Puerto Princesa City Mayor Edward Hagedorn suspects a conspiracy in the transfer of the remaining state witness in the January 2011 murder of Palawan broadcaster Gerry Ortega to the same jail where another state witness was killed last week.
Two of the suspects in the Oct. 27 robbery in Manila that killed a businessman and his daughter were identified by a witness through their Facebook social networking accounts, according to a sworn statement filed at the Manila Regional Trial Court.
Jaymar Waradji said he agreed to help Fernando Quiambao Jr. abduct model Julie Ann Rodelas to teach her a lesson—not for money, but out of a sense of gratitude.
A former militiaman who was a state witness in the Maguindanao massacre case has been brutally murdered, his body reportedly cut to pieces, according to a private prosecutor.
In order to avoid the pileup of “cold cases”, the Philippine National Police (PNP) set guidelines on how to deal with witnesses to crimes who show reluctance to cooperate in investigations.
On the eve of the defense panel’s presentation, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile said he was open to summoning members of the House of Representatives but insisted that Chief Justice Renato Corona should testify in his impeachment trial and explain the existence of his dollar account.
A physician, a member of the media, and a government official were presented by the prosecution team at the resumption of the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona on Monday.
More than a month after the killing of an official of the state-run Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP), the efforts of the police task group to go after the suspected mastermind are being hampered by witnesses too frightened to speak out.
A new witness has come forward to corroborate the initial testimony of a purported henchman who claimed to have plotted the killing of Ramgen Bautista with two of the victim’s siblings and five other people.
A production assistant of Ramgen Bautista on Monday said the rift between his slain employer and Ramon Joseph “RJ” Bautista, Ramgen’s younger brother and a suspect in the murder, stemmed from a dispute over cars and allowance.
The truth is out. Let the healing begin. This was how Lauro Vizconde’s relatives summed it up on Thursday night after a Mass marking the 20th anniversary of the death of his wife Estrellita and daughters Carmela and Jennifer. “It is time to heal the past. And while justice seems elusive, life must go on,” [...]
