The former executive assistant of suspended Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Chairman Teofilo Guadiz III has been asked to appear before the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Monday, Oct. 16, to shed light on the corruption allegations in the agency, the...
The mother-in-law of former Commission on Elections (Comelec) commissioner Andres D. Bautista has been charged with qualified theft before the Makati City Regional Trial Court (RTC) for allegedly misappropriating more than P18 million from the company of her late husband reportedly without...
At least P150,000 is reportedly demanded from a blacklisted foreigner in an "escort service scam" allegedly perpetrated by some immigration personnel in connivance with private individuals to facilitate entry of an undesirable alien to the country. In a press briefing on Thursday, Oct. 12, Justice...
At least 19 children, three of them boys, have been found "in common-law relationships' with adult partners in Socorro Bayanihan Service, Inc., an alleged religious cult in Surigao del Norte. In a press briefing on Thursday, Oct. 12, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla said: "Sila ay...
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has been ordered to probe another "scam" in the airports allegedly involving immigration personnel who reportedly offer escort services to foreigners for their "smooth" entry to the Philippines. In a press briefing late Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 11,...
Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla on Wednesday, Oct. 11, said more criminal complaints will be filed against those involved in the manipulation of supply and prices of onions in December last year. Six persons, three of them Department of Agriculture (DA)...
Senators on Wednesday, October 11 have expressed their support for ample confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) for the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) under the proposed 2024 national budget to boost the government’s fight...
A Filipino woman, who posed as an employee of the Department of Justice (DOJ), was intercepted at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) last Tuesday, Oct. 10, before she could leave for Singapore. The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said the woman, whose name was withheld, was intercepted by...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday, Oct. 11, urged lawmakers to pass a legislation against the so-called “demanda-me” scheme employed by overstaying foreigners to stop their deportation. Under the scheme, overstaying or undesirable foreigners allow themselves to be sued before the...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has lauded the filing by the Department of Justice (DOJ) of a murder case in court against six Navotas City policemen in the killing of 17-year-old Jerhode Jemboy Baltazar last Aug. 2. The Navotas City regional trial court (RTC) has ordered the arrest of PSSg....
A total of 1,537 new prosecutors and prosecution attorneys is needed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to speed up the resolution of complaints and court cases which, for the past six years, have totalled more than 1.1 million. The opening of the new prosecutorial posts was made known after...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has ordered the Office of the City Prosecutor (OCP) of Antipolo City to coordinate with law enforcers in the investigation of the case of a 14-year-old boy who died days after he was allegedly slapped by his teacher. In a statement, the DOJ said "the autopsy to...
