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Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra (Screenshot / RTVM / PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN)  In Department Order (DO) No. 029, Guevarra directed the NBI “to conduct an investigation and case build-up on alleged violations of Republic Act No. 7581, otherwise known as the Price Act, and Republic Act No. 3815, as amended, also known as the Revised Penal Code….” He said the NBI’s work would zero in “on Monopolies and Combinations in Restraint Trade, specifically on the existence and operation of cer...

Published February 6, 2021, 3:16 PM Businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles is set to file charges against the three Sandiganbayan associate justices who convicted her and four other persons of three counts each of graft and malversation involving the misuse of the P28.8 million Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) of former Cagayan de Oro Rep. Constantino G. Jaraula. Sandiganbayan (MANILA BULLETIN) Her lawyer, Rony Garay, said the 103-page decision handed down by Associate Justices Edgardo M. C...

(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Jaraula, Napoles, Technology Resource Center (TRC) Group Manager Ma. Rosalinda Masongsong Lacsamana, Legislative Liaison Officer and Sales and Promotion Officer V  Belina A. Concepcion, and private individual Mylene T. Encarnacion were found guilty of violating three counts of Section 3(e) of Republic Act No. 3019, the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act,  and another three counts of Article 217 of the Revised Penal Code or malversation of public funds. They we...

(MANILA BULLETIN) NBI Officer-In-Charge Director Eric B. Distor identified those arrested Jay H. Tinio, Jojo R. Delim, and Abby Gail R. Pascua. Distor said the three were arrested last Monday, Feb. 1, during an entrapment operation conducted by operatives of the NBI’s Anti Organized and Transnational Crime Division (NBI-AOCTCD). “The case stemmed from an information received regarding individuals who are allegedly selling fake NBI clearances and other various government documents such as LT...

endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 2) — The petitioners against the Anti-Terrorism Act have so far failed to present an “actual case” that would warrant the Supreme Court’s abolition of the controversial measure, Associate Justice Marvic Leonen said during the much-anticipated oral arguments on Tuesday. In a searing debate with law professor Alfredo Molo III, a counsel for the petitioners, Leonen said it might be too early for the high court to step in considering that n...

February 01, 2021 THE Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) apprehended 1,825 health protocol violators, including 27 minors, from Jan. 15, 2021 to Jan. 31 as part of Oplan Bulabog. The minors, aged 14 to 17, were sent home and their parents warned not to let them leave the house. The CCPO also inspected 286 establishments, half of which were issued show cause orders for not implementing social distancing inside premises or for selling alcoholic beverages beyond the limit of two bottles p...

Too much executive power? The Anti-Terrorism Council, currently headed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, can now designate individuals and organizations as terrorists without any hearing, as long as it sees “probable cause” that they commit, attempt to commit, or are part of a conspiracy to commit acts defined and penalized as terrorism under Sections 4 to 12 of the law. While authorities stressed that designation does not automatically warrant an arrest, the lists of designated te...

MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO Blanco was initially slapped with violations of Section 3(e) of R.A. 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act and Article 217 of the Revised Penal Code or Malversation of Public Funds. On December 20, 2001, Blanco was accused of embezzling and converting to his personal use P189,600 worth of cash advances that he received for the Christmas party of the employees.  Despite demands for him to liquidate the funds, he reportedly failed to do so. In its ruling, th...

Published January 28, 2021, 12:49 PM Three importers of used clothing or “ukay-ukay” and kitchen wares are now facing smuggling charges for misdeclaring their shipments that arrived in the country last year. Through the Customs Bureau’s Action Team Against Smugglers (BATAS), criminal cases were filed against the importers before the Department of Justice (DoJ) on Jan. 18 and 22. Bureau of Customs (MANILA BULLETIN) Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero said the latest complaints had b...

Published January 22, 2021, 2:54 PM The Sandiganbayan Fifth Division has affirmed its decision convicting Dumanjug, Cebu Administrative Officer IV Emmylou Cabonilas of the charge of usurpation. Cabonilas is the co-accused of the late Dumanjug Mayor Nelson Gamaliel Garcia. They were found guilty of violating Article 177 of the Revised Penal Code for signing a Sangguniang Bayan (SB) resolution and overtaking the functions of the municipal council secretary back in 2014. On December 26, 2013,�...