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(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice has received over 100 reports of dummy accounts from Facebook users as of Sunday night. Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete said the 112 reports were as of 10:45 p.m. “This initial batch accounts has been brought to the attention of Facebook to be taken down, with a concomitant request for their preservation,” he added. He said the DOJ will look at “all possible angles and leads” into the surge in […]
(Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Sunday, June 7, announced a probe into the supposed proliferation of dummy accounts on Facebook. In a statement, Guevarra said he will immediately direct the Department of Justice’s Office of Cybercrime to coordinate with the cybercrime units of the National Bureau of Investigation and the Philippine National Police for the probe. “This gives me cause for worry. We don’t need false information at a time when we’re dealing with […]
(Eagle News) — Almost 200 persons deprived of liberty and Bureau of Corrections staff members have been confirmed infected with COVID-19. Justice spokesperson Markk Perete said the 161 PDLs and 33 BuCor personnel were based on a report from the Bureau of Corrections as of May 25. Of the 161 PDLs, Perete said six have died, while eight have recovered. Of the 33 BuCor personnel, three have recovered. Among the facilities managed by BuCor, the […]
(Eagle News)–Over 100 persons deprived of liberty are eligible for parole. Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete said according to information from the Board of Pardons and Parole, the initial batch of 117 PDLs were confirmed eligible under the Interim Guidelines for Parole and Executive Clemency. He said another 424 are “deemed possibly eligible for parole” but are awaiting clearance from the National Bureau of Investigation before their eligibility is confirmed. The results, he said, are based […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Justice is discussing the possibility of conducting COVID-19 testing in the Correctional Institute for Women in Mandaluyong. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra made the announcement after 18 inmates and one Bureau of Corrections employee tested positive for the virus. The 19 were close contacts of a first inmate who tested positive for COVID-19 and was admitted in the Sta. Ana hospital. According to Guevarra, they were “talking to certain parties, including the […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Justice has asked the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to investigate the killing of the Bureau of Corrections former legal chief who was gunned down on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 19, in Muntinlupa City as he was about to fetch his young daughter at school. In Department Order No. 82 dated Feb. 19, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra directed the NBI to “conduct an investigation and case build-up on the […]
Robredo, others cleared in sedition case (Eagle News)–A Department of Justice panel has cleared Vice President Leni Robredo and other opposition figures of sedition but found probable cause to indict for conspiracy to commit sedition former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and several others over an alleged plot to oust President Rodrigo Duterte. In its 57-page resolution, the DOJ panel also recommended for indictment Peter Joemel Advincula alias “Bikoy,” dismissed police official Eduardo Acierto, priest Albert […]
(Eagle News)–Former Philippine National Police chief Oscar Albayalde welcomed the Department of Justice resolution that found probable cause to charge him with graft in connection with an allegedly anomalous anti-drugs operation in Pampanga in 2013. “I welcome this development as the chance to once and for all clear my name in the proper forum,” Albayalde said in a statement. Albayalde was accused of intervening in the cases filed against his men led by Rodney Baloyo […]
At least five criminal charges to be filed vs Baloyo, 11 other policemen (Eagle News) – The Department of Justice has found probable cause to file graft and corruption charges against former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Oscar Albayalde for his role in directing and influencing police officers in the 2013 controversial and highly irregular Mexico, Pampanga drug raid In a 104-page resolution after the DOJ re-investigation, the Panel of prosecutors said that Albayalde […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice has said it would continue to review the concession agreements entered into by the government with Maynilad and Manila Water, even if their respective officials have said they would no longer ask the state to pay them P11 billion in supposed losses, as ordered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in Singapore. According to Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, the issue of paying the arbitral award “is not as […]
(Eagle News)–A Department of Justice panel has found probable cause to indict officials of the Kapa Community Ministry International Inc. for violations of the Securities Regulation Code, Justice spokesperson Markk Perete said. According to Perete, in its 21-page resolution dated Sept. 25, the panel recommended the indictment of Joel Apolinario, his wife Reyna, Margie Danao, Adelfa Fernandico, Moises Mopia, Marisol Diaz and Reniones D. Catubigan. The Apolinarios and Danao were ordered indicted for their alleged […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Justice on Monday, Oct. 21, vowed to conduct a “fair and thorough investigation” of the charges against former Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra issued the statement after the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group included Albayalde in its original complaint over the 2013 Pampanga drug raid. The CIDG move came after the joint Senate panel that probed the ninja cops issue recommended the filing of charges also […]
