by: NOEMI M. GONZALES, Reporter 4/16/2012 11:34:41 PM

THE GOVERNMENT has asked the Sandiganbayan to order businessman Lucio Tan to return to the government a portion of his assets believed to be part of former President Ferdinand E. Marcos’ ill-gotten wealth.

In a 175-page memorandum, the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG ) and the Office of the Solicitor General claimed they had presented enough evidence to prove that Mr. Tan, through his “stern business alliance and notorious partnership” with former President Ferdinand E. Marcos “prospered tremendously,” as a result of various acquisitions and expansions of his business empire.

The companies involved in the case are Fortune Tobacco Corp. (FTC), Asia Brewery, Allied Banking Corp., Foremost Farms, Himmel Industries, Grandspan Development Corp., Silangan Holdings, Dominium Realty and Construction Corp., and Shareholdings, Inc.

ANNOUNCEMENT

On March 20-30, 2012, the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) published on its web site the vacant positions for Associate Solicitor I.

As the OSG will now start the selection process to determine who are qualified for the said position, only applicants who have submitted their applications to the OSG not later than April 15, 2012, shall be considered for the position. Late applicants shall not be entertained.

For your information.

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MANILA, Philippines — The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) partially stopped Tuesday the camp of dismissed bureau director Magtanggol Gatdula from conducting an inspection on the vehicle of ambushed bureau deputy director Reynaldo Esmeralda.

Acting on direct orders from Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, Assistant Solicitor General Amparo Cabotaje-Tang prevented Gatdula's camp led by his lawyer Abraham Espejo from checking the inside of Esmeralda's vehicle despite the ap-proval of Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 26 Judge Silvino Pampilo Jr. through the Writ of Amparo he issued several days ago.