MANILA, Philippines—The Supreme Court has affirmed the Manila Regional Trial Court's dismissal of civil charges filed by the government more than a decade ago against a couple accused of involvement in a P60-million tax credit scam. The high court's Third Division faulted the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) for their lawyers' nonappearance at six hearings on the pretrial of Faustino and Gloria Chingkoe, which had led the Manila RTC to dismiss the case against them on July 14, 2006. "We find the trial court's dismissal of the case to be in order. As it were, the trial court amply gave respondent sufficient not...
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