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                    [Title] => Malacañang scouting for Nani’s successor?
                    [Summary] => Malacañang said yesterday beleaguered Justice Secretary Hernando Perez will still have a job waiting for him when he comes back this week from a month-long medical leave.


But highly reliable sources told The STAR that Palace officials are already looking for a replacement for Perez and have offered his job to at least two people.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 188485 [Title] => GMA: No plan to fire Nani [Summary] => Did she or didn’t she?

President Arroyo denied yesterday that she promised Manila Rep. Mark Jimenez that she would soon fire embattled Justice Secretary Hernando Perez, accused by Jimenez of receiving a bribe from him.

In interviews yesterday, Jimenez said Mrs. Arroyo told him in a telephone conversation Tuesday that Perez – currently on a month-long medical leave – would soon be out of the Cabinet.

"He is on his way out," Jimenez quoted Mrs. Arroyo as saying.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 188063 [Title] => Escaler back in town [Summary] => SILANG, Cavite — Businessman Ernest Escaler, the investment banker who was accused of serving as a conduit for an alleged bribe to Justice Secretary-on leave Hernando Perez, is back in town.

A day after arriving from a two week trip to the United States, Escaler was already singing with old retro buddies, and not about any questionable bank account in Hong Kong. [DatePublished] => 2002-12-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 187834 [Title] => BSP asked to check Uruguay bank’s existence [Summary] => Bulacan Rep. Willie Buyson Villarama asked Gov. Rafael Buenaventura of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) yesterday to verify the existence of Trade and Commerce Bank in Uruguay.

He told the BSP head that the Uruguay bank is "central" to the controversy Manila Rep. Mark Jimenez’s accusation that Justice Secretary-on leave Hernando Perez extorted $2 million from him.

Perez has denied the accusation. Agnes Devanadera, one of his lawyers, has claimed that there is no Trade and Commerce Bank in Uruguay.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 185593 [Title] => Jimenez insists he wired $2 million to Nani [Summary] => Manila Rep. Mark Jimenez insisted yesterday that he wired $2 million to Coutts Bank of Hong Kong on Feb. 23, 2001 and that the huge sum was intended for Justice Secretary Hernando Perez.

Reacting to a certification from Coutts Bank that Perez does not have an account in the bank, Jimenez said he has the report of his bank in Uruguay to prove that it transferred the money to the Hong Kong bank through Trade and Commerce Bank in the Cayman Islands and Chase Manhattan Bank in New York.

"They gave me the account number and I wired the money there," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 185438 [Title] => MJ: Perez extorted $2-M from me [Summary] => Finally, the purported victim in an alleged $2-million extortion case came out in the open yesterday. In a privileged speech filled with emotion, Manila Rep. Mark Jimenez categorically accused Justice Secretary Hernando Perez of extorting $2 million from him and urged the justice chief to resign. [DatePublished] => 2002-11-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 184452 [Title] => Fire ‘Million Dollar Man’ — Lawmaker [Summary] => President Arroyo was urged yesterday to fire the "Million Dollar Man" in her Cabinet who allegedly extorted $2 million from a former crony of ousted President Joseph Estrada who is facing some problems with the government.

Rep. Willie Buyson Villarama (Aksyon Demokratiko, Bulacan) made the appeal in an interview on ABS-CBN’s Dong Puno Nightly. It was Villarama who last week exposed what he described as the "abominable and bottomless greed" of the still-unnamed Cabinet official.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097177 [AuthorName] => Katherine Adraneda [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 183754 [Title] => Solon reveals $2-M transfer to Cabinet’s ‘Million $ Man’ [Summary] => A pro-administration congressman revealed yesterday a $2-million transfer to the Hong Kong account of the "Million Dollar Man" in the Cabinet.

In a privileged speech, Rep. Willie Buyson Villarama (Aksyon Demokratiko, Bulacan) showed two documents detailing the money trail covering the transfer.

One document is a "payment detail report" of Trade and Commerce Bank in Uruguay, while the other is a payment or deposit instruction addressed to Chase Manhattan Bank in New York.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 183851 [Title] => Account number ng 'Multi-Million Dollar Man' ibununyag ng solon [Summary] => Ibinunyag na kahapon ng isang pro-administration congressman ang account number ng sinasabing "Multi-Million Dollar Man" sa Gabinete ni Pangulong Arroyo na nangikil umano ng halos $2 milyon mula sa isang crony ni dating Pangulong Estrada.

Sa isang privilege speech, ipinakita ni Bulacan Rep. Willie Villarama ang 2-pahinang dokumento na magpapatunay sa nangyaring paglilipat ng halos $2M sa Hong Kong account.

Nakasaad sa dokumento na $1,999,965.00 ang nailipat sa isang account sa Coutts Bank (Schweiz) AG sa Hong Kong noong Peb. 23, 2001.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) ) )
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    [results] => Array
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                    [ArticleID] => 189052
                    [Title] => Malacañang scouting for Nani’s successor?
                    [Summary] => Malacañang said yesterday beleaguered Justice Secretary Hernando Perez will still have a job waiting for him when he comes back this week from a month-long medical leave.


But highly reliable sources told The STAR that Palace officials are already looking for a replacement for Perez and have offered his job to at least two people.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 188485 [Title] => GMA: No plan to fire Nani [Summary] => Did she or didn’t she?

President Arroyo denied yesterday that she promised Manila Rep. Mark Jimenez that she would soon fire embattled Justice Secretary Hernando Perez, accused by Jimenez of receiving a bribe from him.

In interviews yesterday, Jimenez said Mrs. Arroyo told him in a telephone conversation Tuesday that Perez – currently on a month-long medical leave – would soon be out of the Cabinet.

"He is on his way out," Jimenez quoted Mrs. Arroyo as saying.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 188063 [Title] => Escaler back in town [Summary] => SILANG, Cavite — Businessman Ernest Escaler, the investment banker who was accused of serving as a conduit for an alleged bribe to Justice Secretary-on leave Hernando Perez, is back in town.

A day after arriving from a two week trip to the United States, Escaler was already singing with old retro buddies, and not about any questionable bank account in Hong Kong. [DatePublished] => 2002-12-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 187834 [Title] => BSP asked to check Uruguay bank’s existence [Summary] => Bulacan Rep. Willie Buyson Villarama asked Gov. Rafael Buenaventura of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) yesterday to verify the existence of Trade and Commerce Bank in Uruguay.

He told the BSP head that the Uruguay bank is "central" to the controversy Manila Rep. Mark Jimenez’s accusation that Justice Secretary-on leave Hernando Perez extorted $2 million from him.

Perez has denied the accusation. Agnes Devanadera, one of his lawyers, has claimed that there is no Trade and Commerce Bank in Uruguay.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 185593 [Title] => Jimenez insists he wired $2 million to Nani [Summary] => Manila Rep. Mark Jimenez insisted yesterday that he wired $2 million to Coutts Bank of Hong Kong on Feb. 23, 2001 and that the huge sum was intended for Justice Secretary Hernando Perez.

Reacting to a certification from Coutts Bank that Perez does not have an account in the bank, Jimenez said he has the report of his bank in Uruguay to prove that it transferred the money to the Hong Kong bank through Trade and Commerce Bank in the Cayman Islands and Chase Manhattan Bank in New York.

"They gave me the account number and I wired the money there," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 185438 [Title] => MJ: Perez extorted $2-M from me [Summary] => Finally, the purported victim in an alleged $2-million extortion case came out in the open yesterday. In a privileged speech filled with emotion, Manila Rep. Mark Jimenez categorically accused Justice Secretary Hernando Perez of extorting $2 million from him and urged the justice chief to resign. [DatePublished] => 2002-11-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 184452 [Title] => Fire ‘Million Dollar Man’ — Lawmaker [Summary] => President Arroyo was urged yesterday to fire the "Million Dollar Man" in her Cabinet who allegedly extorted $2 million from a former crony of ousted President Joseph Estrada who is facing some problems with the government.

Rep. Willie Buyson Villarama (Aksyon Demokratiko, Bulacan) made the appeal in an interview on ABS-CBN’s Dong Puno Nightly. It was Villarama who last week exposed what he described as the "abominable and bottomless greed" of the still-unnamed Cabinet official.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097177 [AuthorName] => Katherine Adraneda [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 183754 [Title] => Solon reveals $2-M transfer to Cabinet’s ‘Million $ Man’ [Summary] => A pro-administration congressman revealed yesterday a $2-million transfer to the Hong Kong account of the "Million Dollar Man" in the Cabinet.

In a privileged speech, Rep. Willie Buyson Villarama (Aksyon Demokratiko, Bulacan) showed two documents detailing the money trail covering the transfer.

One document is a "payment detail report" of Trade and Commerce Bank in Uruguay, while the other is a payment or deposit instruction addressed to Chase Manhattan Bank in New York.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 183851 [Title] => Account number ng 'Multi-Million Dollar Man' ibununyag ng solon [Summary] => Ibinunyag na kahapon ng isang pro-administration congressman ang account number ng sinasabing "Multi-Million Dollar Man" sa Gabinete ni Pangulong Arroyo na nangikil umano ng halos $2 milyon mula sa isang crony ni dating Pangulong Estrada.

Sa isang privilege speech, ipinakita ni Bulacan Rep. Willie Villarama ang 2-pahinang dokumento na magpapatunay sa nangyaring paglilipat ng halos $2M sa Hong Kong account.

Nakasaad sa dokumento na $1,999,965.00 ang nailipat sa isang account sa Coutts Bank (Schweiz) AG sa Hong Kong noong Peb. 23, 2001.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) ) )
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