Tag: Jorge Catalan Jr.

New acting prosecutor general named

(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has named a new Acting Prosecutor General. In a statement, the Department of Justice said Senior Deputy State Prosecutor Richard Anthony Fadullon was the new officer in charge of the Office of the Prosecutor General effective June 30, 2018. The DOJ said Fadullon would replace Makati Prosecutors Office head Jorge Catalan Jr., who resigned. The DOJ said Fadullon, who headed the DOJ panel of prosecutors that heard the 2009 […]

Acting prosecutor general Jorge Catalan Jr. resigns from post

By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The acting prosecutor general who approved the dismissal of drug-related charges against self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa and several others in December last year has resigned from the post. Makati Prosecutors Office head Jorge Catalan Jr., who was designated head of the National Prosecution Office on June 22, 2017,  said that “much as (he) would like to carry on with the parallel arrangement,” he “cannot compromise or sacrifice (his) […]