Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson says a public official who induces another person to commit perjury may be treated as a principal in the commission of the crime under the conspiracy theory. In a statement Sunday, Aug. 23, Lacson underscored that such individual may also be subject to perpetual...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Friday, August 21 pushed for heavier penalties against those who induce or force another person to commit perjury. Lacson said he will file such a measure following the recent recantations of “coached witness” Orly Guteza and three of the so-called...
The legal team of Vice President Sara Duterte is seeking to consolidate the two perjury complaints filed against Ramil Madriaga and have them resolved together. In a virtual press briefing on Wednesday, August 19, Atty. Paolo Panelo said the second complaint is closely related to the first because...
Vice President Sara Duterte’s lawyer Paolo Panelo, on Wednesday, August 19, said Ramil Madriaga could be a “star witness” for her impeachment defense, as Madriaga faces multiple perjury complaints over his statements related to the case. In a virtual press briefing, Panelo said the defense...
The second perjury complaint filed by Vice President Sara Duterte against former House witness Ramil L. Madriaga will not affect the ongoing impeachment trial, according to Duterte’s defense spokesperson, Atty. Michael Poa. During a press conference on August 17, Poa said the defense would...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday, Aug. 17, filed a second complaint for perjury under Article 183 of the Revised Penal Code against Ramil L. Madriaga before the Office of the City Prosecutor of Taguig. In a statement released by the Office of the Vice President (OVP), Duterte’s legal...
Vice President Sara Duterte has filed a reply-affidavit in her perjury complaint against Ramil Madriaga, asserting that the detained witness failed to refute evidence showing he made “willful and deliberate false statements.” The reply-affidavit was submitted on Monday, May 4, through her legal...
CAVITE – A parcel delivery rider was arrested in Silang after falsely claiming he was robbed to justify the money that he collected from customers and lost to gambling. A report from the Police Regional Office 4A stated that the 26-year-old suspect, identified as alias Josh, went to the Silang...
ILOILO CITY – The Court of Appeals (CA) has ordered the arrest of Emily V. Yanson for perjury and falsification of public documents after it ruled that she is not a stockholder of Ceres Transport Inc., one of the nine companies under the country’s largest bus conglomerate based in Bacolod City....
The Sandiganbayan has dismissed the three perjury charges filed against Mayor Rommel C. Maslog of Talisayan town in Misamis Oriental for lack of jurisdiction and violation of his right to speedy disposition of cases. The first perjury charge was allegedly committed by Maslog when he was vice mayor...
TACLOBAN CITY – A barangay chairman was arrested along with three barangay councilors and 12 civilians in Mondragon, Northern Samar, for perjury on Friday, October 6. Police identified the suspects as Arnel Domasig, 41, chairman of Barangay Talolora, Mondragon, and Barangay Talolora...
DND Secretary Gibo Teodoro (Facebook) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is mulling the filing of perjury charges against environmental activists Jhed Tamano and Jonila Castro. This was bared Wednesday, Sept. 20 by Negros Occidental 6th district Rep....
