Tag: Department of Justice

Guevarra: SC acknowledges Makati courts have “continuing jurisdiction” over rebellion, coup d’état cases vs Trillanes with its dismissal of the senator’s bid for TRO

(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Tuesday, Sept. 11, expressed elation at the Supreme Court’s decision to junk Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s request for a temporary restraining order against Proclamation No. 572. In a statement, Guevarra said that with the decision, the SC “also acknowledged the trial courts’ continuing jurisdiction over the coup d’ etat and rebellion cases, notwithstanding the alleged ‘finality’ of the orders of dismissal based on the grant of amnesty” to […]

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Trillanes asks Makati court to junk DOJ plea for issuance of alias warrant, HDO vs him

(Eagle News)–Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Monday, Sept. 10, asked a Makati court to junk a Department of Justice motion seeking for an alias warrant and a hold departure order against him. In seeking for the dismissal of the motion filed before Branch 148 of the Makati Regional Trial Court, Trillanes said the court no longer has jurisdiction over him  since the case filed against him in connection with the Oakwood Mutiny in 2003 “had […]

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DOJ: Murder of QC deputy prosecutor “solved”

(Eagle News)—The National Bureau of Investigation has “solved” the killing of Quezon City Deputy Prosecutor Rogelio Velasco, the Department of Justice said. Without elaborating, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said charges have been filed against three police officers before the Quezon City Office of the City Prosecutor. On May 11,  Velasco was shot by at least two unidentified gunmen as he was traveling on board his car on Holy Spirit Drive in Quezon City. Two of his children were […]

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Second court where DOJ lodged motion vs Trillanes won’t issue warrant vs him just yet

(Eagle News) — The Makati court where the Department of Justice lodged a second motion for an alias warrant and hold departure order against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV will not issue the warrant just yet. Lawyer Diosfa Valencia, the Clerk of Court of the Makati Regional Trial Court’s Branch 150, said they have to retrieve case records first. Trillanes, who played a prominent role in the Oakwood mutiny and Peninsula Manila siege in 2003 and […]

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DOJ to seek alias warrant, HDO vs Trillanes from another court

(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Friday, Sept. 7, said the Department of Justice would seek an alias warrant and a hold departure order against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV from another court. Guevarra said the motion would be filed today before Branch 150 of the Makati Regional Trial Court, where Trillanes, who played a prominent role in the Oakwood Mutiny and the Peninsula Manila Siege in 2003 and 2007, respectively, was charged with […]

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DOJ: Court order dismissing coup d’état case vs Trillanes has “no leg to stand on” as amnesty granted to him is “void ab initio”

(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice maintained Senator Antonio Trillanes IV was still facing a coup d’état case despite a Makati court issuing an order dismissing the same. In a statement, Acting Prosecutor General Richard Anthony Fadullon said this was because the amnesty granted to Trillanes, on which the dismissal of the case was supposed to be anchored on, was void ab initio, or was as if it never existed in the first place. “Thus […]

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Alejano to PNP, AFP: Do not follow “illegal order” to arrest Trillanes

(Eagle News) — Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano on Wednesday, Sept. 5, urged the Philippine National Police and the Armed Forces of the Philippines to not follow what he said was the “illegal order” to arrest Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. “There is no warrant of arrest and there are no charges to begin with,” Alejano said in a statement. According to Alejano, the PNP and the AFP were “the army of and for the Filipino people.” “Do […]

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DOJ asks Makati court to issue alias warrant vs Trillanes; also seeks HDO vs the senator

By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Department of Justice formally asked the Makati City Regional Trial Court to issue an alias warrant of arrest  against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. The DOJ made the request via a very urgent ex-Parte omnibus motion filed before Branch 148. According to the motion, the coup d’état case filed against Trillanes in connection with the Oakwood mutiny and Manila Peninsula incident was still pending in the first place. This […]

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Catholic nun Fox asks DOJ to reverse BI deportation order vs her

(Eagle News) — Catholic nun Patricia Fox on Monday, Sept. 3, asked the Department of Justice to review and set aside the Bureau of Immigration’s deportation order against her. In her petition, Fox reiterated that the BI  “prejudged” her case. She also denied she violated the terms of her missionary visa as claimed by the BI, saying that the activities the agency said were “political” in nature were actually “consistent with her congregation’s charism and mission by […]

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Catholic nun Fox applies for tourist visa

(Eagle News)—Catholic nun Patricia Fox on Monday, Sept.3, filed an application for a tourist visa before the Bureau of Immigration. The application was made following the BI’s denial of her appeal against the agency’s deportation order against her. The BI had ordered her deportation after ruling she went beyond the terms of her missionary visa when she participated in partisan political activities. Her missionary visa will lapse on Sept. 5. Fox is also slated to […]

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Alleged bomb threat sender charged before DOJ

By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Charges have been filed against a former television personality after she allegedly emailed a bomb threat to an airline company. Charged for violation of the  Presidential Decree 1727 that prohibits individuals from sending bomb jokes was  Janette Alano Tulagan. Tulagan, who was charged before the Department of Justice, was arrested by the police in her house in  Barangay Holy Spirit, Quezon City after authorities determined the IP address of […]

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DOJ orders prosecutor seen arguing with traffic enforcers in viral video to answer MMDA complaint

(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice has asked the prosecutor whose altercation with Metropolitan Manila Development Authority traffic enforcers went viral over the Internet to respond to the complaint filed against her. “We asked prosecutor (Christine Villamora) Estepa to comment on the MMDA complaint, similar to a show-cause order. She will submit shortly,” Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said on Wednesday, Aug. 29. According to Guevarra, the DOJ will then “decide if we should dismiss the […]

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