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(Eagle News)—Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Tuesday, Sept. 4, defended President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to revoke the amnesty granted to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. According to Guevarra, “the matter of taking a look at whether amnesty granted is valid or not is something that can be done at any time..” He said this was “because probably you’ve seen from the proclamation if that grant of amnesty is declared to be void then it can be […]
(Eagle News) — Customs chief Isidro Lapeña still has the trust of President Rodrigo Duterte despite the smuggling of an estimated P6.8 billion of shabu into the country last week, the Palace said on Monday, Aug. 13. “Buo ang paniniwala at tiwala pa rin ni Presidente kay General Lapeña at ang nais niyang mangyari is paano masusugpo ito at matigil na itong practice na ito, at hahabulin pa rin natin yung kung ano man yung nakapasok kung […]
(Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Wednesday, Aug. 8, hailed the Supreme Court’s decision allowing regional trial courts to issue precautionary hold departure orders against suspects. “I thank the SC for giving the DOJ, with the assistance of the courts, the ability to temporarily prevent the flight of persons undergoing preliminary investigation for serious offenses such as drug trading, human trafficking, large-scale estafa, and terrorism, without prejudice to the outcome of the investigation. This is […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed four new high-ranking officials at the Department of Justice. In a statement, the DOJ said the President appointed lawyers Emmeline Aglipay-Villar, Adrian Sugay, Mark Perete as undersecretaries; and Neal Vincent Bainto as assistant secretary upon the recommendation of Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra. Villar, Sugay and Perete replace as undersecretaries Raymund Mecate, Erickson Balmes and Reynante Orceo; while Bainto replaces Assistant Secretary Juvy Manwong. Mecate, […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Thursday, June 21, reiterated the contracts entered into by the Department of Justice and the security agency owned by Solicitor General Jose Calida’s family were aboveboard. Speaking to CNN Philippines, Guevarra said the “conclusion is still the same” even after they “looked into our records” of the contract inked between Vigilant Investigative and Security Agency Inc. and the DOJ. Although Calida said he had resigned as chair […]
(Eagle News) — Three Cabinet members and several others were confirmed by the Commission on Appointments on Wednesday, May 30. Confirmed as Tourism, Justice and Agrarian Reform secretaries, respectively, were Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, Menardo Guevarra and John Castriciones. Puyat was appointed to head the tourism department after Wanda Teo resigned over a P60-million advertisement placement deal. Guevarra was also appointed following the resignation of Vitaliano Aguirre III, who faced public indignation over a Department of Justice’s panel […]
(Eagle News)–The Commission on Appointments on Wednesday, May 30, confirmed the appointment of Menardo Guevarra as Justice Secretary. Guevarra’s confirmation came a day after Bernadette Romulo-Puyat was confirmed as Tourism Secretary. Guevarra was deputy executive director before he was appointed to head the justice department, whose then-secretary, Vitaliano Aguirre III, resigned following public indignation over a DOJ panel of prosecutors dismissal of drug charges filed against self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa and others.
(Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has ordered the suspension of three Pasay prosecutors for the release of suspects in the alleged smuggling of P3 million worth of jewelry at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Apart from the 60-day suspension, charges for gross neglect of duty, gross incompetence and inefficiency could be filed against Pasay Prosecutors Office officer in charge Benjamin Lanto, Inquest Prosecutor Clementine Villanueva, and Assistant Prosecutor Florencio dela Cruz. Deputy city prosecutor Dolores […]
30-day deadline for her to leave lapses on June 18, not May 25, DOJ says (Eagle News)—Australian nun Patricia Fox got a reprieve from the Department of Justice on Friday, May 25, when it said she could stay in the country until June 18. In his two-page order, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said the running of the 30-day deadline for her to leave, after all, stopped when she filed a motion for reconsideration before the […]
(Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Friday, May 25, terminated Janet Lim Napoles’ provisional coverage to the Witness Protection Program. The Department of Justice said in a statement the termination was “considering the denial” of her urgent motion for transfer of custody to the DOJ by the first, third and fifth divisions of the Sandiganbayan, which means “the main purpose for which (Napoles) had sought admission” into the program “has become moot and academic.” “As […]
(Eagle News)– For Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, the Presidential Commission on Good Government and the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel should be under the Department of Justice. Guevarra added, however, that he “respect(s)” the decision of the House of Representatives to approve House Bill 7376. The bill, which was approved on third and final reading on Tuesday, May 15, aims to “eliminate the overlapping of functions and consolidate the legal services in the government into one…” […]
