The Department of Justice (DOJ) is one of the top performing goverment agencies for 2023. In a statement, the DOJ said it was recognized as one of the "Top Requested and Performing Agencies" during the the 2023 Freedom of Information (FOI) Awards held last Tuesday, Nov. 21, in Pasay City. “The...
Fifteen criminal cases against 69 respondents allegedly involved in the use of "ghost receipts" with total tax liability of P1.8 billion were filed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) before the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday, Nov. 22. BIR Commissioner Romeo D. Lumagui Jr. led the...
While President Marcos' stand against the investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on alleged abuses and "deaths' during the illegal drugs operation of the past administration remains firm, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla said the issue "needs serious study on the...
The National Prosecution Service (NPS) of the Department of Justice (DOJ) has cleared a Filipino-Indian businessman, his mother, and five others in a criminal complaint that accused them of "falsifying documents" on the properties owned by their family members. In a 20-page resolution dated...
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla on Monday, Nov. 20, disclosed a plan to have a global outsourding and technology services firm, Visa Facilitation Services (VFS), to handle the issuance of visas to Chinese nationals coming to the Philippines instead of the Department of Foreign Affairs...
The visiting United Nations (UN) rapporteur should not tell the Philippine government what to do with its National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla declared on Wednesday, Nov. 15. “Internal mechanism...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday, Nov. 15, assured it will not interfere in the preliminary investigation of the criminal complaint filed against former President Rodrigo R. Duterte. “Ito ay prosecutorial independence (This is prosecutorial independence),” DOJ Secretary Jesus...
Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla on Wednesday, Nov. 15, expressed belief that former senator Leila M. de Lima will be acquitted in the remaining illegal drugs case against her. “Chances are she will be acquitted,” Remulla said on CNN Philippines. Remulla's belief...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is set to ask the government of Timor-Leste to turn over to the Philippines expelled Negros Oriental congressman Arnolfo A. Teves Jr. Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla said he has conveyed the DOJ's intention during his meeting with Timor-Leste...
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla on Monday, Nov. 13, said the decision of the Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court (RTC) to grant bail to former senator Leila M. de Lima is proof of the "independence of the judiciary" and that "democracy is alive" in the Philippines. “It just...
A total of 5,183 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) had been freed from various detention facilities of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) as of Oct. 31, 2023, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla said on Friday, Nov. 10. The number of released PDLs was disclosed by Remulla in Puerto...
The Department of Justice's (DOJ) panel of prosecutors has submitted for resolution -- whether to file in court or dismiss the charges -- the criminal complaints filed against the leader and members of Socorro Bayanihan Services, Inc. (SBSI), an alleged religious cult in Surigao del Norte. ...
