Erwin Erfe News Today

Aside from Acosta, the SC also finds PAO forensics unit director Erwin Erfe guilty of indirect contempt for accusing the SC of judicial tyranny

A GROUP of parents whose childrens deaths were linked to the Dengvaxia anti-dengue vaccine on Monday welcomed the filing of complaints against former Health secretary and now Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin and three others.

TESTIFYING as the last prosecution witness in the Dengvaxia vaccine case, Public Attorneys Office-Forensic Laboratory Division (PAO-FLD) director Dr. Erwin Erfe stood firm on his findings that the cause of death of an initial batch of eight schoolchildren were severe adverse reactions after being inoculated with the controversial anti-dengue vaccine.

The Department of Justice (DoJ) has filed 34 new Dengvaxia cases, with former Health secretary Janette Garin as the principal accused.

HEALTH reform advocate Dr. Anthony Leachon, who has just been named Special Adviser for Non-Communicable Diseases of the Department of Health, on Monday testified during the resumption of the Dengvaxia case at the Quezon City-Regional Trial Court (QC-RTC).

A LOCAL court has found two Batangas policemen guilty of killing two female members of the Jesus is Lord (JIL) 10 years ago, the Public Attorneys Office (PAO) revealed on Wednesday.

PUBLIC Attorneys Office chief Persida Rueda-Acosta said on Thursday that they will comply with the order of the Supreme Court which rejected PAOs request to remove the conflict of interest provision under the Code of Professional Responsibility and Accountability (CPRA).

PUBLIC Attorneys Office (PAO) Chief Persida Rueda-Acosta apologized to the Supreme Court after it had ordered her to explain why she should not be cited for indirect contempt over her social media posts and newspaper publications on the issue of conflict of interest.

HEIRS and survivors of the ill-fated MV Princess of the Stars that capsized 15 years ago and resulted in the deaths of 814 passengers have asked the Court of Appeals (CA) to hand its verdict.

HEALTH reform advocate Dr. Anthony Leachon will be the next prosecution witness as the criminal case filed by parents of children whose deaths were linked to the Dengvaxia vaccine resumes under a new judge.