While President Marcos' stand against the investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on alleged abuses and "deaths' during the illegal drugs operation of the past administration remains firm, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla said the issue "needs serious study on the...
The National Prosecution Service (NPS) of the Department of Justice (DOJ) has cleared a Filipino-Indian businessman, his mother, and five others in a criminal complaint that accused them of "falsifying documents" on the properties owned by their family members. In a 20-page resolution dated...
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla on Monday, Nov. 20, disclosed a plan to have a global outsourding and technology services firm, Visa Facilitation Services (VFS), to handle the issuance of visas to Chinese nationals coming to the Philippines instead of the Department of Foreign Affairs...
The visiting United Nations (UN) rapporteur should not tell the Philippine government what to do with its National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla declared on Wednesday, Nov. 15. “Internal mechanism...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday, Nov. 15, assured it will not interfere in the preliminary investigation of the criminal complaint filed against former President Rodrigo R. Duterte. “Ito ay prosecutorial independence (This is prosecutorial independence),” DOJ Secretary Jesus...
Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla on Wednesday, Nov. 15, expressed belief that former senator Leila M. de Lima will be acquitted in the remaining illegal drugs case against her. “Chances are she will be acquitted,” Remulla said on CNN Philippines. Remulla's belief...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is set to ask the government of Timor-Leste to turn over to the Philippines expelled Negros Oriental congressman Arnolfo A. Teves Jr. Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla said he has conveyed the DOJ's intention during his meeting with Timor-Leste...
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla on Monday, Nov. 13, said the decision of the Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court (RTC) to grant bail to former senator Leila M. de Lima is proof of the "independence of the judiciary" and that "democracy is alive" in the Philippines. “It just...
A total of 5,183 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) had been freed from various detention facilities of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) as of Oct. 31, 2023, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla said on Friday, Nov. 10. The number of released PDLs was disclosed by Remulla in Puerto...
The Department of Justice's (DOJ) panel of prosecutors has submitted for resolution -- whether to file in court or dismiss the charges -- the criminal complaints filed against the leader and members of Socorro Bayanihan Services, Inc. (SBSI), an alleged religious cult in Surigao del Norte. ...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) might release the resolution of the complaints against the alleged religious cult Socorro Bayanihan Services Inc. (SBSI) by middle of November. Justice Undersecretary Nicholas Felix Ty on Monday, October 9 disclosed this during the Senate Finance Committee...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) said that private corporations operating the Clark International Airport should collect from passengers Aviation Security Fees (AVS) and remit the funds to the Bureau of Treasury (BTr). In a legal opinion dated Sept 25, 2023, DOJ Secretar y Jesus Crispin C. Remulla...
