Sulu sultan disowns 8 accused in Malaysia
By Dona Pazzibugan, Nikko DizonAre the eight men charged in Malaysia for the intrusion by followers of the sultan of Sulu into Sabah Filipinos or Malaysians?
Are the eight men charged in Malaysia for the intrusion by followers of the sultan of Sulu into Sabah Filipinos or Malaysians?
Malaysia’s filing of terrorism and waging war charges against eight Filipinos “is illegal” and tantamount to “usurpation” of the powers of Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III, Abraham Idjirani, spokesman for the sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo, said Thursday.
Malaysia brought criminal charges against eight Filipinos on Wednesday, more than two weeks after a standoff in Sabah between Malaysian security forces and an armed group from the sultanate of Sulu erupted into violence that killed 72 people.
Close to 100 Filipino workers have joined a class action suit against a Louisiana-based company, charging it with exploitative working conditions, a migrant rights group said Sunday (Monday in Manila).
Aging Filipino veterans seeking benefits for their World War II services have decided to take their case to the Supreme Court after a federal appeals court had ruled against them, the veterans’ lawyer said.
A judge in Las Vegas, Nevada, has turned down the request of the wife of Sen. Manuel “Lito” Lapid to live in the Philippines as she serves three years of probation for dollar smuggling and reporting violations, an Inquirer source said.
A Malaysian man accused of cheating 15,000 people in a massive pyramid scheme in the Philippines has been jailed for two years by the Magistrate’s Court here.
All eyes are back on the security video that captured the violent death of a US Marine officer and is now considered a key piece of evidence against his alleged Filipino killers.
The Catholic Salesian congregation which runs schools around the world faced the prospect of bankruptcy on Wednesday after losing a court case in which it claimed it was the victim of massive fraud.
A civil case questioning the detention of seven Korean nationals who are facing deportation was filed Thursday in the Manila Regional Trial Court against officials of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) and National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).
The Bureau of Customs on Thursday filed charges in the Department of Justice against seven suspected foreign drug carriers who had been arrested trying to bring into the country shabu worth millions of pesos.
The European Court of Justice rejected a claim for damages Wednesday filed by exiled onetime leader of the Maoist NPA guerrilla movement in the Philippines, Jose Maria Sison.
