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JUSTICE Secretary Menardo Guevarra said on Sunday that Pastor Apollo Carreon Quiboloy could still be extradited to the United States (US) despite the pendency of the appeal filed before his office in connection with the dismissal of criminal charges in a local case. That case is for rape, child abuse, ill treatment, trafficking…

Justice Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra If the extradition of President Duterte’s spiritual adviser Apollo Carreon Quiboloy, founder of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC), is sought by the United States government, the Philippine government will determine first if the charges are covered by the RP

Sandiganbayan The Sandiganbayan has allowed two former cooperative officials in Sarangani province to plead guilty to a lesser offense of failure to render accounts instead of undergoing trial on charges of malversation of P350,000 in public funds. With the approval of the plea bargaining they

Lying before the courts is now punishable with stiffer penalties. This after President Duterte signed last week Republic Act (RA) 11594, which amended the Revised Penal Code to increase the penalty for perjury. Under the new law, a person, who will knowingly give a false testimony and perjury in solemn…

President Duterte has signed a law prescribing stiffer penalties for the crime of perjury. (Ye Jinghan/ Unsplash) Enacted was Republic Act (RA) No.11594, titled, "An Act increasing the penalties for perjury, amending for the purpose Articles 183 and 184 of Act No. 3815, as amended, otherwi

Department of Justice The Department of Justice (DOJ) has begun conducting the preliminary investigation of the murder complaint filed against three policemen for the Jan. 8, 2020 killing of Spanish national Diego Lafuente during illegal drugs operations in Siargao Islands, Surigao del Norte. J

President Rodrigo R. Duterte (File photo) MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law that would impose a longer jail time for persons who commit perjury and offer false testimony in evidence. Republic Act No. (RA) 115941, signed by Duterte on Oct. 29, amended Article 183 of RA 3815 or the Revised Penal Code (PRC), which penalizes perjury. Under RA 115941, persons who would commit perjury face a higher penalty of prision mayor in its minimum period to prision mayor in its medium period, ...

(File photo) MANILA - Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, on Friday warned the public against the proliferation of counterfeit peso bills, following the arrest of two people in Cebu City who yielded fake peso bills allegedly set to be circulated for next year's elections. "I also instructed the CIDG (Criminal Investigation and Detection Group) and other unit commanders to step up intelligence-gathering and operations, in coordination with the Bangko Sentral n...

Seares: Bohol Guv Yap's charge of inciting to sedition doesn't use the usual libel complaint against media. Why the weapon of choice.

INVESTMENT SCAM. Photo shows Samson Amores alias Beboy, who was arrested with his wife Analita for estafa at their residence in Princess Homes 1, Barangay Villa Kananga in Butuan City. The two are involved in an investment scam and connected with the KAPA Community Ministry International, a group known for running a Ponzi scheme investment program that offers impossibly high returns and has victimized millions of Filipinos, the police said. (Photo courtesy of PRO-13 Information Office) BUTUAN CI...