Twelve executives of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) were the top highest paid government officials in 2023, the Commission on Audit (COA) said In its 2023 Report on Salaries and Alloances made public last May 2, COA said that BSP Governor Governor Eli M. Semolina Jr. is now the...
The Office of the Solicitor (OSG) stressed the need for factual verification over allegations that Chinese fishermen have been using cyanide in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). “The recent report on the use of cyanide off Scarborough Shoal, serious as it is, needs a careful factual verification,”...
The victims and their families in the alleged abuses committed during the illegal drugs war of the administration of former President Rodrigo R. Duterte do not need the International Criminal Court (ICC), Solicitor General Menardo I. Guevarra assured on Tuesday, Jan. 23. Guevarra declared that...
Solicitor General Menardo I. Guevarra said the government could not be bound by the various resolutions filed by lawmakers who have urged the administration of President Marcos to cooperate with the investigation of the International Criminal Court (ICC). “The House resolutions encouraging the...
Solicitor General Menardo I. Guevarra said on Thursday, Nov. 23, the resolution filed by Manila 6th District Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr. is contrary to the government's stance that refuses cooperation with the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) investigation on the alleged abuses committed...
President Marcos' stand against cooperating in the probe by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on illegal drugs operations "remains unchanged," Solicitor General Menardo I. Guevarra said on Wednesday, Oct. 25. The President's stand was reinterated by Guevarra in response to calls of the...
The Philippine government can remove the floating barriers that were put up by the Chinese coast guard in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) and have been preventing Filipino fishing vessels in the enclosed areas, Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla said on Monday, Sept. 25....
For Sen. Francis Tolentino, there's no denying that China is the only country interested in areas in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). He made the statement during an interview on CNN Philippines, following the pronouncement of China that the country's accusations "have no factual basis" in relation...
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla said he will meet with the officials of the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) and other lawyers to discuss the strategy in the legal options that will be taken by the government against China on the destruction of coral reefs in the West Philippine Sea...
SolGen, not local or foreign lawyers, should file case vs China on destruction of coral reefs in WPS -- ex-Justice Jardeleza The Philippines should no longer hire local or foreign lawyers to handle the filing of a case against China on the destruction of coral reefs in the West Philippine...
The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) has begun studying the best legal course of action to take against China concerning the destruction of coral reefs in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). “The OSG is in the fact-finding and data gathering stage of its study on legal options regarding WPS...
