Doctors implicated in the Dengvaxia controversy alongside Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin are hopeful that their pending cases will get junked following the dismissal of a hundred such cases already. Dr. Raymund Lo, a US-trained and certified pathologist, underscored that there was "no...
Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) A victory for truth, justice, and science. That's how Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin described the Department of Justice's (DOJ) decision to withdraw the...
The Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) has appealed the order of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla on the withdrawal of the Dengvaxia cases filed in court against former health secretary and now Iloilo First District Rep. Janette L. Garin and two other former officials of the Department of...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has ordered the withdrawal of the Dengvaxia cases filed in court against Iloilo 1st District Rep. and former health secretary Janette L. Garin and her two co-accused. In a resolution dated Jan. 10, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla granted the petition for...
Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Noting that the prosecution's witnesses "offered non-expert opinion", the Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 229 has junked the criminal cases filed...
By CZARINA NICOLE ONG KI The Sandiganbayan has allowed government prosecutors to present additional evidence in the graft and technical malversation case filed against former health secretary now Iloilo 1st District Rep. Janette Loreto Garin and four others in the purchase of P3.5 billion worth of...
A medical professional administers a Covid-19 vaccine (Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN) Answering the question of whether or not Dengvaxia claimed lives of vaccinees in the country is key to getting rid of vaccine hesitancy among Filipinos....
While effective vaccines exist, experts said that their impact will remain "unrealized" when not administered to the intended recipients. "Vaccines do not save lives, vaccination saves lives," said Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Eric Tayag as he highlighted the distinction between...
A Quezon City regional trial court (RTC) judge has been asked to inhibit himself from handling the Dengvaxia cases after having ordered the consolidation of the 35 complaints into one case. Sought to recuse himself was Judge Cleto R. Villacorta III in a petition filed by the Samahan ng mga...
Parents of children whose deaths were allegedy caused by Dengvaxia, an anti-dengue vaccine, have protested a Quezon City trial court ruling which consolidated their 35 criminal complaints for reckless impruduence resulting to homicide and serious physical injuries into one case. “Ang bagong...
Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin (PPAB) House Deputy Majority Leader and Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin confirmed on Monday, Nov. 13 her posting of bail in connection with her graft and technical malversation charges before the Office of the...
Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin (PPAB) House Deputy Majority Leader Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin is viewing the Ombudsman case filed against her as a positive instead of a negative. "We see this case as an opportunity to finally put an end...
