{"id":141440,"date":"2017-12-22T20:35:50","date_gmt":"2017-12-23T01:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=141440"},"modified":"2025-01-20T08:49:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T13:49:01","slug":"lacson-confirms-release-of-fratman-balag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/22\/lacson-confirms-release-of-fratman-balag\/","title":{"rendered":"Lacson confirms release of fratman Balag"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_111399\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111399\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Ping1013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-111399\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Ping1013.jpg\" alt=\"Lacson and a number of senators have previously slammed the BOC for allowing the shipment to enter the Philippines saying inspection was not done properly and protocols were not followed. (pna photo)\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Ping1013.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Ping1013-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111399\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lacson, however, said that Balag&#8217;s release does not mean that the Senate is ready to give up the &#8220;rights of legislature&#8221; since it is a co-equal branch of the government. (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Aegis Juris fratman Arvin Balag, one of the principal suspects in the hazing death of law student Horacio Castillo III, has been released from Senate custody, Senator Panfilo Lacson said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Lacson, chair of the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs, confirmed that the Supreme Court indeed ordered Balag\u2019s release through a resolution dated December 12.<\/p>\n<p>Balag has been detained in the Senate since Oct. 18 after being cited in contempt for refusing to answer even the simplest questions during the probe into Castillo\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe opted in the meantime to respect and comply with the SC resolution ordering the interim release of Balag even before its final ruling on the main case,\u201d Lacson said in a text message.<\/p>\n<p>Lacson, however, said that Balag\u2019s release does not mean that the Senate is ready to give up the \u201crights of the legislature\u201d since it is a co-equal branch of the government.<\/p>\n<p>He said the Senate will tackle Balag\u2019s issue at the proper time as a collegial body.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy cialis professional online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hillcresthearing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/cialis-professional.html\">https:\/\/www.hillcresthearing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/cialis-professional.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The senator, meanwhile, said that allowing Balag\u2019s release was also done \u201cin the spirit of Christmas\u201d.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy lopressor online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hillcresthearing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/lopressor.html\">https:\/\/www.hillcresthearing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/lopressor.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did so, all in the spirit of Christmas, not to mention our desire to avoid a constitutional crisis during the holiday season,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy paxil online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hillcresthearing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/paxil.html\">https:\/\/www.hillcresthearing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/paxil.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<em><strong>(With reports from Lloyd Caliwan\/PNA)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Aegis Juris fratman Arvin Balag, one of the principal suspects in the hazing death of law student Horacio Castillo &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":111399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[24183,28396,8790,24519,2990,14169],"class_list":["post-141440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-aegis-juris","tag-arvin-balag","tag-christmas","tag-horacio-castillo-iii","tag-panfilo-lacson","tag-senate-committee-on-public-order-and-dangerous-drugs","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141440"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286118,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141440\/revisions\/286118"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}