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(Eagle News) — Ozamiz City Police Chief Insp. Jovie Espenido said Tuesday he was puzzled over the Department of Justice’s dismissal of drug cases filed by the police last year against Kerwin Espinosa. Espenido was chief of police of Albuera, Leyte, when Espinosa’s father, Rolando, then the town mayor, was arrested for possession of illegal drugs and illegal possession of fire arms in August 2016. Expressing dismay, the police official said that the Philippine National […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice has dismissed drug trading charges against Kerwin Espinosa. In dismissing the charges also filed against businessman Peter Lim, Peter Co, Max Miro, Lovely Impal, Ruel Malindangan, Jun Pepito, Marcelo Adorco, and others known by their aliases, the DOJ did not give weight to the testimony of Adorco, who they said was an “evidently self-serving witness.” “His contradictory statements on important details simply eroded the integrity and veracity of his […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Ibinasura ng Department of Justice (DOJ) ang reklamong paglabag sa batas laban sa Tunisian national na umano’y miyembro ng ISIS terrorist group. Sa pitong pahinang resolusyon ng DOJ prosecution panel na pirmado ni Senior Asst. State Prosecutor Peter Ong, kawalan ng sapat na batayan o probable cause ang dahilan ng DOJ kung bakit ibinasura ang reklamo ng Philippine National Police (PNP) laban sa dayuhang si Fehmi Lassoued alyas Haytham Abdulhamid […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Various militant groups staged protest actions against the Department of Justice for the cases filed against their members, as well as to protest the declaration of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army as a “terrorist” organization.
(Eagle News) — The government has formally sought the declaration of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army as a terrorist group. Senior Assistant State Prosecutor Peter Ong filed on Wednesday a petition for proscription with the Manila Regional Trial Court. President Rodrigo Duterte called off peace talks with the communist rebels last year, and later issued a proclamation declaring the CPP-NPA as a terrorist organization. Section 17 of Republic Act No. 9372, or the […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre on Monday, February 5 clarified that he did not order the Public Attorneys’ Office to stop its autopsy of the 14 alleged Dengvaxia victims. “I have no order to stop the autopsies,” Aguirre said This statement came after the call from former Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral to stop the PAO from conducting the autopsies because of the result of the University of the Philippines – […]
by Paul HANDLEY / Jerome CARTILLIER Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States – The US Congress released a Republican memo Friday alleging abuse of power in investigations of Donald Trump’s election campaign, after the president accused his own Justice Department and FBI of bias against him. In authorizing the explosive move — denounced by his opponents as a bid to undermine special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of his team’s ties with Russia — Trump set up an extraordinary […]
(Eagle News) — Three employees of the Department of Justice have been sacked after they were found to have been involved in the anomalous processing of visas at the Bureau of Immigration. The BI also issued a lookout order against Cyrus V. Morata, Abvic Ryan Maghirang and Shigred A. Ericbuagas, who have since confessed, Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre said. “Upon being informed of the discovery of these anomalies, I immediately tasked the NBI to investigate […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Justice has directed the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to probe deeper into the possible violations of the Constitution and other laws by online news site Rappler. Through Department Order No. 17, Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II tasked the NBI, through Director Gierran, to conduct a “case build-up” against Rappler, and to file the “appropriate cases against those found liable.” The order dated January 17, 2018 takes effect […]
(Eagle News) — Ipinag-utos ng Departmet of Justice (DOJ) sa National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) na imbestigahan ang isyu ng nawalang mahigit 1,000 armas sa Philippine National Police (PNP) headquarters na sinasabing ibinenta sa New People’s Army (NPA) sa Mindanao. Ang kautusan ay inilabas ni Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II kasunod ng direktiba mismo ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Sa Department Order No. 007 na pirmado ni Aguirre, inatasan din ang NBI na mag-case build up. […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Pinag-aaralan na ng Department of Justice ang petisyon na ihahain sa regional trial court upang gawing legal ang deklarasyon ng Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na teroristang grupo na ang New People’s Army. Naglabas ng Department Order No.779 ang kalihim na nag-aatas sa Office of the Prosecutor General na magsumite ng karampatang petisyon sa korte kaugnay sa nasabing deklarasyon. Ito ay ayon sa isinasaad ng RA No. 9372 o ang Human Security […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice (DOJ) has asked the courts to revoke the provisional liberty given to Communist leaders in light of the official termination of peace talks with the rebels. Among the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army leaders who were given temporary liberty during the peace talks were Benito and Wilma Tiamzon, who are facing multiple murder and kidnapping charges before the courts in Manila and Quezon City. Also temporarily […]
