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(Eagle News) — Department of Justice employees led by Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra took part in the nationwide earthquake drill on Thursday, June 20. Guevarra himself led employees as they ushered out of the DOJ office in Manila, some with their hands on their heads, after the sounding of the fire alarm past 2 p.m. The participants went straight to the parking lot. After a few minutes, they went back to work. It was the […]
ILBO also issued vs 3 officers of Alabel-Maasim Credit Cooperative (Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Friday, June 14, issued an immigration lookout bulletin order against incorporators and officers of KAPA Community Ministry International Inc., which the Securities and Exchange Commission has said operated a Ponzi scheme. The incorporators were identified as Joel Apolinario, who was also listed as an officer; Nonita Urbano, Junnie Apolinario, Nelia Nino, Maria Pellea Sevilla, Jouelyn del Castillo, Cristobal Barabad […]
7 WellMed employees ordered subjected to preliminary probe (Eagle News)–The Department of Justice has found probable cause for the estafa through falsification charges filed against Bryan Sy, a co-owner of WellMed Dialysis Center accused of claiming PhilHealth benefits of deceased patients. In a nine-page inquest resolution, Senior Assistant State Prosecutor Anna Noreen Devanadera, also found probable cause for the same charges against former employees Edwin Roberto and Liezel de Leon, who had revealed the scam. […]
(Eagle News)–The Oriental Mindoro provincial prosecutor was shot on Monday, June 10, Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete said. Perete said Josephine Caranto-Olivar was attacked as she entered her house. He said all in all, Caranto-Olivar sustained five gunshot wounds–two in the head and three in the body. He said she had to undergo a CT scan for the wounds, and will have to undergo an operation for the wounds in the body. “The Department calls on […]
(Eagle News)–In these pictures taken by Eagle News reporter Moira Encina, Department of Justice employees are seen waiting outside the building after an earthquake was felt in the premises. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said a 5.7-magnitude quake hit Zambales at 5:11 p.m. An Intensity V was felt in San Felipe, Zambales and in Quezon City, PHIVOLCS said.
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, April 4, said he was in favor of arming prosecutors. The President, a former prosecutor, made the comment in front of Department of Justice prosecutors at an event in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, as he urged the officials of the Prosecutors’ League of the Philippines to coordinate with the police and other agencies for solutions to protect themselves and their families. In making the suggestion, Duterte said he understood the […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice on Thursday, Feb. 14, slammed “irresponsible” claims the arrest of Rappler’s Maria Ressa constituted an attack on press freedom. According to Undersecretary Markk Perete, who is also the DOJ spokesperson, Ressa was in the first place arrested and faces prosecution for libel. “Certainly, the freedoms of the press, of speech, and of expression do not give any person–whether a journalist, a blogger, or any person of whatever occupation–the […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Justice has cleared Trece Martires, Cavite Mayor Melandres De Sagun of the murder of Vice Mayor Alexander Lubigan. Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete said the complaints for murder against Luis Abad Jr. and Ronel Bersamina were also dismissed. Instead, indicted for two counts of murder were Ariel Paiton, the alleged gunman, and councilor Lawrence Arca, who allegedly sold the getaway vehicle of the gunman. A copy of the resolution has yet to be made […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice has submitted its position on the issue of lowering the age of criminal responsibility in the country. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, however, did not say what the stand of the current DOJ was, saying he would “rather that Malacanang process it first” and then “make it known.” “But (for your information), the DOJ as early as November 2016 had indicated its position to lower the age of criminal […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Friday, Jan. 18, ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to probe the killing of former Cebu City Assistant Prosecutor Mary Ann Castro. Guevarra said he made the directive for the NBI to “identify the perpetrators at the soonest possible time” in a text message to reporters. Castro was shot dead as she was driving her Nissan Juke vehicle on Escario St. on Thursday, Jan. 17. The police […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice on Thursday, Dec. 20, dismissed as “unfounded” claims Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra had a conflict of interest in the Kazuo Okada case. The DOJ’s National Prosecution Service recently found probable cause to indict Okada of the charge of estafa, which had been filed by the Tiger Resort Leisure and Entertainment Inc. where Guevarra’s son works as an associate director for risk management. According to DOJ spokesperson Markk Perete, […]
(Eagle News) — Criminal charges were filed on Thursday, Dec. 13, against 44 individuals implicated in the shabu shipment that were hidden in magnetic lifters discovered in Manila and Cavite this year. Among those charged for conspiracy to commit illegal drug importation, trade and transportation, for graft, obstruction of justice, among others, were former Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency deputy director general for administration Ismael Gonzales Fajardo Jr., former Customs intelligence officer Jimmy Guban, Insp. Lito Pirote, […]
