A senator and a representative have asked the Department of Justice to explain why the three children of former Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) chairman Efraim Genuino were dropped from the plunder, corruption and malversation charges the DOJ filed in the Office of the Ombudsman.
Efraim Genuino, the embattled former chair of Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor), and his children, Erwin and Sheryl Genuino-See, have accused the Department of Justice (DoJ) of “discrimination and persecution” as they seek the lifting of the hold departure order (HDO) issued against them nearly two weeks ago. “It’s in violation of the Constitution [...]
It fittingly perked up a speech that dragged on for almost an hour. President Aquino’s remark about past officials of state-owned Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) who apparently had too much coffee to drink practically jolted the audience halfway through his State of the Nation Address on Monday. “In Pagcor, the previous management apparently [...]
A former senior official of the Philippine Gaming and Amusement Corp. (Pagcor) on Monday claimed that the string of criminal cases filed against him and other former officials of the state-gaming firm was politically motivated. Former Pagcor communications chief Edward “Dodie” King maintained that all transactions entered into by the previous Pagcor management were “aboveboard,” [...]
Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) on Monday filed plunder charges against its former chair, Efraim Genuino, for “siphoning off” some P186 million from its funds allegedly to aid the election bid of his daughter’s party-list group. Pagcor chair Cristino Naguiat Jr. brought more than 30,000 pages of documents to the Department of Justice (DoJ) [...]
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima has created a panel of prosecutors to investigate the graft charges filed by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) against its former chair, Efraim Genuino, for allegedly misappropriating P26.7 million in public funds to produce the movie “Baler” in 2008. In a department order, De Lima assigned Assistant State [...]
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) on Tuesday filed criminal charges against its former chair, Efraim Genuino, his son Erwin and 25 other individuals for allegedly funneling P26.7 million from the state-owned gaming firm to finance the film “Baler” in 2008. “This is just the start of a series of cases that we will [...]
