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MANILA, Philippines — Former Bayan Muna lawmaker Satur Ocampo, ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro and 11 others have formally notified a Tagum court of their intention to appeal their conviction on a child abuse case before the Court of Appeals (CA).
MANILA, Philippines — The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) and the police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group filed a supplemental complaint against suspended Mayor Alice Guo of Bamban, Tarlac after four more witnesses emerged to testify.
MANILA, Philippines — State lawyers have asked the Supreme Court (SC) to dismiss the petition filed by the camp of fugitive pastor Apollo Quiboloy to stop the Senate from enforcing its order to arrest him for not attending the hearings on allegations of sex abuses and human trafficking leveled against him.
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR) is against bills seeking a total ban of online gaming sites, PAGCOR chair Alejandro Tengco said Tuesday at the Senate ways and means committee hearing tackling three proposals seeking to prohibit all forms of online gaming and betting.
MANILA, Philippines — A total of 183 examinees have passed the 2024 Shari’ah Bar Examinations (SBE), representing 21.45 percent of the 853 takers, according to the Supreme Court.
MANILA, Philippines — Alumni of the University of the Philippines (UP) College of Law, led by retired Supreme Court (SC) Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, are urging President Marcos to order the cancellation of licenses of all Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) catering to the Chinese mainland market as it supposedly violates the charter of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR).
MANILA, Philippines — Alliance of Concerned Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro, former Bayan Muna representative Satur Ocampo and 11 others are facing six years in prison after a Davao court found them guilty of endangering indigenous Lumad children in 2018.
MANILA, Philippines — Up to 1,085 new corrections officers yesterday took their oath of office prior to their deployment to prisons across the country, the Bureau of Corrections said.