Former congressman Mike Defensor on Monday, May 25, said that the filing of charges against him will not deter him from publicly speaking against corruption. “Hindi ako hihinto magsalita sa korapsyon na nangyayari (I will not stop from speaking about the corruption that has been happening),”...
National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin A. Matibag said Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa’s background in law enforcement may pose a challenge in efforts to serve the arrest warrant against him. Matibag made the statement during a press conference on Friday, May 22, following the...
Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo led the launching on Thursday, May 21, of the Justice Zone (JZ) in San Fernando City, La Union where law enforcers, prosecutors, judges, correctional officers, and the public can regularly converge to exchange views on the effective and efficient administration...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has ordered all law enforcement agencies to implement the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa for the case of crimes against humanity in connection with the bloody drug war of the past...
Filipino human trafficking victims urged the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Inter-Agency Committee Against Trafficking (IACAT) to seek the extradition of a foreigner who is the subject of arrest warrants issued by local courts for multiple criminal charges . In a letter addressed to DOJ...
Following the Supreme Court’s rejection of his plea for a temporary restraining order (TRO), the ball is now in the hands of the Department of Justice to decide on whether or not law enforcement agencies will go all-out in arresting Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa. Department of the Interior and...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Tuesday, May 19 questioned the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) move to recommend the filing of charges against him and other former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) officials in connection with flood control project anomalies. Estrada, who is now...
The Office of the Ombudsman confirmed on Monday, May 18 that it has officially received the Department of Justice (DOJ) resolution recommending the filing of plunder and graft charges against Senator Jinggoy Estrada and several other public officials and private individuals over alleged...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has formed a panel of prosecutors to investigate the May 13 shooting incident involving the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Senate’s Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms. DOJ Acting Secretary Fredderick A. Vida said the panel will look into the...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa will be arrested if he attempts to leave the country, Department of Justice (DOJ) Acting Secretary Fredderick A. Vida warned on Friday, May 15. “The Department of Justice will treat any attempt of Sen. Bato Dela Rosa to leave the country as a mockery of...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has reiterated its position that the Philippine government may surrender any Filipino who is subject of an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC). It was the same position that the DOJ issued and stood for when former president Rodrigo Duterte was...
Batangas 1st district Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste has brushed off the criminal complaint filed against him and five other executives of Solar Para sa Bayan Corporation (SPSB/SPBC), calling it “super duper hina (super duper weak)". "The only information I have is what I got from the media, and...
