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The online free encyclopedia, Wikipedia, informs that noted Philippine publicist Salvador “Bubby” Dacer was murdered on November 24, 2000 by members of the police force. According to Wikipedia, “Bubby Dacer and his driver, Emmanuel Corbito, were abducted in Makati, the business district of Manila. They were later killed, and their vehicle dumped. In 2001, a number of arrests were made. One of the accused, police colonel Glenn Dumlao, named Cesar Mancao and Michael Ray Aquino as the organisers of the murders. Mancao and Aquino both fled the country. Dumlao later disappeared.” “The ultimate reasons for Dacer’s murder remain a...

HE may consider it prudent not to wade into politics at this time, but former Manila congressman Mark Jimenez can never be away from the limelight for very long. The controversial businessman, who was released recently from a United States prison, has taken up the cause of Filipinos claiming to have been allegedly mistreated by the United States-based Northwest Airlines. Jimenez announced during the Christmas weekend that he was planning to lead Northwest victims in filing a class suit against the US carrier for allegedly treating its Filipino passengers on its December 18 flight from Detroit to Manila like...

A former Filipino lawmaker who was jailed in the US for illegally financing presidential campaign of former US president Bill Clinton flew back home on Sunday after spending two years in jail. Former Manila congressman Mark Jimenez, who was also a wealthy businessman, was released from prison by US authorities last week. He was extradited to the US on December 26, 2002, on charges of tax evasion and conspiracy to defraud the US and commit election- financing offenses. He was found to have illegally contributed millions of dollars to the presidential campaign of Clinton. A US Federal Court sentenced...

Mark Jimenez released from US Federal prison Former Manila congressman Mark Jimenez has been released from a federal prison in Pennsylvania in the United States, ABS-CBN North America Bureau reported Wednesday. Public information officer Mike Furman confirmed that Jimenez was released by the Federal Correctional Institution in Allenwood, Pennsylvania on December 13, 8 a.m. (9 p.m. in Manila). Jimenez (also known as Mario Crespo) was immediately turned over to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), an agency under the Department of Homeland Security. He said Jimenez is now "a detainee in the custody of ICE." The ICE media...

Heard through the grapevine - Former congressman Mark Jimenez was forced to spend a few more weeks in the US penitentiary after he was found to have distributed "farewell gifts" to prison guards as well as fellow inmates.

AT LEAST two members of the House of Representatives are seeking "custody" of former Manila Representative Mark Jimenez from the United States amid reports his release from a federal prison and subsequent deportation to the Philippines had been delayed because of an "infraction" he allegedly committed while serving his 20-month jail term. Jimenez, whose real name is Mario Crespo, was originally scheduled for deportation last Tuesday but was not aboard the plane that was supposed to have flown him to Manila. Jimenez was jailed in Pennsylvania after being convicted of tax fraud and illegal campaign contributions. A local television...

MARK JIMENEZ is coming home on his own sweet time, according to his friend, Surigao del Sur Representative Prospero Pichay. The ex-jailbird was expected back from the United States yesterday, but Pichay yesterday said he was probably still staying with family members in Florida. "He's resting, sleeping, enjoying his time [out of prison]," Pichay said of the controversial former representative of Manila. Jimenez (real name Mario Crespo) has just completed a 20-month jail sentence for making illegal campaign contributions and committing tax fraud in the United States. Along with other lawmakers, Pichay had earlier planned to meet Jimenez at...

CHICAGO, Illinois — The headline of another newspaper yesterday was a self-fulfilling prophesy: "No red carpet, no yellow ribbons for Mark Jimenez (MJ)." If the information of the US Bureau of Federal Prisons is to be believed, the much-anticipated return of the former Manila congressman on Tuesday, Nov. 22, will have to wait. His projected release is reset to Dec. 13, 2005. In a previous posting of Jimenez’s release by the US Bureau of Federal Prisons, his original "projected release was Nov. 5, 2005." This was exactly the day of the 20th month of his imprisonment in the Federal...

CONTRARY to expectations that he would be giving some prominent people sleepless nights, it would be a more religious, more media-shy Mark Jimenez who will be coming home on Tuesday after nearly two years in a US federal prison, friends said yesterday. "He would like to devote his time to God's words," one of the friends told the Inquirer. But that doesn't mean Jimenez would be all forgiving, the friend indicated. Except Nani "He has said he has already forgiven all those who have crossed him, except Nani," he said, referring to former Justice Secretary Hernando Perez whom Jimenez...

From Tempo.com.ph - US sends Mark Jimenez back home in November By JEAMMA E. SABATE Former Manila (6th District) Congressman Mark Jimenez will be deported in November to the Philippines from the United States after serving his sentence in a federal prison, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said yesterday. This was confirmed by lawyer Ricardo Diaz, chief of NBI Interpol Division, saying that Kevin R. Peters of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has advised the bureau of Jimenez's return to the country. Jimenez, 57, whose real name is Mario Crespo, is scheduled to be deported on November 21....

Thursday, September 29, 2005 Jimenez eyes Atienza’s post By Maricel V. Cruz, Reporter CONTROVERSIAL former representative Mark Jimenez of Manila is planning to run as mayor for Manila when he returns to the country in November after serving out his two-year community service in the United States owing to criminal charges. A congressman on Thursday gave this information to The Manila Times, but added that Jimenez may choose not to return to the country. The source, who refused to be identified, said the businessman’s “family and relatives” are convincing Jimenez to stay in the Bahamas for good. The former...

Mark Jimenez gets 2 years for election fraud A U.S. federal court sentenced Thursday (Friday in Manila) ousted Manila congressman Mark Jimenez to more than two years in jail for federal election fraud. Jimenez was sentenced to 2 1/4 years in federal prison and ordered to pay $1.2 million restitution on his guilty plea to election conspiracy and tax evasion charges. He handed over a check for the first $400,000. The court ruled that Jimenez contributed illegally to the campaigns of then-president Clinton and other Democrats, including then-senator Robert Torricelli of New Jersey. He also became a confidante of...

MIAMI -- An ousted Filipino congressman pleaded guilty Friday to two counts of tax evasion and one count of election financing fraud. Mark Jimenez, 56, agreed that he owes up to $1.5 million in income tax for 1995 and 1996 and will serve at least 21 months in prison. He will be sentenced at a later day, federal prosecutors said. Jimenez was extradited in December to Miami, where he was charged with using money from his Miami company and a closely related one to reimburse employees for illegal donations to former President Bill Clinton and other Democrats. Jimenez made...

Magistrate in Miami grants bail to Filipino congressman A Filipino congressman accused of tax evasion and making illegal campaign contributions to Democrats in the United States received a 56th birthday present Thursday from a federal judge who granted him bail. Filipino Rep. Mark Jimenez, former chief executive officer of a Miami computer exporting firm, is expected to spend his birthday and a few extra days behind bars while several of his children and siblings in the U.S. arrange to post $65,000 in cash and $500,000 in assets to back his bond. ''The conditions are stiff, but they are fair...

Suspect in Clinton-era scandal returns to Miami to face charges MIAMI (AP) -- A wealthy Filipino businessman-turned-congressman accused of making illegal contributions to the Democratic Party returned to the U.S. on Sunday, accompanied by U.S. marshals to face an indictment in Miami. Mark B. Jimenez, 55, arrived at Miami International Airport aboard a United Airlines flight at 6 p.m. after a two-day stay in Guam. He was immediately taken by U.S. Marshals to the Federal Detention Center in Miami, said a pilot, who declined to be identified. Jimenez was scheduled to be processed and spend the night at the...

Manila legislator to leave for U.S. to face criminal charges MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- After losing an extradition battle, a wealthy Filipino lawmaker said he was ready to fly to Florida on Thursday to face charges that he made illegal campaign contributions to President Clinton and the Democratic Party in the 1990s. Manila Rep. Mark Jimenez said he was scheduled to fly late Thursday to Miami via the U.S. territory of Guam and Honolulu, Hawaii. A Manila court handling his extradition case had ordered Jimenez, 55, to leave voluntarily by Thursday or face arrest. Jimenez was indicted by a...