Tag: Mary Jane Veloso

Palace pleased with SC final decision allowing Mary Jane Veloso to testify vs alleged recruiters

(Eagle News) — The Palace on Saturday, Aug. 15, welcomed the Supreme Court’s final decision allowing Mary Jane Veloso to testify against her alleged recruiters while she is imprisoned for drug trafficking in Indonesia. “Nagagalak po kami diyan dahil at least, makikita natin na si Ms. Veloso po ay naging biktima kung tatanggapin yung kaniyang testimoniya,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. With the SC’s final decision on March 4, the Nueva Ecija court hearing the charges against Julius […]

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Court convicts alleged recruiters of Veloso in another case

(Eagle News)–A Nueva Ecija court has convicted the alleged traffickers of Mary Jane Veloso of large-scale illegal recruitment in a separate case. Judge Anarica Castillo-Reyes sentenced Maria Cristina Sergio and Julius Lacanilao to life imprisonment in the case filed by  Lorna Valino, Ana Marie Gonzales, and Jenalyn Paraiso. The judge also ordered them to pay a fine of P2 million. Veloso, who was convicted of illegal drugs possession in Indonesia, is imprisoned in Yogyakarta. Last […]

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NUPL: Court tentatively sets taking of Mary Jane Veloso testimony vs alleged recruiters to December 12

(Eagle News)–The Nueva Ecija court hearing the charges filed by Mary Jane Veloso against her alleged recruiters has tentatively set the taking of her testimony against them to December 12. Edre Olalia, National Union of People’s Lawyers president, said, however, that the date was “subject  to” the resolution of the  motion for reconsideration which alleged recruiters Maria Cristina Sergio and Julius Lacanilao plan to file to challenge the Supreme Court decision that allowed Veloso to […]

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De Lima expresses hope for review of Mary Jane Veloso’s case in Indonesia following PHL High Court ruling allowing her deposition

(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima has expressed hope the prosecution of the alleged recruiters of Mary Jane Veloso in Nueva Ecija would pave the way for a review of her case in Indonesia. De Lima made the statement as she welcomed the Supreme Court ruling allowing Veloso, who is on death row due to illegal drug trafficking and is imprisoned in a Yogyakarta prison, to testify against Julius Lacanilao and Kristina Sergio via a deposition […]

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SC allows Mary Jane Veloso to testify vs alleged recruiters via deposition

(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has allowed Mary Jane Veloso, who is imprisoned for drug trafficking in Indonesia, to testify against her alleged recruiters facing illegal recruitment cases in Nueva Ecija via deposition. In setting aside a December 2017 Court of Appeals ruling that  gave due course to the petition for certiorari of alleged recruiters Maria Cristina Sergio and Julius Lacanilao, and in affirming with modification the August 16, 2016 resolution of Branch 88 of the […]

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DFA denies reports another Filipino was in death row for drugs in Indonesia

(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs on Thursday, Oct. 11, denied a media report another Filipina was on death row for drug smuggling. The Inquirer in particular quoted Philippine Ambassador to Indonesia Leehiong Wee as saying it was monitoring the situation of the  Filipina in Semarang, Central Java. In a statement, the DFA said only Mary Jane Veloso, who is detained in a prison in Yogyakarta, was given the death sentence after being […]

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Mary Jane Veloso’s parents ask SC to allow her out-of-court testimony vs her alleged illegal recruiters

By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The parents of Mary Jane Veloso, who is on death row in Indonesia, have asked the Supreme Court to allow for the out-of-court testimony of their daughter against her alleged illegal recruiters, who are facing a case for large-scale illegal recruitment in a Nueva Ecija court. In their petition,  Cesar and Celia Veloso asked the High Court to reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals that ruled that allowing […]

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NUPL to seek Supreme Court help following CA decision in Mary Jane Veloso case

(Eagle News) — The National Union of People’s Lawyers said on Friday, June 8,  that it would seek the help of the Supreme Court after the Court of Appeals upheld its earlier decision to disallow Mary Jane Veloso, who is on death row in Indonesia, from testifying against her alleged illegal recruiters. In a statement posted on its Facebook account, the group said they “shall legally intervene as private prosecutors” and shall “revisit and exhaust […]

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CA junks OSG’s appeal for Mary Jane Veloso to be allowed to testify via deposition vs alleged illegal recruiters

By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Court of Appeals has denied the Office of the Solicitor General’s appeal for a Nueva Ecija judge to observe the deposition of Mary Jane Veloso–a death row inmate in Indonesia–against her alleged illegal recruiters who are detained in Nueva Ecija. In junking the OSG’s motion for reconsideration of the  former eleventh division’s December 13, 2017 decision, the division reiterated that the right of the accused, in this case Maria […]

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OSG appeals CA decision blocking Mary Jane Veloso’s testimony

(Eagle News) — The Office of the Solicitor General has appealed the appellate court’s decision stopping Mary Jane Veloso, who has been convicted of drug-related charges in Indonesia, from testifying against her alleged recruiters in the Philippines. In its motion filed on Jan. 16, the OSG said the CA’s 11th Division should reverse its decision setting aside the decision of a Nueva Ecija court that gave Veloso the green signal to testify against Maria Cristina […]

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NUPL disappointed over CA decision blocking Mary Jane Veloso’s testimony in case vs her alleged recruiters

(Eagle News) — The National Union of People’s Lawyers on Friday expressed disappointment at the Court of Appeals’ recent decision that effectively barred death row inmate Mary Jane Veloso, who is detained in Indonesia, from testifying in the case against her alleged recruiters in the Philippines. “We are disappointed that the taking of her material testimony is being prevented by our own courts, the Court of Appeals in particular, upon motion of the accused illegal […]

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No green light by Duterte on Veloso, says DFA Secretary

MANILA, Sept. 13  (PIA) -– President Duterte has not given the so-called “green light” to the execution of Mary Jane Veloso. This was the clarification made by Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto R. Yasay, Jr. after reading a news item in the Jakarta Post with an erroneous headline that ran, “Duterte has given green light for Mary Jane’s execution.” Yasay gave credence to a later paragraph in the Jakarta Post story which said: “Veloso was excluded indefinitely from the […]

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