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Sen. Leila M. De Lima Detained Senator Leila M. de Lima on Friday, May 6, asked Justice Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra to review the illegal drugs cases filed against her in view of the recantations of the testimonies by former National Bureau of Investigations (NBI) Deputy Director for Intellige

Ex-DOJ Secretary Vitaliano N. Aguirre II Former Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Vitaliano N. Aguirre II on Wednesday, May 4, denied allegations that he coerced former National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Deputy Director for Intelligence Rafael Marcos Z. Ragos to testify against detained

PROSECUTOR-GENERAL Benedicto Malcontento said they are looking into the possibility that the recent recantations of two witnesses in the drug cases filed against Senator Leila de Lima could be politically motivated. In an interview on CNN’s The Source, Malcontento also expressed belief that the recantations of former Bureau of Corrections…

FORMER officer-in-charge of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Rafael Ragos, another witness in the drug cases filed against Senator Leila de Lima, has executed an affidavit recanting his statements implicating the latter in the illegal-drug trade inside the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) in Muntinlupa when she was justice secretary. Ragos’s…

A key witness in the trial of Sen. Leila de Lima retracted his allegations that he delivered money to the lawmaker, who has been detained for more than five years for drug charges she has been insisting are fabricated.

Sen. Leila M. De Lima Former National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Deputy Director Rafael Marcos Z. Ragos has recanted his testimonies which implicated detained Sen. Leila M. De Lima in the alleged illegal drugs trade at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City when she was the secretary

Main witness in De Lima’s drug-related charges recants statements

Detained reelectionist Senator Leila de Lima said the retraction of Rafael Ragos, former officer-in-charge of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor), is five years too late but “I am glad that he did.” Ragos, a key witness and former co-accused in a drug case filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) aga

A former officer in charge of the Bureau of Corrections who testified against Senator Leila De Lima at a Senate hearing in 2016 has retracted his statement, claiming that he was threatened by then-Justice secretary Vitaliano Aguirre into making false allegations against her.

Kerwin Espinosa (with vest) (File photo) MANILA - Self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa has been transferred to a secure holding facility of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) at Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City, the Department of Justice (DOJ) bared Tuesday. Prosecutor General Benedicto Malcontento, in a text message to the media, said motions to authorize Espinosa's transfer have been "filed in all courts where cases (against him) are pending." "He has been tr...