Recent photos of fugitive former police officer Cezar Mancao were all Photoshopped and was released to “insult” the Department of Justice and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Justice Secretary Leila De Lima said Tuesday.
Justice Secretary Leila De Lima on Thursday ordered an intensified manhunt for former police officer Cezar Mancao after he declared he will not surrender.
Michael Ray Aquino, a former aide and coaccused of Sen. Panfilo Lacson in the Dacer-Corbito double murder case, has applied for reinstatement in the Philippine National Police (PNP), the Inquirer learned on Tuesday.
The justice department will file a motion for reconsideration with the Manila regional trial court (RTC) that dismissed the double murder case against former police officer Michael Ray Aquino, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said.
Former police intelligence officer Michael Ray Aquino fled the country in 2001 after he was implicated in the Dacer-Corbito killings.
A Manila court has dismissed for lack of evidence the double murder case against Michael Ray Aquino in connection with the 2000 deaths of publicist Salvador “Bubby” Dacer and his driver, Emmanuel Corbito.
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson disclosed that apart from the late Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo, two other incumbent officials of the Aquino government had helped facilitate his return from hiding.
Former police Senior Supt. Cesar Mancao might remain as a state witness in the Dacer-Corbito double murder case, his lawyer suggested on Thursday.
The lawyer of Cezar Mancao II, who has testified against Senator Panfilo Lacson in the Dacer-Corbito double murder case, has lashed out at the solicitor general for not taking action on a Court of Appeals ruling calling Mancao an “untrustworthy” witness.
Former Senior Supt. Michael Ray Aquino maintained his innocence in the Dacer-Corbito case, pleading not guilty on Monday to charges he had something to do with the 2000 double murders. The arraignment in Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 32 lasted less than an hour, although it took a decade for it to happen. After 10 [...]
Former Senior Supt. Michael Ray Aquino’s return to the country may open a new chapter in the decade-long investigation into the Dacer-Corbito double murder case. Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Monday said an impending reinvestigation of the case would include “two to three big names” who were not previously indicted for the November 2000 [...]
Sen. Panfilo Lacson will have his revenge when Justice Secretary Leila de Lima faces confirmation before the congressional Commission on Appointments (CA). Lacson, who is obviously seething at De Lima’s alleged “persistence” in pinning him down in the Dacer-Corbito double murder case, on Thursday said De Lima should expect to be grilled for her supposed [...]
Not so fast. Sen. Panfilo Lacson, who won a reprieve both from the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court, is not yet off the hook regarding his alleged involvement in the Dacer-Corbito double murder case, the high court said on Wednesday. Midas Marquez, Supreme Court spokesperson and administrator, said the court’s ruling throwing out [...]
