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PAO chief Persida Acosta said 158 other cases are still pending before the Department of Justice’s National Prosecution Service.
“We are talking about only eight cases filed here, while 158 others are still pending. Pharma has filed a petition with the Court of Appeals questioning the lower court’s jurisdiction of the civil cases filed against it,” Acosta said. She noted that Branch 13 Judge Lily Ann Marcos-Padaen has set another hearing on the continuance of the testimony of a witness of the Dengvaxia victims on Feb. 23 after its previous setting on Feb. 16.
Acosta also expressed disappointment over the court’s order to strike out several questions and answers under the judicial affidavit of witness Dr. Clarito Cairo during the Feb. 16 hearing.“PAO cannot do anything about it. It is the prosecutor that has the control over it. Nevertheless, the boxing is not yet over. It hurts,” she told reporters.
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