The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday, Oct. 17, assured an impartial investigation into the sedition and inciting to sedition charges filed against 12 persons, one of them the lawyer of Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) founder Apollo C. Quiboloy. "We want to assure the public that our...
Lawyer Israelito R. Torreon and 11 others, including Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI) hosts Lorraine Badoy-Partosa and Jeffrey Celis, have been charged with sedition and inciting to sedition over efforts to stop the arrest of Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) founder Apollo C. Quiboloy. The...
Graft complaints have been filed against Mayor Jaime C. Capil of Porac, Pampanga and nine other town officials over the operations of Lucky South 99, an illegally operating Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) that was raided by authorities due to reported criminal activities, the...
Two women from Mountain Province and Batangas asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) to dismiss the charges of violations of Republic Act No. 10168, the Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act of 2012, filed against them. Marcylyn Cagdan Pilala of Mountain Province and Alaiza Mari...
President Marcos will have the final say on whether or not the Philippine government will rejoin the International Criminal Court (ICC), and cooperate in its investigation over the drug war killings under the administration of former President Rodrigo R. Duterte, the Department of Justice (DOJ)...
The Philippines has appealed to Cambodia not to file charges against 13 pregnant women who are among the 20 rescued Filipinas reportedly hired as surrogate mothers, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Monday, Oct. 14. “Ang embahada natin sa Cambodia ay nakikiusap sa pamahalaan ng Cambodia na...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Sunday, Oct. 13, said it will initiate preliminary investigation of the cases of high-profile killings that took place during the administration of President Rodrigo R. Duterte The alleged killings are now under scrutiny by the House of Representatives...
Environmental crimes are now also covered in the areas of close coordination and cooperation among prosecutors and law enforcers in the build-up of cases. Among the environmental crimes are those involving violation of Presidential Decree (PD) 705, the Revised Forestry Code; RA 9175, the...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday, Oct. 11, confirmed that the United States authorities have agreed to drop the other charges against a female co-defendant of Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) founder Apollo C. Quiboloy. DOJ Assistant Secretary Jose Dominic F. Clavano IV said that Quiboloy's...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) assured an expeditious probe on schemes that lure Filipinas who are "exploited" to be surrogate mothers abroad. In a statement, the DOJ said that many Filipino women, who are often driven by economic hardship, are “coerced into surrogacy agreements under false...
Live-in partners in Bulacan have been convicted of qualified human trafficking by the regional trial court (RTC) for enticing a teenager to work as a househelp and later forcing her to do online nude shows for foreign clients. In a statement, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said the victim...
A Legal Task Force was formed to effectively and expeditiously prosecute human trafficking cases in the country. The Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) on Monday, Oct. 7, signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Office of the Prosecutor General (OPG) of the Department of...
