MANILA — Former Bureau of Customs (BOC) intelligence officer Jimmy Guban will be turned over to the Department of Justice (DOJ) Tuesday where he will be placed under the witness…
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Trillanes should present valid records, not news clips: Palace
MANILA – A video that Senator Antonio Trillanes IV presented to the media to prove that he filed an application for amnesty in 2010 has no bearing, Malacañang said Wednesday. Presidential…
No DOJ involvement in review of Trillanes amnesty: Guevarra
MANILA — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Wednesday clarified that the Department of Justice was not involved in the review of the amnesty granted to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, which was…
DOJ to prioritize raps vs. importers of ‘shabu’ in magnetic lifters
MANILA — The Department of Justice (DOJ) vowed to prioritize the criminal complaint filed by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) against the importer of billions of pesos worth of smuggled…
DOJ to start probe on tax evasion raps vs. Rappler
MANILA — The Department of Justice (DOJ) will start next week the preliminary investigation on the tax evasion complaint filed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) against Rappler Holdings Corp.…
SC: 2011 DOJ order barring GMA from leaving PH unconstitutional
MANILA — The Supreme Court (SC) declared unconstitutional the Department of Justice (DOJ) circular issued by then Justice Secretary and now detained Senator Leila de Lima to prevent former President…
Do what is right: PRRD to new DOJ chief
MANILA — President Rodrigo R. Duterte had one directive, said newly- appointed ad interim secretary of the Department of Justice (DOJ), Menardo Guevarra. “The President’s sole instruction to me: DO…
Aguirre rejects quit call over junking of drug raps vs. Lim, Espinosa
MANILA — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II on Thursday shrugged off the call of a lawmaker for his resignation over the dismissal of the drug complaint filed against businessman Peter Lim,…
Groups ask DOJ to summon Dengvaxia records
MANILA — The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) and the Vanguard of the Philippine Constitution, Inc. (VPCI) on Monday asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) to subpoena the records…
3 sacked DOJ employees face falsification raps
MANILA — The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has filed charges against three sacked Department of Justice (DOJ) employees found to have forged signatures of officials in bogus documents used to…
Aguirre sacks 3 DOJ employees over corruption
MANILA — Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II ordered the dismissal of three employees in his office for “unlawfully facilitating” travel documents of foreigners in the Bureau of Immigration.…
Ex-President Aquino, Garin face probe over dengue vaccine mess
MANILA — The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday said former President Benigno Aquino III and former Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Janette Garin are among those who will be included…
DILG, DOJ to enforce uniform manual on inmates’ time allowances
MANILA — The departments of Justice and Interior and Local Government on Friday launched the first uniform guideline that would decongest jails and prisons through standardizing the computation of “good conduct”…
DOJ to issue ILBO vs persons in P8.7-B road scam
MANILA — The Department of Justice (DOJ) is set to issue an Immigration Lookout Bulletin Order (ILBO) against the persons involved in fake road right-of-way (RROW) claims for government projects…
1st batch of P142-M seized cigarettes destroyed in Davao
MANILA — Authorities on Sunday led the destruction of the first batch of close to five million packs of Mighty Corp. cigarettes worth PHP142.44 million which were seized earlier this…
Abad, Singson may face raps over fake road right-of-way claims
MANILA — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre on Friday said two former Cabinet members during the Aquino administration may face criminal liability for their alleged involvement in fake road right-of-way (RROW)…
DOJ junks drug raps vs Faeldon, 11 BOC officials
MANILA — The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday dismissed the criminal charges filed against former Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon and 11 other BOC officials in connection with…
DOJ chief eyes new jail facility in north Luzon
MANILA — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II over the weekend bared plans to improve other regional penitentiaries and to construct a new jail facility in northern Luzon. Aguirre said the new…
DOJ Baguio reports 99% disposition of cases
BAGUIO CITY — The City Prosecutor’s Office under the Department of Justice (DOJ) has reported a 99.94 percent accomplishment rate in the disposition of cases from January to September this…
DOJ to submit for resolution raps vs woman inciting terror online
MANILA — The Department of Justice (DOJ) is set to submit for resolution the rebellion charges filed by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) against a woman allegedly involved in…