Commission is set to issue an order prohibiting the Everflow group of companies, owned by a certain Feliz and Iris Aquino, from further soliciting investments from the public.


Tomas Syquia, head of the SEC’s Compliance and Enforcement Department, said they have already referred to the Commission en banc their recommendation for the issuance of a cease-and-desist order against the Everflow group and 10 other companies that were found to have been selling securities without a license.


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In junking the petition for certiorari, the Appellate Court rejected Phil-Asia’s allegation that SEC committed grave abuse of discretion when it issued an order prohibiting the company from further selling pre-need plans to the public.


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                    [Title] => Everflow insists CDO is not against them
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Tomas Syquia, head of the SEC’s Compliance and Enforcement Department, clarified earlier statements regarding Everflow, by saying a CDO has already been issued against the Everflow Group since Jan. 15 this year.


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This followed a recommendation from Tomas Syquia, head of the Commission’s Compliance and Enforcement Department, to the SEC en banc, for the issuance of the CDO on Everflow for selling securities that were not registered with the commission.


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Tomas Syquia, head of the SEC’s Compliance and Enforcement Department, said they have already referred to the Commission en banc their recommendation for the issuance of a cease-and-desist order against the Everflow group and 10 other companies that were found to have been selling securities without a license.


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