Warrant of Arrests Issued

[bandido]

http://www.philstar.com/archives.php?aid=20081108117&type=2

Billiard champ files libel case vs sports execs

Sunday, November 9, 2008


Two sports officials have been charged with libel at the Pasig Regional Trial Court on account of a complaint filed by top billiard player Alex ?The Lion? Pagulayan.

Pagulayan alleged that Billiard and Snooker Congress of the Philippines (BSCP) chairman Yen Makabenta and president Ernesto Fajardo had accused him of ?sharking? ? a term in billiard for cheating an opponent or ungentlemanly conduct ? in order to win in the Singapore leg of the 2007 Guinness 9-Ball tour.

They have also accused him of being a ?disgraceful loser? and a liar unfit, unworthy and unacceptable to represent the country.

Pagulayan said without hearing his side, Makabenta and Fajardo caused these pronouncements to be published in many newspapers. He alleged that the two fabricated the story when he refused to join a television program that Makabenta intended to produce.

Efren ?Bata? Reyes and Francisco ?Django? Bustamante also testified that they were invited by Makabenta to join the said TV program.

In contradiction to Makabenta and Fajardo?s pronouncements, the producers of the event ESPN Star Sports found nothing wrong in Pagulayan?s actuations and in fact seeded him in the succeeding legs of the tour.

He even won the Singapore leg of this year?s Guinness 9-Ball tournament, which is the same leg last year where Makabenta and Fajardo have accused him guilty of misconduct.

Pagulayan produced evidence that the sponsors of the event, Guinness Beer, even offered him to be their ambassador.

The investigating prosecutor found probable cause to prosecute Makabenta and Fajardo for the crime of libel. He found that the articles, which the two caused to be printed, tended to impeach Pagulayan?s honesty, virtue and reputation and to discredit and dishonor him in the minds of those reading the articles.

The prosecutor also found malice in the articles because they were prompted by hatred and personal ill will and tended to injure Pagulayan?s reputation.

If found guilty, the two respondents face paying monetary awards to Pagulayan and a one-year jail term.

 

[TXsouthpaw]

Also in the good old U.S.A. if you have a Warrant in One State, or another County and get stopped in another State, or County and the Warrant is found, many times you are set FREE in the State, or County because the Jurisdiction that Issued the WARRANT does not have the FUNDS to come, and bring you back to face judgment.

thats true. happend to me twice. once while in ca on a warrant from tx and once in tx on a warrant from ca. Maybe next time i get a warrant ill just move to the philliphines. ( or maybe ill just try to stop getting them)

 

[Johnnyt]

If found guilty. If your system is like ours he could put all this off for years...depending how much money he has. Johnnyt

 

[TheHole]

You know Rick in some places in the good old U.S.A., you can be ARRESTED on a Warrant, and Released O.R. with out posting a Bail Bond.

You know what happen then the arrested party never show up in Court to face charge, and the process start again.

Also in the good old U.S.A. if you have a Warrant in One State, or another County and get stopped in another State, or County and the Warrant is found, many times you are set FREE in the State, or County because the Jurisdiction that Issued the WARRANT does not have the FUNDS to come, and bring you back to face judgment.

Maybe you should let bandido explain what happen in his country, and how their justice system works.
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Wow I have never seen a county, city, state, province, township, so broke they let people with warrants go after detaining them......see, that warrant usually means they did not show up for a criminal proceeding or they NEED to show up for a criminal proceeding

I definately want to go to the town that is so broke they can't arrest you, I am gonna rob dat bish blind

 

[JB Cases]

Wow I have never seen a county, city, state, province, township, so broke they let people with warrants go after detaining them......see, that warrant usually means they did not show up for a criminal proceeding or they NEED to show up for a criminal proceeding

I definately want to go to the town that is so broke they can't arrest you, I am gonna rob dat bish blind

I think you missed it. They are let go because they are arrested by officers in one jurisdiction and the place where the warrant was issued does not want to spring for the cost of getting the prisoner transported back to that place. Ususally this involves sending someone there and paying the transportation both ways. If the crime is not a felony then I suppose that a lot of DA's offices just forgo the extradition and hope to get the person when they show back up.

I am surprised that there isn't a prison network of buses crisscrossing the country that could pick up such people though. Seems like the feds ought to provide JailHound service to the many communities across the nation.

Then again maybe there is.

 

[TXsouthpaw]

Wow I have never seen a county, city, state, province, township, so broke they let people with warrants go after detaining them......see, that warrant usually means they did not show up for a criminal proceeding or they NEED to show up for a criminal proceeding

I definately want to go to the town that is so broke they can't arrest you, I am gonna rob dat bish blind

u missed the point. If you got a warrant out in NY for speeding and you get picked up in CA, NY is not gonna spring for a cross country bus ride to take care something like that. So they drop the warrant. Got it?

 

[poolnut]

I think you missed it. They are let go because they are arrested by officers in one jurisdiction and the place where the warrant was issued does not want to spring for the cost of getting the prisoner transported back to that place. Ususally this involves sending someone there and paying the transportation both ways. If the crime is not a felony then I suppose that a lot of DA's offices just forgo the extradition and hope to get the person when they show back up.

I am surprised that there isn't a prison network of buses crisscrossing the country that could pick up such people though. Seems like the feds ought to provide JailHound service to the many communities across the nation.

Then again maybe there is.

Not exactly that, but very close. There are transportation companies that deal specifically with extradition. In Illinois, there are 3 to 4 typical limits on extradition. Issuing county and surrounding counties is the most typical. The next would be the entire issuing state. The counties that border another state may include a certain distance into that foreign state. Followed by issuing state and surrounding states. The last being anywhere. It is decided by the state's attorney of that county what the limits will be based on the seriousness of the charge.

As far as extradition goes, if the arrest is made within the issuing state or a surrounding state, it is up to the issuing agency to provide transportation of the criminal. Any farther and it can be done via the transportation companies.

It is still nearly as expensive as if they agency had just done it themselves, but can usually be arranged in a more timely manner. I can speak for the state of IL only as that is where I work.

 

[CocoboloCowboy]

I think you missed it. They are let go because they are arrested by officers in one jurisdiction and the place where the warrant was issued does not want to spring for the cost of getting the prisoner transported back to that place. Ususally this involves sending someone there and paying the transportation both ways. If the crime is not a felony then I suppose that a lot of DA's offices just forgo the extradition and hope to get the person when they show back up.

Its all about dollars, and cents, and unless it is a high profile case, or murder, many times the bad guy goes FREE.

I am surprised that there isn't a prison network of buses crisscrossing the country that could pick up such people though. Seems like the feds ought to provide JailHound service to the many communities across the nation.

Then again maybe there is.

There is it call the U.S. Marshal Service Con Air, when I worked for L.A. County we had a FLEET of Buses that did nothing but pick up people being help in other Counties in California on LA County Warrent HOLDS, on high profile cases, we even dropped off some of out unwanted wanted to other counties that paid us to transport their wanteds back to them.

 

[tucson9ball]

Personal Info........

Below is the last paragraph of the Resolution. Since bail was set then respondents then need an Arrest Warrant issued against them before the trial is held. I would think that "just cause" for the Libel complaint has been determined and thus...

Wherefore, premises considered, it is hereby recommended that respondents Florentino P. Makabenta and Ernesto Fajardo be charged with the crime of Libel defined and penalized under Article 353 of the Revised Penal Code and let the attached information be filed with the Regional Trial Court of Pasig City. Bail recommended is P10,000.00 each.

Didn't we have a thread deleted before when somebody posted personal info? We don't need this on a pool forum. Moderators please......:frown:

 

[Renegade]

If found guilty. If your system is like ours he could put all this off for years...depending how much money he has. Johnnyt

that's true....remember, up till now (22 years and counting) the marcoses' still have yet to spend a day in jail. most of the cases against them have been dismissed, and they're still in power.

i'm guessing messrs. makabenta and fajardo easily posted bail and had their lawyers do it too so as to avoid ugly press....

 

[jay helfert]

that's true....remember, up till now (22 years and counting) the marcoses' still have yet to spend a day in jail. most of the cases against them have been dismissed, and they're still in power.

i'm guessing messrs. makabenta and fajardo easily posted bail and had their lawyers do it too so as to avoid ugly press....

???? Ferdinand is dead and his wife is in exile. Or maybe you are talking about Sam Marcos the mattress king.

 

[jeffwinters]

???? Ferdinand is dead and his wife is in exile. Or maybe you are talking about Sam Marcos the mattress king.

Imelda Marcos the wife of the late Ferdinand is living in the Philippines with the rest of her children, some of her children are now members of the House of the Representatives (BongBong and Imee, i think), politicians in short.