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By Edu Punay The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines – The government is considering bringing the territorial claim of the Sultanate of Sulu over Sabah before an international tribunal even as the standoff between followers of Sultan Jamalul Kiram III and Malaysian authorities came to a bloody end yesterday. Justice Secretary Leila de Lima confirmed the Department of Justice (DOJ) is studying the option of bringing Read More …
By Belly M. Otordoz Correspondent and Fatima Cielo B. Cancel Reporter The Manila Times Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Thursday said that she believes that the January 6 incident in Atimonan, Quezon was not a shootout. “It’s anything but a shootout . . . Not a shootout, definitely,” de Lima, who earlier heard the narration of two persons who witnesses the incident, said. The Read More …
By Florante S. Solmerin Manila Standard Today National Police chief Alan Purisima on Friday said he will abolish the counter-intelligence office of Supt. Hansel Marantan for accomplishing nothing and plunging the police organization into another controversy. Thirteen people were killed in Atimonan, Quezon, in a supposed encounter on Jan. 6 between a group of policemen and soldiers led by Marantan and people they claimed were Read More …
By Edu Punay The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines – The real punch of the newly enacted law against so-called cyber crimes would be put to the test as Justice Secretary Leila de Lima ordered the arrest yesterday of hackers of government websites. De Lima gave the orders to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on the same day thet controversial Republic Act 10175 or Cybercrime Read More …
By Benjamin B. Pulta The Daily Tribune Justice Secretary Leila de Lima has decided to investigate one of the agency’s highest ranking prosecutors after the latter’s staff was nabbed in an entrapment operation by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) last week for extorting P250,000 from a litigant. Speaking to reporters, De Lima said she is ordering the Internal Affairs Unit (IAU) of the National Read More …
GOTCHA By Jarius Bondoc The Philippine Star Finding a suitable replacement for the late Jesse Robredo is tough. This, even if many are being floated as next Secretary of Interior and Local Governments. Like, Executive Secretary Jojo Ochoa, Rep. Joseph Emilio Abaya, Sen. Panfilo Lacson, Transportation Secretary Mar Roxas, ex-governor Grace Padaca, and Davao City vice mayor Rodrigo Duterte. To excite the search, I humbly Read More …
The fall-out from an operation that was False and Spurious By Ariel Gener Wanting to turn public sentiment against gun ownership, the US government flooded the Mexican gangland with thousands of guns from the US – hoping the ensuing bloodbath would be traced back to US guns, igniting anger against guns, their owners, and their supporters, it is alleged. Indeed, tens of thousands of Mexicans Read More …
By Macon Ramos-Araneta Manila Standard Today THE Ombudsman has established a partnership with the Commission on Audit (COA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to hasten the investigation and prosecution of corruption cases involving government officials and employees. Ombudswoman Conchita Carpio Morales and COA Chairperson Ma. Gracia Pulido Tan signed an agreement to form a joint investigation team for the purpose, after the Ombudsman signed Read More …
By Sandy Araneta The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines – Former police general Magtanggol Gatdula vowed to fight back to clear his name of the allegations of kidnapping and extortion that led to his relief as director of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). “I want my name, my reputation to be cleared. It may be a long fight but I have to protect my name, Read More …
BY AMADO P. MACASAET MALAYA ‘Bautista cannot claim he is a representative of the PCGG because the sequestration of POTC has been lifted.’ LONG before Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa dreamed of it, the supervision of the Presidential Commission on Good Government was transferred from the Office of the President to the Department of Justice. The 35 percent ownership by the state of Philippine Overseas Telecommunications Read More …