‘Superbody’ sets probe on extrajudicial killings
By Tetch Torres
The superbody tasked to handle cases on extra judicial killings will start working on January 8, Justice Secretary Leila De Lima said on Wednesday.
The superbody tasked to handle cases on extra judicial killings will start working on January 8, Justice Secretary Leila De Lima said on Wednesday.
The abduction of murder convict Rolito Go is not an isolated case, Justice Secretary De Lima said, adding there may have been a kidnapping syndicate operating around the New Bilibid Prison area.
President Benigno Aquino III has ordered the dismissal of National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Magtanggol Gatdula for being implicated in a kidnap-extortion case and the release of the report of a Department of Justice (DOJ) fact-finding panel on the reasons for why Gatdula should go.
Justice Secretary Leila De Lima announced Friday that the government was increasing the reward money for information that would lead to the arrest of retired Major General Jovito Palparan from P500,000 to P1 million.
It is unfair to compare President Benigno Aquino III with Cuban leader Fidel Castro, Justice Secretary Leila De Lima said Wednesday.
President Benigno Aquino III wants Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, being a former President, to be treated with “utmost respect,” Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said late Friday.
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima’s staunch critics in the Senate are all praises for her decision to stop former President and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo from seeking medical treatment abroad.
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Wednesday said former military comptroller Jacinto Ligot and his wife Erlinda may be held criminally liable for evading arrest.
Justice Secretary Leila De Lima said she is seriously considering placing former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo under the Bureau of Immigration’s watch list order, which means the concurrent Pampanga congresswoman won’t be able to travel out of the country without permission from the former.
President Benigno Aquino III said Thursday he supported Justice Secretary Leila De Lima in her presentation of what she claimed was new evidence that cast doubt on Hubert Webb’s claim he was in the United States during the Vizconde massacre 20 years ago.
Disappointed over the dropping by state prosecutors of murder charges against former Palawan governor Joel Reyes, the widow of slain broadcaster and environmentalist Gerry Ortega on Friday appealed to Justice Secretary Leila de Lima not to inhibit herself from the case.
The Department of Justice (DoJ) is leaving the fate of embattled Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Virginia Torres up to President Benigno Aquino III, who appointed her to the post. Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said it would be inappropriate for her to compel the President to adopt the recommendation of a DoJ fact-finding panel [...]
MANILA, Philippines—Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said on Friday that she has named lawyer Manuel G. Co, head of the Parole and Probation Administration, as officer-in-charge of the Bureau of Corrections. De Lima said Co would continue his regular functions as PPA chief but would also oversee the day-to-day operations of the BuCor. BuCor Director [...]
