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Local government officials may be slapped with administrative and criminal charges if they don't enforce the quarantine rules in their areas of jurisdiction, President Duterte warned Wednesday, April 28. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang) The President said he would direct Interior and Loc

By CONSUELO MARQUEZ, GMA News Published April 28, 2021 10:24pm "Ang gawin ko ganito, I will hold responsible and I will direct the Secretary of the Local Government, DILG (Department of the Interior and Local Government) to hold the mayors responsible for this kind of events happening in their places," said President Rodrigo Duterte. President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday directed local chief executives to implement laws against those who will breach the health protocols aimed at preventin...

Published April 27, 2021, 11:55 AM Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) Board Member Sandra M. Cam and six of her co-accused, including her son Marco Martin, were ordered arrested by the Manila court regional trial court (RTC) in connection with the killing of Batuan, Masbate Vice Mayor Charlie Yuson III in 2019. Regional Trial Court (RTC) “The Court after examining the information, the Resolution of Department of Justice Panel of Prosecutors, the complaint-affidavit and other support...

BusinessWorld April 26, 2021 | 8:38 pm THE JUSTICE department’s cybercrime team has flagged the unlawful debt collection practices of online lending companies, citing the growing number of reports it has received. In a public advisory on Monday, the Department of Justice–Office of Cybercrime (DoJ-OOC) said various laws prohibit these online firms from accessing the debtor’s phone contacts, posting their personal information, threatening them with death and physica...

National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) (MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement issued on Thursday, April 22, NBI Officer-In-Charge Director Eric B. Distor identified the two suspects as Bernadette Ubante Lagat and Paulo Arevalo Onate. The NBI said the two suspects were behind the Facebook page “Swab Test Pilipinas” which has been offering home service swab tests for P3,500.  “They claimed that their laboratory is affiliated with DOH’s (Department of Health) accredited laboratory Marilao Medic...

Department of Justice (DoJ) (MANILA BULLETIN) Game-fixing like point shaving and other machinations in sports contests are punishable under Presidential Decree (PD) No. 483 as amended by PD 1602. The Office of the Prosecutor General (OPG) of the National Prosecution Service (NPS) of the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday, April 16, said the charges will be filed before the trial courts in Batangas and in the cities of Malolos, Angeles, Pasay, Pasig, Caloocan, and Muntinlupa. To be charged...

SunStar Mandaue prosecutor files falsification raps vs DES Strong Motors in court Land Transportation Office (LTO) 7 Regional Director Victor Emmanuel Caindec (File photo: Screenshot from LTO 7 Director Victor Caindecs Facebook live on June 19, 2020) + April 15, 2021 THE Office of the City Prosecutor in Mandaue City has recommended the filing of an information for nine counts of falsification of commercial documents under Article 172 of the Revised Penal...

endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 14) — The Department of Justice is letting the state health insurer handle the investigation into recent reports of medical care providers allegedly colluding with patients to declare minor respiratory symptoms as COVID-19 so they can get higher benefits. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said in a statement on Wednesday that while the DOJ-led task force investigated similar “upcasing” schemes and filed charges last year, it is giving way t...

(Pixabay / FILE PHOTO) “There is a 117 percent increase in OSEC convictions from 2019 to 2020,” Justice Undersecretary Emmeline Aglipay-Villar said on Sunday, April 11.  Villar, who is also the undersecretary in charge of the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT), said the DOJ secured 100 OSEC convictions in 2020 compared to 46 in 2019. The number of convictions in 2020 is also higher than the 49 convictions in 2018, 29 in 2017, six in 2016, 10 in 2015, six in 2014, and two in 2...

(FLICKR / FILE PHOTO) In a resolution, the anti-graft court also ordered the release of Caponong’s bond in favor of his estate. Caponong had been accused of direct bribery, under the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees and the Revised Penal Code (RPC), when he reportedly took advantage of his position by accepting money from a litigant. The criminal charges stated that Caponong received money on three separate occasions from Herminio Sablawan Jr. in exchan...