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(Eagle News) – Presidential Anti-Crime Commission chair Dante Jimenez passed away Friday night, Jan. 29, 2021, due to aortic aneurysm, his family said in a statement. Jimenez is also the founding chair of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC). He was also appointed as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee on Illegal Drugs alongside Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Director General Aaron Aquino in February last year. “With deep sorrow, the Family announces the passing […]
(Eagle News)—-The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption on Thursday, March 14, renewed its call for the reinstatement of death penalty, following the death of 16-year-old Cebu student Christine Silawan. In a statement, VACC founding chair Dante Jimenez called on legislators, “especially those running for reelection in the midterm elections in May,” to “seriously consider the implications of the incident in terms of law and order and public safety.” He said the murder of Silawan, after […]
(Eagle News) — Former President Benigno Aquino III on Monday, June 4, said there was still no proof showing that Dengvaxia had deadly effects. ‘Yung risk, meron ‘yung 0.2 percent na binabanggit na baka magka-severe dengue. (Ang) gain (ay) ‘yung natira sa 100 percent, 99.8 percent ng population, ay nagkakaroon ng proteksyon na at least 30 months,” he said after filing his counter-affidavit to the complaint lodged against him by the Volunteers Against Crime and […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice is slated to summon former President Benigno Aquino III and 43 others in connection with the criminal complaint filed against them over the Dengvaxia mess. The DOJ said it would order all 44 respondents to appear before the panel on May 15 at 10 a.m. The looming summon was in connection with the complaint for multiple homicide and physical injuries through negligence, technical malversation and for violation of the Anti-Graft […]
(Eagle News) — The Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission has a new commissioner. This time, President Rodrigo Duterte appointed the same lawyer who sought his disqualification from the presidential race in 2016. The appointment paper of Manuelito Luna Jr. of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption signed by President Duterte was dated April 17. The copy, however, was only made available to the media on Thursday, April 19. Luna represented Rizalito David when he sought for the […]
(Eagle News) — The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption on Wednesday urged President Rodrigo Duterte to issue a proclamation declaring a state of national emergency following the administration of the controversial Dengvaxia vaccine to over 830,000 people. In a letter received by the Office of the President on Wednesday, January 17, VACC president Dante Jimenez said that the declaration was warranted, given a variety of reasons. For one, he said that “no less than about […]
(Eagle News) — Several personalities on Wednesday submitted an impeachment complaint against Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales. The group led by the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption, however, has yet to get an endorsement from a lawmaker, prompting the House Secretary General to merely “note” the complaint upon receipt of the document. The complainants, who also include former Reps. Jacinto Paras and Glenn Chong; relatives of the slain Philippine National Police Special Action Force commandos in Mamasapano; […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The anti-crime group, Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC), has announced that it is preparing an impeachment complaint against Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales. VACC Chairman Dante Jiminez said they have a thick set of documents replete with attachments which they are preparing as part of their impeachment complaint against the Ombudsman. Included in the complaint are alleged instances of delay in decisions, selective justice and injustice that the VACC claimed […]
(Eagle News) – Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is now facing inciting to sedition raps and proposing to commit coup d’etat, aside from graft, for his remarks that urged the Philippine military to use M60 machine guns on President Rodrigo Duterte, whom he had accused of having millions of pesos in bank accounts. The group of lawyers, which included former Negros Oriental Rep. Jacinto Paras and lawyer Manuel Luna, filed their complaint with the Pasay City […]
(Eagle News) — The approval and trust ratings of Supreme Court Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno have gone down, based on the latest survey conducted by Pulse Asia. According to the poll done from Sept. 24 to 30 via face-to-face interviews of 1200 adults, Sereno’s approval rating was at 35 percent, a 13 percent drop from the rating she got in June. The decline in her approval marks cuts across all geographical areas–from 45% in […]
(Eagle News) — The House Committee on Justice on Thursday found sufficiency of grounds in the impeachment complaint filed against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. Twenty-five members of the committee headed by Rep. Rey Umali voted to approve the motion of Misamis Occidental Rep. Henry Oaminal finding such sufficiency of grounds in the complaint filed by lawyer Larry Gadon. Gadon had accused Sereno of culpable violation of the Constitution, corruption, other high crimes, and betrayal of […]
(Eagle News) — Six magistrates are set to testify against Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno, who faces an impeachment complaint for alleged betrayal of public trust and culpable violation of the Constitution. Atty. Larry Gadon, who filed the complaint, said this in a radio interview a day after Sereno filed her 84-page response. Gadon also denied Sereno camp’s claims the complaint was based primarily on newspaper reports, which means it is inadmissible in any court […]
