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(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the Senate to comment on the petition filed by alleged Aegis Juris fraternity leader Arvin Balag challenging his detention in the Upper House. In a press briefing, SC spokesperson Theodore Te said the High Court was directing respondents to comment on Balag’s petition and application for a temporary restraining order “within a non-extendible period of 10 days upon receipt of this order.” Senators ordered Balag’s detention […]
“I’m here to tell the truth,” Ventura says (Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Monday floated the possibility Marc Ventura, who has been provisionally admitted to the Witness Protection Program, was a “Trojan Horse.” “Baka planted ito. Sabi niya di siya master initiator. Kung titignan mo documents, siya ang master initiator. It’s just a thought. So you should expand itong cinocover niyo (to that),” he told Prosecutor General Jorge Catalan during the Senate hearing […]
(Eagle News) — John Paul Solano can still apply for admission to the Department of Justice’s Witness Protection Program. This was according to Prosecutor General Jorge Catalan, who was asked by Senator Panfilo Lacson if they were already shutting the doors at Solano, who verbally provided details of what happened to Horacio Castillo III after his hazing rites on Sept 17. Solano later however earned the ire of senators after he failed to submit his […]
(Eagle News) — Senators have established that Horacio Castillo III set foot in the Pacific Star building in Makati where the DivinaLaw office was located before he died. Their conclusion was based on footage from closed-circuit television camera in the vicinity submitted to the Senate. In the footage shown on Monday’s hearing, a man wearing a blue jacket and black pants was seen. Castillo’s parents confirmed the man was their son, based on the blue […]
(Eagle News) — Marc Ventura is still considered a respondent in the hazing death of Horacio Castillo III. This is according to Prosecutor General Jorge Catalan, who spoke during the resumption of the Senate hearing on the death of the University of Sto. Tomas student on Monday. “His case would still be evaluated and analyzed until completely admitted as (state witness),” Catalan said when asked on the update of the case. According to Catalan, all […]
(Eagle News) — Aegis Juris fraternity leader Arvin Balag has asked the Department of Justice to dismiss the charges in connection with the death of Horacio Castillo III filed against him, arguing that there was no proof the University of Sto. Tomas law freshman was subjected to hazing in the first place. In his counter-affidavit filed before the DOJ on Monday, Balag said he “could not in any way be held liable for violation of Republic […]
(Eagle News) — University of Sto. Tomas Faculty of Civil Law dean Nilo Divina on Monday denied he had prior knowledge of the hazing rites which led to the death of Horacio Castillo III, and that he had anything to do with the alleged coverup of the UST student’s death. In his counteraffidavit submitted on Monday to the Department of Justice, Divina said he did not call Castillo’s parents on Sept. 17, the day the […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday expressed regret that John Paul Solano wasted the opportunity to become a state witness in the hazing death of University of Sto. Tomas law student Horacio “Atio” Castillo III Lacson, the chair of the Senate Committee on Public Order said that, Solano, being the least guilty, could have qualified as state witness. But Lacson noted that Solano, a former medical technology student of UST, instead chose to cover […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice on Thursday issued an immigration lookout bulletin order against other individuals who were mentioned in the Oct. 18 Senate hearing on the hazing death of Horacio Castillo III, including University of Sto. Tomas Faculty of Civil Law dean Nilo Divina. Apart from Divina, included in the ILBO were Alex Bose, Alex Cairo, Alexander J. Flores, Allan Chrisopher S. Agati, Alvin S. Dysangco, Arnel A. Bernardo, Arthur B. Capili, […]
(Eagle News) — Suspect-turned-state witness Marc Ventura said ten others were present in the initiation rites that led to Horacio Castillo III’s death, a report said. According to a report by dzbb, in his affidavit submitted to the Department of Justice on Thursday, Ventura said apart from those charged by the Manila Police District, Edric Pilapil, Zach Abulencia, Daniel Ragos, Dave Felix, Sam Cagalingan, Alex Cairo, Luis Kapulong, Kim Cyrill Roque and Ged Villanueva participated […]
(Eagle News) — A suspect in the death of Horacio Castillo III has been fully admitted to the Witness Protection Program. Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre said it was Marc Ventura himself who “voluntarily” went to his office at the Department of Justice together with his mother and lawyer to signify his intention to apply for the same. Ventura was granted full admission to the WPP after his sworn statement was evaluated, and accepted by the […]
(Eagle News)– One of the suspects in the death of Horacio Castillo III has been provisionally accepted to the Witness Protection Program. Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre said Mark Ventura provided a “clear declaration” of what transpired in the night of Sept. 16, during the Sept. 17 initation rites, up to the time Castillo was rushed to the hospital. Aguirre said if anyone wanted to be admitted to the WPP, only one would be accepted to […]
