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Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday (July 3) expressed belief that with the proper amendments the Human Security Act (HSA) of 2007 already suffices for the country in dealing against terrorism.

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Thursday, July 2, lauded the Supreme Court (SC) ruling which dismissed the petition which questioned the Bayanihan to Heal As One Act and its related Presidential issuances which were put in place in response to the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

A forensics team from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) headquarters in Manila flew Thursday afternoon, July 2, to Jolo, Sulu to conduct a crime scene investigation of the site where four Army intelligence officers were killed by policemen.

Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Thursday, July 2, urged the public to refrain from making any judgment and let the inter-agency panel do its work first in reviewing 5,655 anti-illegal drugs operations where deaths have occurred

National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. on Thursday, July 2, assured incidents similar to the police killing of four Army men in Jolo, Sulu will not take place once the Anti-Terrorism bill (ATB) becomes law.

A detainee at the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) headquarters in Manila has tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after undergoing both rapid antibody test and the confirmatory polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) gave Sen. Aquilino Martin “Koko” Pimentel III more time to submit his counter-affidavit in response to a complaint which accused him of violating quarantine protocols.

The proposed Anti-Terrorism law is patterned after the laws of European countries, according to presidential spokesman Harry Roque.

“I am going to keep on doing it and I really don’t care of the critics.”

This is what Presidential spokesman Harry Roque stressed amid criticisms for declaring “congratulations Philippines” after the number of COVID-19 cases in the country reached around 37,000 at the end of June despite University of the Philippines (UP) predictions that it could reach 40,000.

The Philippine government is conducting a judicious review of the 5,655 anti-illegal drug operations where deaths occurred to help tighten existing state mechanisms, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra told the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

A suspected illegal drugs trader was arrested at his condominium unit in Marikina City where narcotics worth P13 million and firearms were discovered, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said on Tuesday, June 30.

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has expressed preference that the Quezon City court releases as soon as possible its verdict over the November 2009 Maguindanao massacre.

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Thursday said that he would form a special investigating team (SIT) which will look into the killing of a radio broadcaster in Negros Oriental.

Convicted illegal drugs courier Mary Jane Veloso is set to make her deposition inside the Indonesian jail where she is being against her alleged illegal recruiters who are facing charges here in the Philippines.