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SunStar File photo December 30, 2020 THE Land Transportation Office (LTO) 7, on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, filed criminal cases against officials of motorcycle dealer Des Strong Motors Inc. based in Mandaue City, Cebu for alleged submission of falsified documents. Among the respondents are Julio Arabejo Jr., Rovelyn Ranises, Emelita Binarao, Renie Tumon, Joann Lanzaderas, Dr. Silvestre Lumapas, Marilou Lumapas and several John Does for violation of Article 172 of the Revised Penal Cod...

Published December 28, 2020, 6:09 PM Three men yielded counterfeit money, documents, and alleged drugs in a raid in Sampaloc, Manila on Monday.  Manila City Mayor Francisco Isko Moreno Domagoso along with agents of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and Special Mayors Reaction Team confiscated fake bills and computers used for creating fake money inside an apartment in S. H. Del Pilar on Monday. Authorities also apprehended 3 suspects (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) Police identified the susp...

FILE PHOTO Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 23) — Amid a surge in fake deliveries and online scams this holiday season, the Department of Trade and Industry called on the public to document details of digital transactions to easily track bogus buyers. During the Laging Handa briefing, DTI Undersecretary Ruth Castelo reminded online sellers to keep a record of phone numbers, calls or messages, when reporting fake buyers to authorities. "Iyong seller mismo, itago niya iyong records niya...

Published December 22, 2020, 3:01 PM Former Maasim Mayor Aniceto Lopez Jr. and Municipal Treasurer Moises Magallona Jr. of Sarangani province have been found guilty by the Sandiganbayan Sixth Division of illegal exaction for the illegal charging of sticker fees back in 2005. Lopez Jr. and Magallona Jr. were convicted for violating Article 213, paragraph (2), sub-paragraph (a) of the Revised Penal Code on Illegal Exaction. They were sentenced to suffer imprisonment of two years, four months and...

Published December 22, 2020, 9:35 AM VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur — The city government of Vigan in Ilocos Sur has denied that the city will be placed under lockdown from December 23, 2020 to January 3, 2021 to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).  In its Facebook page, the city government said that it has not announced the implementation of a lockdown in the entire city on the said dates.  “This Christmas Season is not the time to spread unverified or false news as this ma...

Press Release De Lima slams another killing of lawyer, unabated summary executions Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has bewailed the killing of another lawyer by unidentified gunmen in Cebu last Dec. 17, whose death adds to the long list of legal professionals killed under the Duterte regime. De Lima, a lawyer herself and a known human rights defender here and abroad, said the culture of violence and killings propagated by Mr. Duterte should stop now. "I vehemently condemn the killing yester...

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra (TOTO LOZANO/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO /MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Guevarra made the warning after the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) arrested last week a DoJ employee for extorting P1 million from a Customs broker. “The DoJ is the principal agency mandated to administer criminal justice,” the Justice Secretary said.  “Thus, any personnel of the DoJ, in whatever capacity or status, who gets involved in criminal activities should expect a stricter trea...

Department of Justice (DoJ) (MANILA BULLETIN) Prosecutor General Benedicto Malcontento revealed this Saturday after the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) filed the sixth batch of complaints before the DoJ last Nov. 25 on behalf of the families of the vaccinees.   “Next year na. Ninety-eight counts kasi ‘yan (The preliminary investigation will be done next year. There are 98 complaints),” Malcontento said. Malcontento said he has yet to assign a prosecutor who will conduct the preliminary...

Published December 16, 2020, 11:40 AM Cauayan City Mayor Bernard Faustino Dy of Isabela has been slapped with criminal and administrative raps before the Office of the Ombudsman on Tuesday due to the reportedly illegal raid of a small town lottery (STL) facility in the city back in November.   The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), represented by its General Manager Royina Garma and Sahara Games and Amusement Philippines Corporation (SAHARA) President Eduardo Davalan led the filing...

Published December 16, 2020, 4:27 PM CEBU CITY—The family of the late Barili, Cebu mayor Marlon Garcia has filed a criminal complaint against two doctors and the management of a private hospital here where the town mayor and his sibling Nelson died last September. The Garcia family, led by Cebu governor Gwen Garcia, faces reporters to discuss the case that they filed against two doctors and a private hospital in Cebu City for the deaths of their two family members.(Photo by Calvin D. Cordova/...