(Eagle News)–Peter Joemel Advincula has filed for inclusion in the Witness Protection Program. Advincula’s lawyer, Larry Gadon, submitted his client’s application before the Department of Justice on Monday, Aug. 5. Advincula, who claims to be the yellow-hooded character in the Ang Totoong Narcolist videos against President Rodrigo Duterte’s family and close friends,has been charged with sedition and other charges in connection with these. His affidavit pointing at several opposition figures behind the videos was […]
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DOJ’s Guevarra confirms ex-Customs intel officer Guban now under WPP
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has confirmed that former customs intelligence officer was indeed admitted to the Department of Justice’s Witness Protection Program (WPP). “Yes, Mr. Guban has been admitted into the WPP. But that’s all that I can say,” he told reporters on Tuesday afternoon. Guevarra refused to give more details citing the “confidential” nature of the WPP. Thank you for understanding the confidential nature and purpose of the WPP. Really […]
Justice Secretary Guevarra terminates Napoles’ provisional coverage to WPP
(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 […]
DOJ Secretary Guevarra: Napoles has “no actionable right to demand” DOJ detention or custody
(Eagle News) — Newly appointed Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said alleged pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim Napoles has no “actionable right to demand detention or custody” from the Department of Justice despite having been provisionally admitted to the Witness Protection Program. According to Guevarra, whose manifestation was submitted to the Sandiganbayan Third Division on Tuesday, April 17, in the first place, Napoles’ provisional coverage “merely signifies that she has yet to complete all the […]
SC reaffirms Napoles should not be granted bail
(Eagle News)—-The Supreme Court has re-affirmed Janet Lim Napoles should not be granted bail. In a six-page resolution promulgated on Feb. 6, the SC said Napoles’ argument she should be given temporary liberty like former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was “unmeritorious.” The Feb. 6 resolution stems from Napoles’ December 20 appeal of the High Court’s decision upholding the Sandiganbayan’s denial of her bail. In her December 20 appeal, Napoles noted the SC reversed the Sandiganbayan’s […]
Ombudsman opposes Napoles’ “preposterous” plea for custody transfer
She has a “misplaced, twisted sense of entitlement,” Ombudsman says (Eagle News) — The Ombudsman has filed a written opposition to Janet Lim Napoles’ urgent plea for a custody transfer to the Department of Justice, slamming the alleged pork barrel scam queen for having a “misplaced and twisted sense of entitlement.” According to the Ombudsman prosecutors, the request of Napoles, who is detained in Camp Bagong Diwa, was “preposterous” given the fact that she still […]
Napoles to Sandiganbayan: A BJMP search team harassed me
(Eagle News) — Janet Lim Napoles has accused a raiding team of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology of harassment. Napoles made the accusation in an attempt to convince the Sandiganbayan, where she faces a plunder case in connection with the pork barrel scam, that she needed to be moved to a safehouse from Camp Bagong Diwa where she is detained. According to the undated incident report submitted by Napoles, the incident took place […]
Aguirre admits to meeting Napoles lawyer but denies he gave him legal advice
Says Napoles, as “co-conspirator” in crime of plunder that targets public officials, is eligible for WPP (Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre on Tuesday admitted that he and Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea met with Janet Lim Napoles’ lawyer in Malacanang. But in a press conference in the Palace, Aguirre said there was never a time during the meeting he and Medialdea provided legal advice to Stephen David. He said they only talked about Napoles’ […]
De Lima: Napoles “will sing anything she is asked to”
(Eagle News)—Janet Lim Napoles will “sing anything she is asked to.” Senator Leila de Lima made the statement on Saturday, a day after the Department of Justice confirmed the alleged pork barrel scam queen had been provisionally admitted to the Witness Protection Program. The senator said this was why she did not “seriously consider” Napoles as state witness when she was justice secretary during the time of then-President Benigno Aquino III. De Lima, who is […]
Napoles now under provisional coverage of WPP; asks court she be transferred from Taguig jail to DOJ
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Janet Lim Napoles has been provisionally admitted to the Witness Protection Program. A certification signed by Senior Assistant State Prosecutor Ma. Nerissa Molina-Carpio, program director, said the alleged pork barrel scam queen was provisionally admitted effective February 27,. 2018. Justice Undersecretary Erickson Balmes said Napoles has executed an affidavit containing more details about the Priority Development Assistance Fund scam. He said her affidavit though would be under assessment so […]
DOJ ready to offer Ralph Trangia, family witness protection if he will tell all
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday said it was ready to offer Ralph Trangia, one of the primary suspects in the death of hazing-victim Horacio “Atio” Castillo III, witness protection, if he will tell all that he knows about the hazing incident. “While he may be a suspect as of the moment, depending on what he will tell our investigators, he could be a potential witness. And for this reason, the […]
Kulot’s parents, 2 siblings now under WPP provisional coverage
(Eagle News) — The parents and two siblings of slain teenager Reynaldo De Guzman are now under the Witness Protection Program. Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre, said Eduardo Gabriel, Lina de Guzman and their children, aged 17 and 12, were placed under provisional coverage after the couple visited him the other day. “I told the parents of ‘Kulot’ that they can trust the government’s (WPP),” Aguirre said. De Guzman and his friend Carl Angelo Arnaiz went […]
