The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has found former Bulacan First District Engineer Henry Alcantara guilty of irregularities over "ghost" flood control projects in the province. In a seven-page decision released Friday, Sept. 5, DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon ruled that Alcantara...
The confirmation of charges hearing for former president Rodrigo Duterte’s crimes against humanity charges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands will run for four days—from Sept. 23 to 26. Information found on the ICC’s website showed that the former chief...
With the confirmation of charges hearing on ex-president Rodrigo Duterte’s crimes against humanity charges scheduled for Sept. 23 at the International Criminal Court (ICC), there is much buzz about what can be expected during and after this critical pre-trial phase. Atty. Nicholas Kaufman, the...
The lead counsel in former president Rodrigo Duterte’s crimes against humanity charges before the International Criminal Court (ICC) is expected to make a “very strong” rebuttal of the evidence to be presented by the prosecution during the Sept. 23. confirmation of charges hearing. ...
Amid ongoing efforts to digitalize education and the investigation into the Department of Education’s (DepEd) controversial laptop procurement deal, a teachers’ group has renewed its call for the government to provide all public school teachers with free, high-quality laptops—emphasizing that...
The Sandiganbayan has affirmed the graft conviction of the former regional secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in the then Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DENR-ARMM). Affirmed was the conviction of Sultan Usman T. Sarangani who was found guilty in 16 counts of...
Several former officials from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) have been convicted by the Sandiganbayan of 41 counts of graft and 41 counts of falsification for "ghost" repairs of the department's vehicles in 2001. Found guilty were former officer-in-charge assistant director...
The Sandiganbayan has dismissed the 23 criminal charges filed against City Accountant Racquel L. Bautista and City Treasurer Roberto V. Viduya of Bislig City in Surigao del Sur for violation of their right to speedy disposition of cases. Bautista and Viduya were charged with 23 counts of...
The Sandiganbayan has affirmed the graft conviction of a private individual who tried to evade trial by fabricating her death. Mary Ann Maslog, former agent and representative of Esteem Enterprises, was found guilty of violating Section 3(e) of Republic Act No. 3019 or the Anti-Graft and...
A 47-year-old man was arrested for repeatedly raping and threatening his own daughter in Baras, Rizal. The arrested suspect behind the rape of his own daughter in Baras, Rizal. (Photo from Rizal PPO) The Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) identified the suspect as “Ferdy,” the...
Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipino domestic worker who is facing drug charges in Indonesia, was set to be executed in April 2015. But the last-minute reprieve granted to her by former Indonesian president Joko Widodo saved her life. And now, 14 years after her arrest in the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta,...
Six Filipino seafarers in Türkiye have been repatriated after their acquittal of drug charges by a Turkish court, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. DFA said it facilitated the return of the six Filipinos, who had spent over 11 months in jail after their Panamanian-flagged cargo...
