The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) ought to be transferred to the Department of Justice (DOJ), if only to avoid delays in the release of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) due to messy paperwork. Thus, said DILG Secretary Jonvic Remulla during the agency’s marathon budget hearing...
The Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC) on Tuesday, Aug. 25, heard oral arguments on Vice President Sara Duterte’s bid to dismiss the grave threats charges filed against her. The charges stem from remarks Duterte made during a November 2024 online briefing, where she allegedly threatened...
The Office of the City Prosecutor of Tacloban City has recommended the filing of criminal charges against a female police sergeant whose issued firearm was used by her 14-year old nephew in the first case of mass school shooting in the country on June 22. DOJ spokesman Polo Martinez said the...
Authorities are up against a faceless, far-reaching enemy when it comes to the problem of escalating school violence, which has involved two deadly school shootings in the past two months. This was the takeaway from the House Committee on Appropriations ' budget hearing with the Department of...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) filed a ₱2.23 billion tax evasion case against offshore online gaming operator Hongsheng Gaming Technology Inc. after its investigation uncovered underreporting of revenues and unremitted taxes. In a statement, BIR Commissioner Charlito Martin R. Mendoza said...
Around 10,000 Marikina residents expressed their support for 1st District Rep. Marcelino “Marcy” R. Teodoro and called for an end to what they described as political attacks following the five criminal cases filed against him by the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday, Aug. 18. The...
The Department of Justice has filed five criminal cases against Marikina 1st District Rep. Marcelino “Marcy” R. Teodoro in connection with the alleged sexual assault on two female police officers. DOJ spokesman Raphael Niccolo Martinez said the four counts of sexual assault and one count of...
"Like brother, like sister." This was Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon 's jab to impeachment trial respondent Vice President Sara Duterte after she reportedly appeared at her brother Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte 's court proceeding on a grave threats case. Ridon, in a...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed on Tuesday, Aug. 11, a case of grave threats against Vice President Sara Duterte in connection with her statement that she hired a contract killer to do a hit on President Marcos and other personalities. DOJ spokesman Polo Martinez said the case was filed...
The camp of Vice President Sara Duterte on Tuesday, Aug. 11, confirmed that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed three counts of grave threats against her before the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Quezon City. In a statement, Atty. Paul Lawrence Lim, counsel for Duterte in the National Bureau...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- The Department of Justice (DOJ) Regional Prosecution Office XIV has recommended the filing of three counts of murder, two counts of frustrated murder, and multiple counts of attempted murder against Hadji Muhtammad, Basilan Mayor Arsina Kahing Nanoh, six alleged accomplices, and...
Ranking congressmen celebrated on Thursday night, Aug. 6 a development that brought the Apollo Quiboloy 's potential extradition to the United States (US) one step closer to reality. Senior Minority Leader Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Party-list Rep. Leila de Lima and Deputy Minority Leader Akbayan...
