The Pasig City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 67 has issued a new warrant of arrest against former Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo over three anti-graft cases. The cases involve alleged violations of Republic Act No. 3019, or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act. The court also named 11 other...
For the legal camp of Vice President Sara Duterte, a sitting Vice President cannot be criminally prosecuted while in office, as it urged the court to hear oral arguments on her motion to quash the grave threats cases filed against her. In a virtual press briefing on Friday, Aug. 14, Atty. Paul...
Minority congressmen are up in arms over a Pasig City regional trial court (RTC) ruling that is prolonging the implementation of the P85 wage hike for workers in the National Capital Region (NCR) or Metro Manila. Thursday, Aug. 13 was the last day of the temporary restraining order (TRO) Pasig City...
The Pasig City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 152 on Thursday, Aug. 13, issued a preliminary injunction placing the P85 daily minimum wage hike for workers in the National Capital Region on hold. The order, signed by Presiding Judge Marie Joyce Manongsong, granted the petitioners’ request...
Former broadcaster Jay Sonza was allowed to post bail after a Pasay City court, which issued the arrest warrant against him on Thursday, April 30, rectified its earlier order not to grant him bail, his lawyer said. Lawyer Mark Tolentino , Sonza’s legal counsel, said that the Pasay City Regional...
Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors have recommended the filing in court of non-bailable large-scale illegal recruitment and estafa cases against two foreigners. The resolution to file the charges against London-based Italian national Adel En Nouri and Mohammed En Nouri was recommended by...
Former Negros Oriental 3rd District congressman Arnolfo A. Teves Jr. and two of his co-accused have been granted bail by a Manila regional trial court (RTC) in the 2019 killing of an alleged hitman reportedly linked to the former legislator. Aside from Teves, also allowed to post bail in a...
A Quezon City regional trial court (RTC) has convicted a mother of child abuse for selling her baby online. In a three-page judgment issued last April 14, RTC Judge Roslyn M. Rabara-Tria convicted the mother of child abuse under Section 10(a) of Republic Act No. 7610, the law on Special Protection...
The Bacoor City regional trial court (RTC) in Cavite has ordered the arrest of a London-based Italian national and two Filipinos on charges of serious illegal detention and large-scale illegal recruitment filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ). In a warrant issued by Judge Froilan Buenaventura...
The Bacolod City regional trial court (RTC) has declared four children of the owners of the country’s biggest passenger bus company as fugitives from justice after they remained at large despite the arrest order issued against them more than three years ago in 2022. Declared fugitives from...
The Pasig City Regional Trial Court Branch 159 has approved the prosecution’s motion for an ocular inspection of Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) properties in Metro Manila and Davao to provide a clearer understanding of the premises identified in the alleged qualified trafficking case against...
Lawyer Harry Roque, whose passport has been canceled amid human trafficking charges filed against him, said that he will file a motion for reconsideration as he sought prayers following what he claimed to be politically charged allegations. “The decision to cancel my passport is not yet final and...
