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(Eagle News) – The Supreme Court of the Philippines will allow the online filing of complaints, information, and posting of bail in a bid to further limit the physical movement of court judges, users, and personnel amid the rising cases of COVID-19 in the country. In Administrative Circular No. 33-2020 issued March 31 by Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta, the high court outlined the procedure and reglementary periods to be observed in filing criminal complaints via […]
(Eagle News) — Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is set to post this morning at the Quezon City Metropolitan Trial Court for his conspiracy to commit sedition case. Trillanes arrived earlier this morning at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3. He is expected to post the P10,000 bail at the Quezon City MTC. Judge Kristine Grace Suarez of the QC Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 138 earlier issued the warrants of arrest against Trillanes, […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has affirmed a Court of Appeals decision upholding a lower court’s refusal to grant bail to former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao governor Datu Zaldy Uy Ampatuan. In denying the petition for review on certiorari of Ampatuan, who faces 58 counts of murder over the Maguindanao massacre, the first division noted the “failure” of Ampatuan to “sufficiently show any reversible error” in the CA decision dated April 18, 2018 and the […]
(Eagle News)–Former Daraga, Albay Mayor Carlwyn Baldo will have to stay in detention despite posting an P8-million bail for his temporary liberty. This is according to Col. Wilson Asueta, Albay police chief, who noted that the prosecution had filed a motion for reconsideration of the court’s decision to grant bail to the primary accused in the slay of Rep. Rodel Batocabe and of his security escort in 2018. “(The) MR must be resolved first before […]
(Eagle News)–Former Daraga, Albay mayor Carlwyn Baldo, who has been charged with the killing of Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Rodel Batocabe in 2018, has posted bail. Baldo, who was also charged with the killing of Batocabe ‘s security escort, reportedly posted P8 million in property bond for his temporary liberty. The court had allowed him to post bail, noting that the prosecution had failed to prove he should not be granted temporary liberty. The court […]
(Eagle News)–Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. on Friday, Aug. 23, posted a P240,000 bail for the charges for violation of banking laws filed against him. A GMA-7 report said Yasay posted the bail around 11 a.m. before Branch 10 of the Manila Regional Trial Court, where the complaint for violation of provisions of the General Banking Law and the New Central Bank Act was lodged against him and five other officials of the […]
(Eagle News)–Peter Joemel Advincula, who claims to be the yellow-hooded figure “Bikoy” in the Ang Totoong Narco-list videos against President Rodrigo Duterte’s family, has been released from detention. This was after Advincula posted a P10,000 bail for cyberlibel before Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 220. Advincula had surrendered to the police on Monday after a warrant of arrest for the charge was issued against him. He had since been detained at the Criminal Investigation […]
(Eagle News)–Peter Joemel Advincula has posted bail for the other six counts of estafa he faces, the Philippine National Police said. According to PNP Chief Oscar Albayalde, this means Advincula, who was admitted anew to the Philippine General Hospital after he complained of dizziness on Friday afternoon, can leave the medical institution to avail of his temporary liberty as soon as the doctor clears him. Earlier, Albayalde said Advincula posted an P18,000 bail for a […]
(Eagle News)—Rappler’s chief executive officer Maria Ressa posted bail on Friday, March 29, in her Anti-Dummy Law case. Ressa posted the P90,000 bail before Branch 265 of the Pasig Regional Trial Court after she underwent booking procedures at the Pasig Police Station. The posting of the bail came following Ressa’s arrest upon her arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport at 6:30 a.m. Ressa had been allowed to attend conferences abroad despite her pending cases. […]
by Harumi OZAWA / Natsuko FUKUE TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn left his Tokyo detention center Wednesday after more than 100 days in custody, following a shock court decision granting him bail of one billion yen ($9 million). Ghosn left the detention center in northern Tokyo flanked by guards, wearing a blue cap, a white medical face mask and a work jacket with orange reflective stripes. Unrecognisable from the tycoon who […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A Tokyo Court on Tuesday granted ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn bail, local media reported, in a shock decision that could see the auto tycoon freed after more than three months of detention. The court reportedly set the bail at one billion yen ($9 million), but prosecutors are likely to appeal the decision and could even file additional allegations against Ghosn to keep him from leaving detention. © Agence France-Presse
A US judge set a $1 million bail for R&B superstar R. Kelly on Saturday after prosecutors laid out in graphic detail what they said was his long history of sexual abuse of four victims, three of them minors. Kelly, who is known for hits like “I Believe I Can Fly,” surrendered to police late Friday. He is charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse against the four females, one of them as […]
