Malacañang said that the Duterte administration has always been transparent in its "successful" campaign against illegal drugs as it blasted a recent request for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the alleged irregularities in the campaign anew. Communications Secretary Martin...
Police arrested two persons, including a suspected member of a criminal group, for possession of illegal drugs and firearms in Taguig on June 9. Joint elements of the Taguig Police Sub-station 7 and Southern Police District’s Regional Intelligence Unit implemented a search warrant against Erlinda...
Another alleged member of a criminal group was arrested by the police in Taguig on June 2. The suspect was identified as Giovanni Perillo, 28, who was tagged by the police as a member of the Utto criminal group responsible for robbery-holdups and proliferation of illegal drugs in Taguig. The...
The police arrested an alleged member of a criminal group and two drug suspects in separate operations in Taguig on May 4 and 5. Esmael Wakid aka Nashrudin Mama, 39, construction worker, was nabbed for possession of a firearm and ammunition along Datu Al Street, Purok 5, Barangay Napindan in...
CEBU CITY -- Officers and employees of an accredited motorcycle dealer and seller have been cleared of criminal complaints filed against them by the Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas (LTO 7). Regional Prosecutor Fernando Gubalane has issued two separate resolutions denying the appeal of...
ILOILO CITY -- Two most wanted persons (MWP) of Western Visayas region have been caught in two separate operations in Iloilo province. Arrested in Estancia town was Reymar Bandies Parilla while Rolando Compania Duran was arrested in Pavia town. “These accomplishments show our commitment to go...
Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Thursday, March 24, called for the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to file a criminal case against former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for failing to pay his family’s P203-billion estate tax debt. 1Sambayan lead convenor Antonio...
"No child was born evil." This, in a nutshell, is senatorial candidate and former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque's justification behind his opposition to the proposed lowering of the minimum age of criminal responsibility to nine years old. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Roque, who is part of...
The Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality has recommended the filing of criminal charges against several Bureau of Immigration (BI) personnel and some personalities who were involved in the so-called “pastillas” bribery scam. Senator Risa Hontiveros,...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Tuesday condemned the reported torture and barbaric killing of a woman whose body was recently found floating near a beach in Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur. De Lima, a vocal critic of the Duterte administration, said such death highlights the reigning culture of...
Partido Reporma chairman and presidential aspirant Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson refuted perennial accusations that he ran away from the law when he left the country in 2010 or about a month before an arrest warrant could be served against him. The arrest warrant, Lacson said was based on...
A member of notorious criminal group Lalaine Sagumban involved in robbery holdup and illegal drug activities in the cities of Pasay, Makati, and Manila was arrested on Thursday night (Jan. 6) in Pasay City. Col. Cesar Paday-os, Pasay City police chief, identified the suspect as Lariz Guevarra, 29,...
