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...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Thursday, July 4, it will soon allow online preliminary investigations of criminal complaints filed before government prosecutors. DOJ Undersecretary Jesse Hermogenes T. Andres said during the “Bagong Pilipinas DOJ Town Hall" event held in Dasmarinas...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) can accept donations, like mobile clinics, from a tobacco company, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said. What is prohibited, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla said in a legal opinion issued last June 6, "is the receipt or solicitation...
Criminal complaints were filed before the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday, July 2, against two Chinese nationals who were arrested during the raid of Lucky South 99 Corporation, a facility of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) in Angeles City in Pampanga. Deputy City Prosecutor...
