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SunStar SunStar File May 07, 2021 TWO doctors who provided medical care to the late Barili mayor Marlon Garcia have been indicted for reckless imprudence resulting in homicide. The charges, however, do not extend to Chong Hua Hospital (CHH) and the latter is not liable for damages, the Office of the Cebu City Prosecutor ruled in a resolution dated March 1, 2021. In a text message to SunStar Cebu, a representative of CHH said the hospital was preparing a statement. He did not say wh...

Published May 7, 2021, 4:19 PM National Bureau of Investigation Five persons have been arrested for allegedly operating an abortion clinic in Cebu City, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said on Friday, May 7. NBI Officer-In-Charge Director Eric B. Distor identified those arrested as Joey Paulino Guirigay, Francisca Abatayo Rebamonte, Gloria Dalogdog Gabutin, Meryteissie Pode Rural and Amparo Lumagbas Gemarangan. Distor said the suspects were arrested during an entrapment operation las...

Published May 6, 2021, 3:52 PM Policemen can conduct warrantless arrests against persons violating the local ordinances on wearing of face masks in public as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus, Malacañang said Thursday. A law enforcement officer reminds passengers to observe health protocols outside the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 in Paranaque City on May 6, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) According to Presidential spokesman Harry Roque, a law enforcer may a...

Sandiganbayan The Sandiganbayan has decided to proceed with the trial of the falsification of public documents cases filed against five former Bataan provincial officials. In a resolution, the anti-graft court denied the demurrer to evidence filed by former provincial agriculturist Imelda D.

PH back to arresting quarantine breachers, DOJ crafts rules vs jail overcrowding May 6, 2021 6:26 PM PHT Only a month has passed by and the Philippine government has already returned to the policy of arresting quarantine violators, particularly those who do not wear their face masks properly, with the Department of Justice (DOJ) crafting rules so jails do not overcrowd. All it took was a word from President Rodrigo Duterte, who said in a speech Wednesday, May 5, that he was ordering policemen t...

Published May 5, 2021 1:33pm Malacañang on Wednesday fired back at retired Justice Antonio Carpio for describing as "grand estafa" President Rodrigo Dutertes alleged unfulfilled campaign promise to "retake" islands in the West Philippine Sea from China. "He has resorted to name-calling. As a former justice, alam niya ang elemento ng estafa. Hindi ito estafa [As a former justice, he knows the elements of estafa. This is not estafa]," presidential spokesperson Harry Roque told reporters in a...

  Joey Guiragay, a computer programmer, and his four alleged cohorts were arrested last April 29 in separate operations in Talisay and Cebu City.     The four women were allegedly the ones who looked for clients and brought them to Guiragay, who would then perform abortions.      The clinic in Talisay was purportedly for their high-end market where abortion can be performed for a cost of up to P30,000.   In a press briefing on Monday, NBI-7 regional director Renan Oliva said the clinic i...

SunStar NBI 7 collars abortionists ABORTED ACTIVITY. The National Bureau of Investigation 7 arrests on April 29, 2021 (from top, clockwise) Maryteissie Pode Rural, Joey Paulino Guirigay, Gloria Dalogdog Gabutin, Francisca Abatayo Rebamonte, and Amparo Lumagbas Gemarangan for allegedly offering abortion on social media. (NBI 7) + May 03, 2021 FIVE persons who allegedly claimed to be legitimate abortionists were caught in separate operations by the Nationa...

National Bureau of Investigation The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) arrested in Tanay, Rizal last April 26 three persons who allegedly misrepresented themselves as owners of a large tract of land which they reportedly sold to buyers for P350 to P500 per square meters. In a st

Published April 29, 2021, 2:47 PM Sandiganbayan Eleven former officials of Cantilan town in Surigao del Sur have pleaded guilty to a lesser offense than graft and have been ordered to pay a fine of P3,000 each and to restitute the government in the amount of P220,000. Had they been convicted of graft, they would have been sentenced to a prison term ranging from six to 10 years with perpetual disqualification to hold public office. In a resolution, the Sandiganbayan allowed the plea bargaining o...