MANILA, Philippines — For failure to prove that the contempt citation against him lacks legal basis, the Pasay City Regional Trial Court dismissed the habeas corpus case filed by detained government contractor Pacifico “Curlee” Discaya. A writ of habeas corpus is a remedy applicable to cases of illegal confinement or detention where a person is deprived of his or her liberty or where the rightful custody of any person is withheld from the person entitled thereto. Curlee and his wife, Cezarah or Sarah, were among the government contractors implicated in alleged irregularities and “ghost projects” in multibillion-peso flood control programs. […]... Keep on reading: Pasay court rejects habeas case; Discaya remains in Senate custody