De Lima vows to catch Mancao
By Christine O. Avendaño
Justice Secretary Leila De Lima has vowed to catch fugitive double murder suspect Cezar Mancao II.
Justice Secretary Leila De Lima has vowed to catch fugitive double murder suspect Cezar Mancao II.
The Department of Justice is mourning over the “untimely demise” of Cavite Provincial Prosecutor Emmanuel Velasco, whom Justice Secretary Leila de Lima described as “one of the standout members of our National Prosecution Service.”
A lawyer has been suspended by the Supreme Court from practicing law for two years after he was found to have done notary public work in Isabela province without proper authority.
With the elections over, it is time for candidates to reveal how much they received in campaign contributions and how much they spent, if they don’t want the taxman to come knocking at their door.
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agents who were arrested on Monday outside the Cavite compound of Sen. Ramon Revilla Jr. were in the area because they were monitoring supposed vote-buying on Election Day, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said Tuesday.
The public cannot expect closure to the Dacer-Corbito murders if those who claim to have knowledge of the 12-year-old case would make themselves scarce as in the case of Cezar Mancao who left protective detention at the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), according to Justice Secretary Leila de Lima.
“Cheers! Drinkers toast SC decision…” was among the reactions on social media to a Supreme Court order reducing the five-day liquor ban imposed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to just two days, or on the eve of the elections and on Election Day.
Senatorial candidate Richard Gordon on Wednesday night sought the postponement of the May 13 elections, saying that the automated elections will likely be not clean and honest because it will be powered by a “dishonest” source code.
Reluctance from the Palace and defiance from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the financial institutions it regulates greeted the “money ban” that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) imposed from May 8 to 13.
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Tuesday scoffed at the idea of fugitive Cezar Mancao II doing a Ping Lacson.
For using his US passport four times despite having renounced his American citizenship, a Lanao del Norte mayor has been ousted from his post and barred by the Supreme Court from running for public office.
The Commission on Elections on Monday announced that the source code for the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines to be used in the May 13 elections will finally be released to the Comelec this week.
A very angry Secretary Leila de Lima on Monday dropped fugitive Cezar Mancao II from the Witness Protection Program (WPP) that the suspect in the Dacer-Corbito murder case had criticized as ridden with corruption.
