Суд отказал комиссии BMC в иске на 14 млн песо из-за неясности характера платежей

BMC’s P14m claim falls flat in court Tuesday, September 01, 2026 | 80 Views | BMC told the court that the payments arose from an oral agreement concluded between the parties in January 2016. In a recent ruling, Justice Dr Zein Kebonang refused BMC’s application for summary judgment over its claim for P14,069,875.04, ruling that the commission had failed to properly establish the cause of action on which its claim rested. The ruling exposes a fundamental problem in BMC’s case, as the commission could not settle on what the millions paid to Walgreen actually were. In its application, BMC described the payments at different points as 'prepayments', 'upfront payments', and loans. “Try a crime you end a criminal,treat an environment you end crime.”– Abhijit Naskar, Sleepless for SocietyWhat should be a vibrant entertainment hub has instead become an area where people increasingly fear for their safety.Hardly a weekend passes without reports of people losing their valuables, vehicles being broken into or stolen, revellers being assaulted and injured, and, in the most tragic cases, people being attacked with sharp...