Face the music, Mancao told
By Christine O. Avendaño, Nancy C. Carvajal
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Tuesday scoffed at the idea of fugitive Cezar Mancao II doing a Ping Lacson.

Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Tuesday scoffed at the idea of fugitive Cezar Mancao II doing a Ping Lacson.

National Bureau of Investigation agents have been scouring eastern Metro Manila for two days but have found no trace of the slippery fugitive Cezar Mancao II, though he has made himself available for TV, radio and print interviews.

Manhunt operations continue for one more inmate who bolted out of jail in Negros Occidental, following the surrender of another escapee Thursday, police said.
The budget department released close to P140 million in pork barrel to the province of Dinagat Islands last month or six months after its representative, fugitive cult leader Ruben Ecleo Jr., was stricken off the congressional roster.
A barangay official yesterday went to the Cebu City Police Office to clear himself from allegation that he harbored a wanted person who was shot dead in an encounter with police in barangay Pamutan, Cebu City

Apparently displeased with the continued failure of the authorities to account for high-profile fugitives, President Aquino on Thursday raised the respective bounties for suspects wanted for various crimes.

Manila’s “Dirty Harry” is once again taking “drastic action” against lawmen-turned-criminals.
The Bureau of Immigration said Tuesday it has deported a Japanese fugitive wanted in his country for defrauding a compatriot of half a million yen and banned the foreigner from coming back to the Philippines.
Fugitive retired Major General Jovito Palparan said Friday there was no truth to reports that he was being coddled by retired generals and members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
Two coaccused of retired Major General Jovito Palparan Jr. have been transferred to the custody of the Philippine Army after they expressed fear for their safety at a Bulacan jail where suspected criminals and communist rebels are detained.

A bounty of P500,000 has been put up by the government for the capture of retired Major General Jovito Palparan Jr., Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo said Tuesday.
Following Jovito Palparan’s failure to surrender to the authorities as expected on Friday, Commission Human Rights Chairperson Loretta Ann Rosales and human rights lawyer Edre Olalia gave this bit of advice to the National Bureau of Investigation: Don’t ever trust him to keep his word.
Expectations of retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan Jr. surrendering to authorities were dashed late Friday afternoon, with still no sign of the fugitive.