Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla urged foreigner to travel to the Philippines after the government launched last July 16 the Cruise Visa Waiver program that streamlines and simplifies visa processing for cruise visitors. In a statement issued on Friday, July 19,...
By Sonny Daanoy Various government agencies signed on Monday, July 15, the National Policy on Promotion and Protection of Health in Jails, Prisons, Custodial Facilities, and Other Places of Detention. Officials from the Department of Health (DOH) and other concerned agencies signed the "National...
By JEFFREY DAMICOG Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla on Monday, July 15, welcomed a trial court decision that convicted ACT Teachers Party-List Rep. France Castro and former Bayan Muna Party-List congressman Satur Ocampo of violations of Republic Act (RA) 7610, the Special Protection of...
More than 40 lawyers from the Public Attorney's Office (PAO) and the Legal Aid Society of the Philippines provided free legal service to persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City on Friday, July 12. In a statement, the Department of Justice (DOJ)...
Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino likened the fate of the missing fisherman in Subic, Zambales to a "hit-and-run". Philippine Coast Guard personnel retrieve the wreckage of fishing banca "John Robert" on July 9, 2024 after it was hit by an unidentified vessel in subic, Zambales on July 3....
President Marcos has ordered the Justice department and police to come up with ways to ensure the safety of prosecutors in the country. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. witnesses the signing of the 2024 Department of Justice - National Prosecution Service (DOJ-NPS) Rules on Preliminary...
President Marcos and Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla signed in Malacanang on Wednesday, July 10, the National Prosecution Service Rules on Preliminary Investigation and Inquest Proceedings that are envisioned to streamline judicial processes, declog court dockets, and secure higher...
Criminal charges have been filed in court against two Russians for reportedly hacking and stealing over P340 million worth of cryptocurrency from the system of their employer Coins.ph. Charged by the Department of Justice (DOJ) before the Taguig City regional trial court (RTC) were Vladimir...
Robbery with intimidation of person has been filed with the Caloocan City regional trial court (RTC) against a police seargeant who was arrested after accepting P30,000 from the sister of an apprehended suspect in illegal drugs trading. In a press briefer issued Sunday evening, July 7, the...
The law on government assistance to students and teachers in private schools enacted in 1989 remains enforceable, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said. In a legal opinon, the DOJ said that Republic Act No. 6728, the Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education Act (GASTPE), h...
The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG), on behalf of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), filed on Friday afternoon, July 5, before the Tarlac City regional trial court (RTC) a petition to cancel the certificate of live birth (COLB) of suspended Mayor Alice L. Guo of Bamban, Tarlac....
Suspended Mayor Alice L. Guo of Bamban, Tarlac and the other 13 respondents did not appear on Friday, July 5, during the start of the preliminary investigation on the non-bailable trafficking in persons charges filed against them before the Department of Justice (DOJ). But through their lawyers,...
