The University of the Philippines (UP) has been tapped by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in the review of the country’s Criminal Code. "We wish to create a new penal code that not only reflects current values and conditions but also respects rights inherent to us all as human beings," said DOJ...
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla is set travel to Indonesia on Friday, Dec. 6, for talks on the return to the Philippines of convicted drug courier Mary Jane Veloso. “The secretary and I will go there this Friday. I think it will be about the details on the possible transfer,” said...
Former presidential spokesperson Harry L. Roque did not appear on Tuesday, Dec. 3, during the preliminary investigation of the qualified trafficking in persons charges filed against him at the Department of Justice (DOJ). However, Roque -- through his lawyers -- submitted his counter-affidavit that...
The Department of Justice (DOJ will investigate the public statements made by former President Rodrigo R. Duterte who called on the military to take action against the current administration’s ‘fractured governance.” “The military has no direct hand in civil governance and the former...
Vice President Sara Duterte may face multiple criminal charges, aside from a disbarment complaint, over the death threats she publicly aired against President Marcos, First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos, and House Speaker Martin Romualdez, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Tuesday, Nov. 26....
Vice President Sara Duterte will be summoned by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to shed light over her statements that if she is killed, President Marcos, his wife and First Lady Louise Araneta Marcos, and House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romuldez will be assassinated by her hired assasin....
The Philippines is set to hold on Tuesday, Nov. 26, the 10th Manila International Dialogue on Human Trafficking, the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) said. “This milestone event unites global changemakers, key stakeholders, and frontline advocates to confront the pressing...
Senatorial candidate and former local government secretary Benjamin “Benhur” C. Abalos Jr. asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) to dismiss the criminal and administrative complaints filed against him by former president Rodrigo R. Duterte. Duterte, also administrator of of the Kingdom of Jesus...
The pardon of Mary Jane Veloso, who was convicted and sentenced to death in Indonesia, should not be done immediately once she returns to the Philippines, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Thursday, Nov. 21. “It would not be good,” warned DOJ Undersecretary Raul T. Vasquez during an...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday, Nov. 20, lauded the decision of Indonesia to return to the Philippines Mary Jane Veloso, an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who was arrested almost 14 years ago and sentenced to death by firing squad in April 2015. “Mabuhay at maraming salamat,...
A total of 509 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) had been released from the prison facilities of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) last October, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Monday, Nov. 18. In a statement, the DOJ said that most of those freed were the elderly, the sickly, and those...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte is among those being investigated by the task force on extrajudicial killings (EJKs) that is led by the Department of Justice (DOJ). “Our task force is doing that now,” Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla told journalists on Monday, Nov. 18. Remulla,...
