Tag: Peter Lim

SC junks Peter Lim’s bid vs DOJ reinvestigation of drug raps filed vs him

(Eagle News)—-The Supreme Court has junked Peter Lim’s bid for the Department of Justice to be stopped from reinvestigating the drug charges filed against him but which have been dismissed. “The Court resolves to dismiss the petition for failure to show any grave abuse of discretion in rendering the challenged order and resolution which, on the contrary, appear to be in accord with the facts and applicable law and jurisprudence,” the one-page notice from the […]

Guevarra: Authorities “exerting all efforts” to locate Peter Lim

(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Thursday, Aug. 23, said authorities were exerting all efforts to locate Peter Lim and arrest him. “The police, the NBI, and other law enforcement agencies are exerting all efforts..,” Guevarra said. According to Guevarra, based on Bureau of Immigration records, Lim has not left the country since March. On Aug. 14, Makati City Regional Trial Court Branch 65 Acting Presiding Judge Gina Bibat-Palamos issued a warrant for the […]

Palace to Peter Lim: Surrender or else

(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, Aug. 23, urged Peter Lim to surrender. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the pronouncement days after Judge Gina Bibat-Palamos of the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 65 ordered his arrest on charges of conspiracy to commit illegal drug trading. Lim’s co-accused are self-confessed drug distributor Kerwin Espinosa, Lovely Impal and Marcelo Adorco, among others. The charges against the group had been junked by a first panel of Department of Justice […]

Makati court to immigration department: Issue hold departure order vs Peter Lim

(Eagle News) — The Makati Regional Trial Court has granted the Department of Justice’s request for a hold departure order to be issued against alleged drug lord Peter Lim. Acting Branch 65 Presiding Judge Gina Bibat-Palamos directed the Bureau of Immigration to issue the HDO, as requested by the DOJ in an ex-parte motion,  noting that Lim was a flight risk. Only State Prosecutor Herbert Calvin Abugan was present at the hearing on the ex-parte […]

Makati court orders arrest of Peter Lim, another accused

By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Makati City Regional Trial Court has ordered the arrest of alleged drug supplier Peter Go Lim. Branch 65 Presiding Judge Gina Bibat-Palamos issued the warrant also against Ruel Malindangan after finding probable cause for the charges of  conspiracy to commit illegal drug trading filed by the Department of Justice against the two, Kerwin Espinosa and Marcelo Adorco. “After a careful evaluation of the information and the supporting evidence, […]

Makati court urged to order immigration bureau to issue HDO vs Peter Lim, others

(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice has asked a Makati court to direct the Bureau of Immigration to issue a hold departure order against  Peter Go Lim and several others recently indicted for drug trade conspiracy. In an urgent ex-parte motion, the DOJ panel of prosecutors composed of Senior Assistant State Prosecutor Juan Pedro Navera, Assistant State Prosecutor Ana Noreen Devanadera, and Prosecution Attorney Herbert Calvin Abugan asked the Makati RTC Branch 67 to issue the […]

DOJ finds probable cause to indict Peter Lim, others for drug trade conspiracy

(Eagle News)—The Department of Justice has found probable cause to file charges  against businessman Peter Lim for conspiracy to commit illegal drug trading with suspected drug lord Kerwin Espinosa and several others. In finding probable cause against Lim, Espinosa, Ruel Malindangan and Marcelo Adorco, the panel composed of Senior Assistant State Prosecutors Juan Pedro Navera, Anna Doreen Devanadera and prosecution lawyer Herbert Calvin Abugan gave weight to the admission of Espinosa he was a drug […]

Palace “very pleased” with DOJ decision to file charges vs Espinosa, others

(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, July 19, said it was “very pleased” with the Department of Justice’s decision to indict Kerwin Espinosa and others. “The Palace is very pleased that the wheels of justice are turning to hold [them] accountable,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. In reversing the decision of a previous panel, the panel composed of Senior Assistant State Prosecutors Juan Pedro Navera, Anna Noreen Devanadera and Prosecution Attorney Herbert Calvin Abugan […]

DOJ reverses earlier decision; finds probable cause for charges vs Espinosa, others

(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice on Thursday, July 19, found probable cause for the drug charges against Kerwin Espinosa and others. In reversing the decision of a previous panel, the panel composed of Senior Assistant State Prosecutors Juan Pedro Navera, Anna Noreen Devanadera and Prosecution Attorney Herbert Calvin Abugan said the “positive allegations of Marcelo Adorco identifying” Espinosa, Peter Co, Lovely Impal and Ruel Malindagan as his cohorts were “sufficient” to charge them […]

Bombs explode outside car shop allegedly owned by Peter Lim

(Eagle News) — Improvised bombs exploded outside a car shop owned by alleged drug lord Peter Lim in Cebu on Thursday, July 5. The police said no one was hurt, but the blast destroyed vehicles on display outside Hilton Motors at 2:15 a.m. On June 30, several men attempted to set on fire Infinity KTV & Music Lounge in Cebu allegedly owned by Lim and his brother Wellington. This was months after Wellington’s vehicle was fired […]

Peter Lim asks SC to stop DOJ reinvestigation

By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Businessman and suspected drug lord Peter Go Lim has asked the Supreme Court to put a stop to the Department of Justice’s reinvestigation into the drug charges filed against him. In  seeking for a temporary restraining order and/or a writ of preliminary injunction on the preliminary probe conducted by a second panel of prosecutors, Lim, in his 48-page petition for certiorari, argued that the March 19 DOJ order that […]

DOJ panel approves Peter Lim’s request for separate drug inquiry

By Moira Encina Eagle News Service A Department of Justice panel of prosecutors on Wednesday, May 30, granted businessman Peter Lim’s request to be investigated separately from his co-accused in a drug complaint filed against them, but his failure to face the panel on the same day prompted the panel to declare his case submitted for resolution just the same. In granting Lim’s request to be subjected to a preliminary investigation separate from Kerwin Espinosa, […]