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FORMER justice secretary and now Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra yesterday maintained that he acted in accordance with the law when he continued the move of his predecessor at the Department of Justice (DOJ) to use convicts as government witnesses in the drug charges that the Duterte administration filed against former senator Leila de Lima.
MANILA, Philippines — Pito pang testigo ang nagpahayag ng pag-atras sa kanilang mga testimonya sa kaso sa iligal na droga na kinakaharap ni dating senador Leila De Lima.
MANILA, Philippines — Pinagbigyan ng Court of Appeals (CA) ang petisyon ni dating Senador Leila de Lima na kumukuwestiyon sa pagbasura ng Office of the Ombudsman sa reklamo niya laban kina dating Justice Secretaries Vitaliano Aguirre at Menardo Guevarra sa pagpayag na makatestigo sa korte ang mga kriminal na nasentensyahan na.
MANILA, Philippines — Ilan pang witnesses na dati nang tumestigo laban kay dating Sen. Leila de Lima ang nagpahayag ng kanilang kagustuhang bawiin ang mga naunang testimonya kaugnay ng huling drug case ng opposition figure.
The recent release from a police detention center of former Senator Leila de Lima could not come at the most opportune time. Why so? The lower court decision best demonstrated how the justice system in the Philippines works, albeit painstakingly slow.
MADRID, Spain — Colombian superstar Shakira has paid 6.6 million euros ($7.2 million) to a Spanish court investigating her for unpaid taxes, her agent said Friday, just days after she reached a deal to avoid trial in another tax case.
BACOLOD CITY, Philippines — Charges of illegal possession of firearms and explosives filed against the mayor of Moises Padilla town in Negros Occidental and her husband have been dismissed.
An absent spouse may be presumed dead if the present spouse has a well-founded belief that the absent spouse is already dead. But what constitutes a “well-founded belief” that the absent spouse is already dead? This is the case of Mely and Mario.