Former presidential spokesman Harry Roque dismissed reports that he was arrested in The Hague, Netherlands, explaining that he went back there and was unable to continue on his flight to Vienna, Austria because he was “unfit” to travel. This came just hours after the Department of Foreign...
Police units in Albay formally served multiple arrest warrants on Saturday, Nov. 22, targeting individuals allegedly involved in irregularities surrounding a flood control project in Oriental Mindoro. The warrants stemmed from a Sandiganbayan order issued after the Office of the Ombudsman filed two...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has yet to receive a court order to cancel resigned Ako Bicol Partylist Rep. Zaldy Co’s passport over his involvement in the mutli-billion-peso flood control mess. In a statement on Friday night, Nov. 21, the DFA said it has the power to cancel passports...
President Marcos announced that the Ombudsman has filed cases and issued arrest warrants against former lawmaker Zaldy Co and 17 others in connection with the multibillion-peso anomalies in flood control projects. In a video message, the President said the warrants were based on evidence gathered...
Vice President Sara Duterte said she was already able to talk to Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa and offered advice ahead of the alleged issuance of an International Crimimal Court (ICC) arrest warrant against him. Speaking to the media in Himamaylan, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Nov. 11, Duterte...
The International Criminal Court said on Monday, Nov. 10, that it cannot confirm reports that it has issued an arrest warrant against Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa. “No the ICC can’t confirm such news,” ICC spokesperson Fadi El Abdallah said in a statement sent to members of the...
Malacañang said it has yet to confirm whether the International Criminal Court (ICC) has indeed issued a warrant for the arrest of Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa in relation to the deaths linked to the bloody drug war of the previous administration. Presidential Communications Office (PCO)...
ILOILO CITY – After nearly 20 years of various crimes against the state, a high-ranking leader of the New People’s Army (NPA) was arrested in Iloilo City. The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) announced that its Provincial Intelligence Unit (PIU) arrested Gaspar Robles Matullano, alias Ka...
DAGUPAN CITY – A man wanted for the murder of a police officer was arrested after 28 years in hiding in Barangay Mapalad, Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija, on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 26. The 57-year-old suspect was apprehended by the police on warrants for murder and frustrated murder. The suspect was a...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) ruling that affirmed the Court’s jurisdiction on former president Rodrigo Duterte’s crimes against humanity case will pave the way for the eventual arrest of his co-perpetrators in the alleged extrajudicial killings during his administration’s war on...
Some of those accused in the alleged flood control corruption are expected to face arrest within weeks, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon said on Friday, Oct. 24. Dizon said the arrests could happen before Christmas, citing the Office of the Ombudsman’s swift...
The request of the detained Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) founder Apollo Quiboloy to be placed under hospital arrest was denied by the Pasig Regional Trial Court (RTC) 159 due to lack of merit. The RTC order stated that Quiboloy requested to be placed under hospital arrest at either the...
