(Eagle News) — The parents and two siblings of slain teenager Reynaldo De Guzman are now under the Witness Protection Program. Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre, said Eduardo Gabriel, Lina de Guzman and their children, aged 17 and 12, were placed under provisional coverage after the couple visited him the other day. “I told the parents of ‘Kulot’ that they can trust the government’s (WPP),” Aguirre said. De Guzman and his friend Carl Angelo Arnaiz went […]
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Paring umano’y nangmolestiya ng menor de edad, inireklamo sa DOJ
(Eagle News) — Pormal nang sinampahan ng reklamo ang isang pari ng simbahang katoliko sa Deparment of Justice (DOJ) ngayong araw na sangkot sa pagpasok ng isang menor de edad na dalagita sa isang motel sa Marikina City. Nahaharap sa kasong anti-human trafficking act ang pari na kinilalang si Arnel Lagajeros na isinampa ng pamilya ng biktima sa pangunguna ng Public Attorney’s Office(PAO). Isasailalim naman sa provisionary status ang pamilya ng biktima habang isinasaayos pa […]
DOJ’s Aguirre junks motion for him to inhibit in probe on Kian’s killing
https://youtu.be/eRJqFJ2imOU QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Department of Justice (DOJ) has dismissed the motion for Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre to inhibit from the investigation into Kian De Los Santos’ killing. Aguirre explained that the motion filed by student leaders was dismissed because it was the National Prosecution Service that has jurisdiction over the preliminary investigation of the case, and not the Office of the Secretary. “The Department of Justice by virtue of […]
Temporary ban, ipapataw sa 55 garlic importers
(Eagle News) — Ipinag-utos ni Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol ang pagpapataw ng temporary ban sa limampu’t limang importer ng bawang na konektado umano sa garlic cartel na nag-ooperate sa bansa batay sa ulat ng Department of Justice (DOJ). Una nang kinuwestyon ni Sen. Cynthia Villar, chairman ng Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food ang ilang opisyal ng Bureau of Plant Industry kung bakit nasa listahan pa rin ng accredited garlic importers ang mga ito gayung […]
Peter Lim at 7 iba pa, isinailalim sa immigration lookout bulletin
(Eagle News) — Isinailalim ng Department of Justice (DOJ) sa Immigration Lookout Bulletin Order (ILBO) ang sinasabing big-time drug lord sa central Visayas na si Peter Lim alyas Jaguar. Sa memorandum na may lagda ni Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre kasama ring inilagay sa ILBO ang iba pang isinasangkot sa iligal na droga na sina Kerwin Espinosa, Peter Co, Marcelo Adorco, Max Miro, Lovely Adam Impal, Ruel Malindangan at Jun Pepito. Inilagay sila sa ILBO kaugnay […]
Supreme Court approves DOJ request to transfer Maute cases to Taguig City courts
(Eagle News) – The Supreme Court has approved the request of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to transfer the cases of arrested members and sympathizers of the Islamist State-inspired Maute terror group, including those who were involved in the siege of Marawi City, to Taguig City courts. Supreme Court spokesperson Theodore Te said the high court’s en banc session took place on June 27. The cases are currently being tried in Cagayan de Oro […]
DOJ to appeal SC order assigning to Cagayan de Oro courts cases involving Maute
Aguirre says Maute cases should be tried outside Mindanao for the judges’ safety QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Justice will appeal the Supreme Court order assigning to special courts in Cagayan De Oro City the cases involving members of the Maute Group as well as others involved in the violence in Marawi City. Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre said that while the High Court agreed with the creation of special courts that […]
DOJ, ibinasura ang P380-mn na drug case laban kay Lt. Col. Marcelino, Chinese national
Ni Erwin Temperante Eagle News Service Lusot sa kasong possession of illegal drugs si Lt. Col. Ferdinand Marcelino at ang Chinese national na si Yan Yi Shou matapos absweltuhin sila ng Justice department sa mga kasong iyon. Sa resolusyon ng Department of Justice na nilagdaan ni Undersecretary Deo Marco, ibinasura ng DOJ panel ang Sept. 15, 2016 na resolusyon na nagsasabing kinakitaan ng sapat na batayan upang kasuhan sina Marcelino at Yan. Kinatigan din ng DOJ ang unang desisyon […]
Aguirre: DOJ has exclusive right to place someone under WPP
QUEZON City, Philippines – Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre said the Department of Justice (DOJ) has the exclusive right to place someone under the witness protection program. Aguirre issued the statement following a pronouncement from Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales that she would block Janet Lim Napoles’ bid to be state witness. https://youtu.be/tdt2NQJURv8
Napoles, ready to identify more government officials involved in pork barrel scam
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Janet Lim Napoles is ready to name more high-ranking government officials allegedly involved in the pork barrel scam. This is according to her lawyer, Atty. Stephen Reed, who met with Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre to discuss the possibility of making Napoles a state witness. Napoles was acquitted by the Court of Appeals from charges of serious illegal detention filed against her by her relative, Benhur Luy. https://youtu.be/gWlXAOKLzck
DOJ fact-finding committee recommends revocation of Tadeco-BuCor deal
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice has recommended the revocation of a land agreement between the Bureau of Corrections and banana firm Tagum Agricultural Development Company Inc. owned by the family of Davao del Norte Rep. Antonio Floirendo Jr. In its list of recommendations made public during a House of Representatives hearing on the allegedly anomalous contract on Tuesday, the DOJ fact-finding committee tasked to look into the deal also instructed BuCor to “file the appropriate action for […]
Pagpupuslit ng endangered species, nais ding sugpuin ng DENR
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – Naging sentro ng transportasyon at kalakalan ang Zamboanga City ng mga kababayan nating mula sa Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-tawi at Mainland ng Zamboanga. Ang lungsod na ito ay may 26 na finger wharf at may isang malaking pantalan na kung saan dinadaanan ng mga kargamento palabas at papasok ng rehiyon. Ayon kay Ginoong Ben Acana, Chief Enforcement Division ng DENR Regional Office 9, kabilang sa mga ipinupuslit ng mga sindikato ang […]





