Tag: DOJ

DOJ junks Peter Lim’s appeal to stop reinstatement of drug charges vs him

By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has denied Peter Lim’s appeal of a March 19 resolution “vacating” a Department of Justice panel order that directed the dismissal of the criminal charges against him. Guevarra said it was within then-Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre’s powers to issue the resolution that also directs the continuation of a preliminary investigation into the charges for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act filed against Lim. According […]

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DOJ Secretary Guevarra: Napoles has “no actionable right to demand” DOJ detention or custody

(Eagle News) — Newly appointed Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said alleged pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim Napoles has no “actionable right to demand detention or custody” from the Department of Justice despite having been provisionally admitted to the Witness Protection Program. According to Guevarra, whose manifestation was submitted to the Sandiganbayan Third Division on Tuesday, April 17, in the first place, Napoles’ provisional coverage “merely signifies that she has yet to complete all the […]

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Aguirre says he did not order shredding of documents at DOJ

(Eagle News) — Former Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre denied ordering his men to shred documents at the Justice department before leaving office. “If any shredding was done, I know nothing about it,” Aguirre said in a statement. In any case, in the first place, he said the shredding of documents was “regularly done in public and private offices.” “We can even surmise that it was done to get rid of unneeded … documents,” he said. […]

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Sandiganbayan division junks Napoles’ request for transfer to WPP custody

(Eagle News) — A Sandiganbayan division has denied Janet Lim Napoles’ request to be released from detention and to be transferred to Department of Justice custody under the Witness Protection Program. The Fourth Division, which is hearing Napoles’ case in connection with the P224.5-million plunder case involving former Senator Bong Revilla, argued she was in detention for a “lawful cause” considering that her bail petition has already been denied. As such, the Fourth Division argued […]

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Makabayan bloc wants gov’t “terrorist list” condemned, probed

(Eagle News)  — The Makabayan bloc of the House of Representatives has urged a  probe into the government’s list  of supposed terrorists who are alleged members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA). The left-leaning group said the House Committee on Human Rights, through Resolution 1807, should also condemn the Department of Justice’s (DOJ)  list that  was attached  to the government petition seeking to declare the CPP-NPA as a terrorist organization, and […]

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Prosecutors appeal Manila judge’s decision not to inhibit from Espinosa cases

(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice on Friday appealed a Manila judge’s decision not to inhibit from the illegal gun possession and illegal drug trafficking cases filed against Kerwin Espinosa. Government prosecutors filed the motion for reconsideration of Manila RTC Branch 26 Presiding Judge Silvino Pampilo, Jr.’s decision in a hearing on Friday, April 4. Pampilo had then said he would not inhibit as  he said the allegations of bias made against him were not […]

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Solano pleads not guilty to perjury, obstruction of justice charges in connection with hazing victim Castillo’s death

(Eagle News) — Aegis Juris fraternity member John Paul Solano has pleaded not guilty to the charges filed against him in connection with the death of University of Sto. Tomas law freshman Horacio Castillo III in September last year. The Department of Justice said Solano gave the plea for the perjury and obstruction of justice charges  during his arraignment in the Manila Metropolitan Trial Branch 14 on March 21. It was Solano who said he […]

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Poe: Aguirre stepping down shows anyone in Duterte’s official family can be axed, be made to resign

If abuses are committed, they “cannot claim immunity from having to account for them,” Poe says (Eagle News) — Three senators hailed Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre’s resignation, with one saying it only proves no one is safe in President Rodrigo Duterte’s official family. “Pwede kang ma-endo anytime by the President…Whether the exit was graceful or unceremonious, one thing is also certain —  the actions undertaken by the resigned official while in office can be assessed […]

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President Duterte swears in Guevarra as new DOJ chief, tells him to “clean” DOJ

  (Eagle News) – Newly appointed Justice chief Menardo Guevarra took his oath as the new secretary of the Department of Justice on Thursday night, April 5, effectively replacing Vitaliano Aguirre II who submitted his resignation letter on the same day. Guevarra took his oath as the new DOJ secretary before President Rodrigo Duterte in Malacanang. He said that it was only two days ago that Special Assistant to the President Christopher “Bong” Go had […]

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Palace says Senior Deputy Exec. Secretary Guevarra is new DOJ chief

(Eagle News) — Malacanang said that the new Justice Secretary is Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Menardo Guevarra. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the announcement a few hours after President Rodrigo Duterte said that he has accepted the resignation of erstwhile Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II. Roque said that Aguirre submitted his letter of resignation today, Thursday, April 5, and that as soon as the President got it, he accepted it. The President himself announced that […]

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Palace: President Duterte “generally satisfied” with Aguirre’s performance despite “certain” DOJ “debacles”

(Eagle News) — The Palace on Wednesday said President Rodrigo Duterte was “generally satisfied” with the performance of Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre. Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Menardo Guevarra said this was despite “certain” Department of Justice “debacles.” “(The President) did not hide his displeasure about certain developments pertaining to the war on drugs, the dismissal of charges against high-profile suspects,” Guevarra said in reference to the charges filed against Kerwin Espinosa, Peter Lim, Peter Co, […]

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