The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed criminal cases against three foreigners and their alleged local cohort for the alleged illegal recruitment of Filipinos who were falsely promised to work as restaurant staff in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The cases were filed last June 5 before the...
Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido “Benny” Abante Jr. has filed cyber libel and libel complaints against the 18 ex-soldiers and their counsel, lawyer Levi Baligod over allegations that he received cash-filled luggages ("maleta") as payoffs under the flood control projects corruption scandal....
Iloilo City Rep. Julienne Baronda has filed a cyber libel and perjury case on Wednesday, June 3, before the Department of Justice (DOJ) against lawyer Levito Baligod and 18 former soldiers over accusations that she is one of the recipients of cash deliveries from former congressman Elizaldy Co....
The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) has endorsed to the Department of Justice (DOJ) the filing of charges against four social media accounts falsely claiming that the Supreme Court has stopped Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa’s arrest. "The Supreme Court, in fact, denied Senator Dela...
Senator Jinggoy Estrada said on Friday, May 29, he will be posting bail as it is a legal remedy that is available to him now. Estrada made the statement before going to the Sandiganbayan to post bail over his graft case which is in connection to his involvement in the alleged anomalous flood...
The criminal complaint filed by police against Sen. Robin Padilla is set to undergo evaluation by the Department of Justice (DOJ). DOJ spokesperson Prosecution Attorney Raphael Niccolo L. Martinez disclosed this on Friday, May 29, after the department received the complaint from the Philippine...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Thursday, May 28 said he is prepared to exhaust all legal remedies in fighting another battle in court. This, after the Office of the Ombudsman formally filed plunder and graft cases against him and several others in connection to his alleged involvement in the...
The family of Enrique Manas Sr. has renewed the call to the Department of Justice (DOJ) to proceed with the filing of murder charges against the accused in the 2017 ambush case, following reports that one of the accused had filed a motion for reconsideration. In urging the DOJ to stand firm in its...
The Department of Justice said allegations of payout to relatives of the missing sabungeros, even if true, will not directly impact on the charges that were already filed in court. DOJ Acting Secretary Fredderick A. Vida said testimonies may be withdrawn but real pieces of evidence of crimes that...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued subpoenas in a bid to establish the ownership, quantity and registration of firearms owned by the Senate following the gunfire incident on May 13. DOJ Acting Secretary Fredderick A. Vida said the subpoena was sent to the Senate, the Philippine...
Why pick on lawyer Jimmy Bondoc when it’s Sen. Robin Padilla who appears to have some explaining to do on the disappearance of fellow senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa? All the information that Padilla revealed in the past days are considered as admissions and Department of Justice (DOJ)...
Still reeling from the social media backlash of that interview with journalist Ces Drilon, lawyer Jimmy Bondoc will have more explaining to do anew after the Department of Justice (DOJ) said it will ask him to provide information on the whereabouts of his client, Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa....
