Jealousy eyed as motive for murder of gay ex-lover
By Julie M. Aurelio
The Quezon City prosecutor’s office has recommended murder charges against a jobless man accused of stabbing dead a male dermatologist who was his ex-flame.
The Quezon City prosecutor’s office has recommended murder charges against a jobless man accused of stabbing dead a male dermatologist who was his ex-flame.
A jobless man ended up behind bars in Quezon City after he allegedly kept his teenaged lover away from her family for nearly two weeks.
Pending bills aimed at decriminalizing libel are “incomplete” and also a “misnomer,” said Justice Secretary Leila De Lima.
Brainless children boast of their ancestors,” an Asian proverb says. Sen. Vicente Sotto III basked in his grandfather’s achievements, notably the “Sotto Press Freedom Law.”
A lawmaker seeks to hike the fine for slander by deed or casting dishonor, discredit or contempt by 80 percent.
Police have raised an alert against a criminal group using fake peso bills after nine alleged gang members were arrested in a series of operations in Boracay and Caticlan recently.
President Benigno Aquino III should veto and return to Congress a bill that seeks to repeal the vagrancy provision in the Revised Penal Code because it continues to penalize women in prostitution rather than the people who exploit them, a group of women activists said.
Despite the resignation of Cultural Center of the Philippines visual arts director Karen Flores, a coalition of Roman Catholic lay groups and other Christian denominations are set to file on Thursday criminal charges against her and other CCP officials, including artists Mideo Cruz, for displaying what they deemed to be a sacrilegious art exhibit.
Acting Ombudsman Orlando Casimiro has filed criminal and administrative complaints against a former colleague, Mark Jalandoni, the former deputy ombudsman for Luzon, for allegedly tampering with public documents. Jalandoni is alleged to have altered documents involving several decisions of the Office of the Ombudsman, making it appear that he had approved them, Casimiro’s spokesperson Mary [...]
The Philippine Law Dictionary defines “double jeopardy” to mean that “when a person is charged with an offense and the case is terminated either by acquittal or conviction or in any other manner without the consent of the accused, the latter cannot again be charged with the same or identical offense.” The same dictionary defines [...]
