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The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has been tasked to investigate the killings of the officials of the National Center for Mental Health (NCMH) and the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO).

The Department of Justice (DOJ) will be consulting with the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police (PNP) concerning the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020.

The Department of Justice (DoJ) has ordered the nine policemen tagged in the killing of four Army intelligence officers in Jolo, Sulu last June 29 to submit their counter-affidavits in response to the allegations against them.

The Philippines will conduct more aggressive tests for COVID-19 even though the country is considered to have one of the highest testing capacities in Asia.

The government should not extend the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) if it wants the economy to recover, advised Presidential Adviser on Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion said on Monday.

The public was urged on Monday, August 3, to voluntarily impose upon themselves an enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) mindset.

The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) has decided to close its offices in Makati City while Metro Manila is under the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ).

Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Menardo Guevarra said on Saturday, August 1, that he has ordered an investigation into online scammers who have been luring victims to invest in bogus bitcoin trading by using names of government officials and even celebrities.

Thirteen candidates are vying for a seat at the Supreme Court (SC) that will be vacated upon the retirement of Associate Justice Jose Reyes Jr., the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) said.

The Supreme Court (SC) has decided to allow the remote notarization of documents to help prevent the spread of the deadly 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

A high-ranking official of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has tested positive for COVID-19, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra confirmed Thursday.

Emmeline Aglipay-Villar, Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) undersecretary-in-charge, said the country should aim to convict more government officials involved in human trafficking if it wishes to maintain its Tier 1 standing in the United States’ Global Trafficking in Persons Report.

Despite the disruption of trials because of the pandemic caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the country is set to maintain this year the number of convictions in human trafficking cases.

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Wednesday welcomed the decision of the Senate to wait for the results of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) probe before proceeding with the inquiry over the deaths of Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) who died at Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) prisons due to the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Three fugitive suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) who are wanted over charges for the kidnapping of members of a religious group in Patikul, Sulu have been arrested in Metro Manila during a series of operations conducted by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).

The Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) has launched a digital management system that allows the tracking of cases involving overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and coordinated action among government agencies.

Amid the rising number of 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country, President Duterte has been expected to address during his latest State of the Nation Adress (SONA) the government’s response to the pandemic.

There was a need for President Duterte to address not just the pandemic during his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA), a political analyst said on Tuesday, July 28.