Justice Secretary Leila De Lima dared former police senior superintendent Cezar Mancao to prove his allegations of corruption inside the government’s Witness Protection Program (WPP).
The Philippines is aiming to speed up convictions in the country’s worst political massacre to ensure justice amid fears the trial could drag on for years, the country’s top justice official said.
Who’s got the right man? Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Monday said that the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and Philippine National Police (PNP) had each tagged a different suspect in the death of 7-year-old Stephanie Nicole Ella.
More than five months after the security aide of Justice Secretary Leila de Lima was shot dead and his body dumped in Bulacan province, charges of robbery with homicide were filed on Monday against five men linked to his killing.
The Office of the Ombudsman dismissed an agent of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) allegedly involved in a kidnap for ransom activity.
Justice Secretary Leila De Lima on Wednesday said she is hopeful that justice will finally be served to her security aide who was shot to death in Bulacan early this year.
The government has started evaluating the documents at the office of late Interior and Local Secretary Jesse Robredo, Justice Secretary Leila De Lima said.
Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo is truly “gone too soon,” Justice Secretary Leila De Lima said Tuesday as she vows to continue reforms and anti-crime campaign that she and Robredo had started.
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima disclosed on Friday the formation of a joint investigating panel that will focus on illegal mining and illegal logging activities in different parts of the country, said a report by Ricky Brozas on Radyo Inquirer 990 AM.
“Am I satisfied? Personally, I’m not,” President Benigno Aquino III told reporters, referring to the Judicial and Bar Council list of nominees that did not include the administration candidate, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima.
President Benigno Aquino III and Justice Secretary Leila de Lima made one thing clear on Friday —they were still not swallowing road rage killer Rolito Go’s claim that he was abducted from New Bilibid Prison (NBP).
He would have voted for Justice Secretary Leila de Lima as next Chief Justice but Iloilo Representative Niel Tupas Jr. stood by the Judicial and Bar Council’s decision to disqualify her.
Justice Secretary Leila De Lima is dismayed by the decision of the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) to disqualify her from the Chief Justice post.
