More than 40 lawyers from the Public Attorney's Office (PAO) and the Legal Aid Society of the Philippines provided free legal service to persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City on Friday, July 12. In a statement, the Department of Justice (DOJ)...
Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino likened the fate of the missing fisherman in Subic, Zambales to a "hit-and-run". Philippine Coast Guard personnel retrieve the wreckage of fishing banca "John Robert" on July 9, 2024 after it was hit by an unidentified vessel in subic, Zambales on July 3....
President Marcos has ordered the Justice department and police to come up with ways to ensure the safety of prosecutors in the country. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. witnesses the signing of the 2024 Department of Justice - National Prosecution Service (DOJ-NPS) Rules on Preliminary...
President Marcos and Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla signed in Malacanang on Wednesday, July 10, the National Prosecution Service Rules on Preliminary Investigation and Inquest Proceedings that are envisioned to streamline judicial processes, declog court dockets, and secure higher...
Criminal charges have been filed in court against two Russians for reportedly hacking and stealing over P340 million worth of cryptocurrency from the system of their employer Coins.ph. Charged by the Department of Justice (DOJ) before the Taguig City regional trial court (RTC) were Vladimir...
Robbery with intimidation of person has been filed with the Caloocan City regional trial court (RTC) against a police seargeant who was arrested after accepting P30,000 from the sister of an apprehended suspect in illegal drugs trading. In a press briefer issued Sunday evening, July 7, the...
The law on government assistance to students and teachers in private schools enacted in 1989 remains enforceable, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said. In a legal opinon, the DOJ said that Republic Act No. 6728, the Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education Act (GASTPE), h...
The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG), on behalf of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), filed on Friday afternoon, July 5, before the Tarlac City regional trial court (RTC) a petition to cancel the certificate of live birth (COLB) of suspended Mayor Alice L. Guo of Bamban, Tarlac....
Suspended Mayor Alice L. Guo of Bamban, Tarlac and the other 13 respondents did not appear on Friday, July 5, during the start of the preliminary investigation on the non-bailable trafficking in persons charges filed against them before the Department of Justice (DOJ). But through their lawyers,...
Former President Rodrigo R. Duterte, Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go, and 2 other persons were charged with plunder and graft involving P6.6 billion in a complaint filed before the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday, July 5, by former senator Antonio “Sonny” F. Trillanes IV. Also charged with...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) starts at 10 a.m. today, July 5, the preliminary investigation on the non-bailable qualified trafficking in persons complaints against suspended Mayor Alice L. Guo of Bamban, Tarlac and her 13 co-respondents. The complaints against Guo and her co-respondents were...
Due to close coordination with law enforcement agencies, the National Prosecution Service (NPS) of the Department of Justice (DOJ) has achieved an almost 94 percent conviction rate in cases filed before the trial courts. “Dahil masinop na kinuha ng DOJ ang ebidensya kasama ang law enforcement...
