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Man, mother-in-law charged with falsifying documents to claim land ownership

Former mayor Leonila Montero of Panglao, Bohol may spend up to 40 years in prison after she was convicted of graft over the illegal hiring of consultants of the municipal government in 2013.

Model Deniece Cornejo will be testifying against TV host and comedian Ferdinand “Vhong” Navarro in his bail hearing stemming from the rape case she filed. Manila Bulletin has learned that Cornejo and another person are the last two remaining witnesses of the prosecution who will be presented befo

The Caloocan City Police withdrew the libel and unlawful means of publication charges it filed against the 19-year-old woman who claimed that she was forced by a man to ride his motorcycle in the city last September, the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) announced on Tuesday, Oct. 25.

Monrovia – George Kailondo, Jr, son of prominent Liberian businessman George Kailondo, Sr, has been charged in connection with the illegal possession of a firearm, while Khalil Bongary, owner of the gun Kailondo Jr used to shoot Mohammed Kamara, was

Sandiganbayan The Sandiganbayan has acquitted former Malabon City Rep. Federico Sandoval II and eight others of their graft and technical malversation charges for failure of the prosecution to prove their guilt beyond reasonable doubt. Sandoval was cleared of alleged violations of Section 3(

Sandiganbayan The Sandiganbayan has convicted retired Philippine Navy Rear Admiral Gilmer B. Batestil and private individual Edna R. Gianan of several counts of graft and malversation of public funds in the irregular and anomalous procurement of medicines and other medical and dental suppl

DOJ The Department of Justice (DOJ) is set to start at 10 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 24, its preliminary investigation on the murder complaint filed against the self-confessed killer and three of his alleged accomplices in the killing last Oct. 3 of radio commentator Percival Mabasa, better known as

In a resolution dated Oct. 14, Presiding Judge Radney Reginaldo Garcia said that the 42 accused are acquitted of simple disobedience under Article 151 of the Revised Penal Code for failure of the prosecution to prove their guilt beyond reasonable doubt.

DOJ (2) The Department of Justice (DOJ) failed to resolve on Thursday, Oct. 20, the murder complaint filed against self-confessed killer of radio broadcaster Percival Mabasa, better known as Percy Lapid. Aside from Joel S. Escorial, who admitted he shot Percy Lapid thrice last Oct. 3, also c