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Sandiganbayan With his death last January, the criminal charges filed against former Iloilo 2nd District Representative and then Director General Augusto L. Syjuco Jr. have been dismissed by the Sandiganbayan. "Wherefore, pursuant to Article 89 of the Revised Penal Code, the cases against accus

A newly-signed law which raises the age of sexual consent seeks to protect more Filipino teens from sexual violence while sending out a chilling effect to adults who want to take advantage of minors, according to experts.

DOJ The Department of Justice (DOJ) has approved the filing of criminal charges in court against a Nigerian and his Filipina live-in partner for buying an eight-month-old baby girl from her own mother who wanted to pay debts in “e-sabong” or online cockfighting. In a statement on Tuesday, March

THE Department of Justice (DOJ) has ordered the indictment of a Nigerian national and his Filipina live-in partner for child trafficking for buying an eight-month baby sold by her own mother for P45,000 to pay debts she incurred from engaging in “e-sabong” or online cockfighting. The respondents were identified by…

A former security guard involved in a shooting incident that resulted in the death of the son of his former lover and in the wounding of her two other children was arrested by the police in Quezon City on Saturday evening, March 26. Lt. Col. Julio Abong, Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Crime Inv

NBI The mother who sold her eight-month-old daughter to pay off her “e-sabong” (online cockfighting) debts told the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) she contacted the buyer through Facebook account “Bahay Ampunan.” Thereafter, the mother claimed that she communicated with the buyer throug

National Bureau of Investigation A kidnapping complaint has been filed before the Department of Justice (DOJ) against four persons, one of them a Nigerian national, for their alleged involvement in the sale of a nine-month-old baby girl so the mother of the child could pay her debts incurr

Supreme Court (SC) Can a couple who converted to Islam and got married while the husband’s first marriage was still subsisting be both acquitted of bigamy charges? No, the Supreme Court (SC) said as it declared: “A party to a civil marriage who converts to Islam and contracts another marriage,

CONVERSION to Islam would not shield a party to a civil marriage from facing criminal liability for bigamy. The Supreme Court (SC) declared this in a 17-page decision penned by Associate Justice Marvic Leonen and released to the public on Monday, March 21, 2022. “A party to a civil marriage…