The Department of Justice (DOJ) has set for April 8 the start of the preliminary investigation of 25 policemen and soldiers led by P/Supt. Hansel Marantan who are charged in the murder of 13 men in Atimonan, Quezon, on Jan. 6.
Justice Undersecretary Francisco Baraan III has cited the need to review the cases filed against suspected Abu Sayyaf members linked to various crimes.
A harmless comment on the social network Facebook has cost the life of a 13-year old boy in El Salvador town in Misamis Oriental.
The lawyers of former Palawan governor Joel Reyes and his brother, Coron Mayor Mario Reyes, will ask the Court of Appeals to issue a clear order quashing the arrest warrants against the Reyes brothers in connection with the murder of Palawan environmentalist and broadcaster Gerry Ortega.
Eastern Samar Gov. Conrado Basada Nicart Jr. was charged on Tuesday with graft and violation of the Civil Service rules at the Office of the Ombudsman for allegedly withholding the salaries and benefits of 11 provincial government employees despite an order from the Civil Service Commission (CSC) to pay them.
Don’t be scared of me, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima told the Court of Appeals (CA) on Wednesday, after the court invalidated the second panel she created to re-investigate the murder of environmentalist and radio personality, Dr. Gerry Ortega, in Palawan in 2011, after the court find her action “scary.”
Justice Secretary Leila De Lima said on Wednesday that the amount of investment involved in the scam operated by Rasuman was bigger than that in the scam perpetrated by the Aman Futures Group.
Three Tulfo brothers on Monday sought a reinvestigation of the grave threat charges filed against them before a Quezon City court by couple Raymart Santiago and Claudine Barretto, claiming that they were denied the right to defend themselves from the complaint.
After filing their complaints before the offices of the National Bureau of Investigation and Philippine National Police, the more than 8,000 investors of Aman Futures Group Philippines Inc., still have to wait longer for the filing of charges against operators of the easy-money scheme.
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The security guard who was accused of stealing the P1.6 million Sinulog fund was freed late Monday afternoon after the Cebu City Prosecutor’s Office dismissed the qualified theft charges filed against him.
Former president and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo petitioned the Supreme Court, on Thursday, to direct Justice Secretary Leila de Lima and immigration officials to respect its order allowing her to travel abroad.
At least 30 opposition members in the House of Representatives, led by Minority Leader Edcel Lagman, on Thursday called for an inquiry into the November 15 barring of Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her husband from leaving the country despite a Supreme Court ruling upholding their constitutional right to travel abroad.
