Tag: NPS

Guevarra to members of National Prosecution Service: Remain “neutral, impartial, non-partisan” in discharge of duties related to 2019 polls

(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Wednesday, Feb. 27, reminded members of the Department of Justice’s National Prosecution Service to remain “neutral, impartial and non-partisan” in the discharge of their official duties in relation to the 2019 elections. In Department Circular No. 001, Guevarra said “no less than the 1987 Constitution provides that officers of employees in the civil service are strictly prohibited from engaging ‘directly or indirectly in any electioneering or partisan […]

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) […]