Friday, January 27, 2023
manilastandard.net
ADVERTISEMENT
  • About
  • News
    • Top Stories
    • National
    • World News
    • Pinoy Abroad
    • Features
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Columns
    • Soundbytes
  • LGUs
    • NCR
    • Luzon
    • Visayas
    • Mindanao
  • Business
    • Corporate
    • Economy & Trade
    • Stocks
    • Money
    • Agri & Mining
    • Power & Tech
    • IT & Telecom
  • Sports
    • Basketball
    • Volleyball
    • Fightsports
    • Active
    • Sports Plus
    • One Championship
    • Columns
  • Entertainment
    • TV & Movies
    • Celebrity Profiles
    • Music & Concerts
    • Digital Media
    • Columns
  • Lifestyle
    • Food
    • Culture & Media
    • Fashion
    • Health and Home
    • Leisure
    • Shopping
    • Columns
  • Others
    • Pets
    • Pop.Life
      • Newsmakers
      • Hangouts
      • A-Pop
      • Post Its
      • Performances
      • Malls & Bazaars
      • Hobbies & Collections
    • Technology
      • Gadgets
      • Computers
      • Business
      • Tech Plus
    • MS ON THE ROAD
      • Sedan
      • SUV
      • Truck
      • Bike
      • Accessories
      • Motoring Plus
      • Commuter’s Corner
    • Home & Design
      • Residential
      • Commercial
      • Construction
      • Interior
    • Spotlight
    • Gallery
      • Photos
      • Videos
    • Events
      • Seminars
      • Exhibits
      • Community
    • Biyahero
      • Travel Features
      • Travel Reels
      • Travel Logs
  • Advertise with Us
No Result
View All Result
  • About
  • News
    • Top Stories
    • National
    • World News
    • Pinoy Abroad
    • Features
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Columns
    • Soundbytes
  • LGUs
    • NCR
    • Luzon
    • Visayas
    • Mindanao
  • Business
    • Corporate
    • Economy & Trade
    • Stocks
    • Money
    • Agri & Mining
    • Power & Tech
    • IT & Telecom
  • Sports
    • Basketball
    • Volleyball
    • Fightsports
    • Active
    • Sports Plus
    • One Championship
    • Columns
  • Entertainment
    • TV & Movies
    • Celebrity Profiles
    • Music & Concerts
    • Digital Media
    • Columns
  • Lifestyle
    • Food
    • Culture & Media
    • Fashion
    • Health and Home
    • Leisure
    • Shopping
    • Columns
  • Others
    • Pets
    • Pop.Life
      • Newsmakers
      • Hangouts
      • A-Pop
      • Post Its
      • Performances
      • Malls & Bazaars
      • Hobbies & Collections
    • Technology
      • Gadgets
      • Computers
      • Business
      • Tech Plus
    • MS ON THE ROAD
      • Sedan
      • SUV
      • Truck
      • Bike
      • Accessories
      • Motoring Plus
      • Commuter’s Corner
    • Home & Design
      • Residential
      • Commercial
      • Construction
      • Interior
    • Spotlight
    • Gallery
      • Photos
      • Videos
    • Events
      • Seminars
      • Exhibits
      • Community
    • Biyahero
      • Travel Features
      • Travel Reels
      • Travel Logs
  • Advertise with Us
No Result
View All Result
manilastandard.net
No Result
View All Result
Home News Metro

PAO steps into tanim-bala case

Rey E. RequejobyRey E. Requejo
May 13, 2016, 12:01 am
in Metro
Reading Time: 2 mins read
A A
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Email

The Public Attorney’s Office has sought the transfer of the case involving an elderly couple from the Department of Justice to the Pasay City Prosecutor’s Office. 

The couple claimed to be the latest victims of the alleged bullet-planting scheme at the airport  and countered with charges of extortion against three  personnel of the Office of Transport Security.

In a letter to Prosecutor General Claro A. Arellano, PAO Chief Persida Rueda-Acosta stressed that it is only necessary to transfer the case against Salvacion Cortabista, 75, and husband Esteban Cortabista, 78, before the Pasay City Prosecutor’s Office because the city prosecutor is the vice chairman of the Special Task Force created by the DoJ.

Acosta also argued that the Regional Trial Court of Pasay City also has jurisdiction over the case in the event that a criminal action will be filed against the couple.

The Cortabistas were supposed to go to the United States to seek medical treatment for their severe arthritis when they were stopped at the airport after an ammunition was discovered in the handbag of Salvacion.

ADVERTISEMENT

They already filed a criminal case against the wheelchair attendant Niño Namba and x-ray screeners Ferdinand Morales and Fatti Dame Go of the  OTS  before the Pasay Prosecutors’ Office.

The couple insisted that Namba, Morales and Go conspired to plant a bullet inside Salvacion’s handbag to extort money from her.

After the bullet was discovered, the couple said Morales told them, “‘Mahina ang P50,000 dyan [P50,000 would be a small amount for that],’ clearly intimating that they should pay in order for Salvacion to be able to board the aircraft.”

“At that point, I looked at Ferdinand Morales, held my red belt bag and told him ‘one hundred twenty pesos lang ang pera ko (I only have P120 with me),” she said.

The couple said that during the incident last April 19, they noticed Morales obviously signaling to Go, while only Namba held their bags for inspection.

The Cortabistas insisted that the bullet found in their bag was planted, adding that they passed through the initial security checkpoint twice without the bullet detected by airport authorities.

Tags: bullet planting schemePAOPublic Attorney’s OfficeTanim bala
ADVERTISEMENT
Rey E. Requejo

Rey E. Requejo

Related Posts

Metro brings Janine Gutierrez on the cover

byManila Standard Showbiz
March 27, 2021, 7:10 pm
0
14
Metro brings Janine Gutierrez on the cover

Metro, through its website Metro.Style, warmly welcomes its newest cover girl, award-winning actress, and fashion and beauty muse Janine Gutierrez.  ‘Dito at Doon’...

Read more

Debutante Andrea on the cover of Metro

byManila Standard Showbiz
March 13, 2021, 10:20 pm
0
10
Debutante Andrea on the cover of Metro

For her 18th birthday, teen star Andrea Brillantes is celebrating the way she deserves: on the digital cover of top...

Read more

Food pop-up features Mother’s Day set menus from well-loved restaurants

byManila Standard Lifestyle
May 10, 2020, 9:30 pm
0
8
Food pop-up features Mother’s Day set menus from well-loved restaurants

To make meals shared at home a little bit special, lifestyle magazine Metro has put together a pop-up in collaboration...

Read more

Momoland to conquer Philippine soil in 2020

byManila Standard Showbiz
January 10, 2020, 6:35 pm
0
11
Momoland to conquer Philippine soil in 2020

South Korean girl group Momoland—composed of Nancy, JooE, Ahin, Jane, Nayun, and Hyebin—debuts as cover girls in Metro.Style’s first digital issue for 2020, their...

Read more

3-day sale at Metro Retail stores

byManila Standard Lifestyle
September 11, 2019, 9:30 pm
0
9
3-day sale at Metro Retail stores

Ready your wallets as all Metro stores launch a huge three-day Sidewalk Sale on Sept. 13 – 15.  Metro Retail’s...

Read more

Petition for recall elections in San Juan granted

byArlene Lim
December 20, 2017, 10:50 am
0
8

The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has granted the petition to hold a recall elections in San Juan City. The poll...

Read more

Print Edition

View More

Recent Posts

  • ‘PH must have post-harvest hubs’
  • Renewable energy
  • Villar pushes bill on corn, poultry sector
  • Modern jeepneys
  • Optimistic
  • Loyzaga names new execs in series of memos
  • Probe on pollution in San Simon set
  • DBM: Budget for programs set for rollout

Advertisement

Latest News

Loyzaga names new execs in series of memos

byRio N. Araja
January 27, 2023, 10:30 pm
0
8
An eventful year for PH mining industry

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga has issued a series of special orders on January...

Read more

Probe on pollution in San Simon set

byManila Standard
January 27, 2023, 10:20 pm
0
8
Village leaders air gripes over toxic emissions

San Fernando City- To avert the impending health and environment crisis in this municipality, the DENR Regional head ordered Environment...

Read more

DBM: Budget for programs set for rollout

byManila Standard
January 27, 2023, 10:10 pm
0
8
DBM: ’22 budget can be modified for Omicron aid

The 2024 national budget would cover only implementation-ready programs of government agencies, Department of Budget and Management Secretary Amenah Pangandaman...

Read more

Transport ready to improve walkways, bicycle lanes around metro

byManila Standard
January 27, 2023, 10:05 pm
0
8
Nat’l Bike Day highlights PH active transport

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is set to improve walkways and bicycle lanes across the National Capital Region (NCR) after...

Read more

Search and rescue teams try again to find missing Cessna

byJoel E. Zurbano
January 27, 2023, 10:00 pm
0
8
‘NPA weakened  via NTF-ELCAC’

Government search and rescue teams (SAR) on Friday continued efforts to find the Cessna plane with six people on board...

Read more

Advertisement

ADVERTISEMENT
Facebook Twitter Instagram Youtube

ABOUT US

Manila Standard

Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.

Digital Edition

In tone and content, the online edition mirrors the editorial thrust of the newspaper. While hewing to the traditional precepts of fairness and objectivity, MS believes the news of the day need not be staid, overly long or dry. Stories are succinct, readable and written in a lively style that has become a hallmark of the newspaper.

Download – Today’s Paper

Search

No Result
View All Result

6th Floor Universal Re Bldg., 106 Paseo De Roxas cor. Perea Street, Legaspi Village, 1226 Makati City Philippines

Trunklines: 832-5554, 832-5556, 832-5558

© 2021 Manila Standard - Designed and Developed by Neitiviti Studios.

No Result
View All Result
  • About
  • News
    • Top Stories
    • National
    • World News
    • Pinoy Abroad
    • Features
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Columns
    • Soundbytes
  • LGUs
    • NCR
    • Luzon
    • Visayas
    • Mindanao
  • Business
    • Corporate
    • Economy & Trade
    • Stocks
    • Money
    • Agri & Mining
    • Power & Tech
    • IT & Telecom
  • Sports
    • Basketball
    • Volleyball
    • Fightsports
    • Active
    • Sports Plus
    • One Championship
    • Columns
  • Entertainment
    • TV & Movies
    • Celebrity Profiles
    • Music & Concerts
    • Digital Media
    • Columns
  • Lifestyle
    • Food
    • Culture & Media
    • Fashion
    • Health and Home
    • Leisure
    • Shopping
    • Columns
  • Pop.Life
    • Newsmakers
    • Hangouts
    • A-Pop
    • Post Its
    • Performances
    • Malls & Bazaars
    • Hobbies & Collections
  • Technology
    • Gadgets
    • Computers
    • Business
    • Tech Plus
  • MS ON THE ROAD
    • Sedan
    • SUV
    • Truck
    • Bike
    • Accessories
    • Motoring Plus
    • Commuter’s Corner
  • Home & Design
    • Residential
    • Commercial
    • Construction
    • Interior
  • Spotlight
  • Gallery
    • Photos
    • Videos
  • Events
    • Seminars
    • Exhibits
    • Community
  • Biyahero
    • Travel Features
    • Travel Reels
    • Travel Logs
  • Pets
  • Advertise with Us

© 2021 Manila Standard - Designed and Developed by Neitiviti Studios.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Install Manila Standard Web App

Install App