The National Bureau of Investigation NBI) has been ordered to probe the deepfake audio of President Marcos supposedly directing the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to take action against a foreign country, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Thursday, April 25. In a statement, the DOJ...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) assured on Wednesday, April 24, that it continues to fight extra-judicial killings (EJKs) and to uphold human rights. “The DOJ, as the principal law agency and legal counsel of the government, remains deeply committed to the administration’s thrust towards a...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has created a technical working group (TWG) to speed up the transfer of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) inmates to regional prisons and to put up facilities that will hold persons convicted of heinous crimes. The creation of a TWG...
The owners, officers, and agents of the MFT Group of Companies, Inc. and Foundry Ventures I, Inc. should heed the subpoenas issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ) on the complaints filed against them by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). DOJ Senior Deputy State Prosecutor Richard...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has assigned a prosecutor to conduct the preliminary investigation of the criminal complaints filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against the owners and officers of Maria Francesca Tan (MFT) Group of Companies, Inc. and Foundry Ventures I, Inc. for...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has approved the filing of criminal charges in court against a woman who was arrested for picking up more than P218 million worth of shabu at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) last April 17. In a statement, the DOJ said to be charged in court...
Disasters like floods, earthquakes, typhoons, and rising temperatures and sea levels spawn human trafficking, the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) said on Monday, April 22. It cited that last year, the Voice of the Free (VF) Foundation, Inc. revealed the results of its research in...
Fifty-nine of the 74 persons, most of them policemen, charged in the alleged irregular seizure in October 2022 of 990 kilos of shabu with estimated street value of P6.7 billion were given until May 30 to file their counter-affidavits. The 59 respondents in the complaints appeared before the...
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla asked the government of Timor-Leste to immediately deport or extradite detained former congressman Arnolfo "Arnie" A. Teves Jr. The plea was aired on Thursday, April 18, after the Department of Justice (DOJ) received reports that the camp of Teves has been...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) denied allegations that it was influencing witnesses to testify against expelled Negros Oriental 3rd District congressman Arnolfo “Arnie” Teves Jr. over his alleged involvement in the March 4, 2023 murder of provincial governor Roel Degamo and nine other persons....
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has begun its probe on the statements issued by former House speaker and incumbent Davao del Norte 1st District Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez who was reported to have urged the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to withdraw its support to the administration of President...
A total of 98 of the 122 newly appointed and promoted prosecutors took their oaths of office at the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday, April 15. Fifty-four new prosecutors were appointed by President Marcos last March. Sixty-eight prosecutors were promoted at the DOJ's National...
