Award-winning investigative journalist Marites Vitug marked the U.S. release of her latest book, “Hour Before Dawn: The Fall and Uncertain Rise of the Philippine Supreme Court,” with a book signing on April 11 at the community hall of the Philippine Consulate in this city.
A Chinese-Filipino was arrested while allegedly attempting to sell shabu to police operatives at a gasoline station in Quezon City on Sunday afternoon.
The alleged brains of the P12-billion Ponzi scam that duped thousands of Filipinos could still be flown back to Manila after serving a year and a half in a Malaysian jail, Vice President Jejomar Binay said recently.
Justice Secretary Leila De Lima said on Tuesday that she would designate a panel of prosecutors to re-investigate the case involving the 38 alleged members of the Sultanate of Sulu’s Royal Army Security Force who were intercepted by authorities off waters in Tawi-Tawi and who had allegedly taken part in the incursion in Sabah.
The Philippines has asserted its right to have access to Philippine citizens being held by Malaysian authorities in Sabah as government had no confirmed information of their location and condition, relying only on Malaysian news reports on the arrests.
Eight Filipinos, seven of them forced to wear straightjackets, remained silent and entered no plea when they were arraigned in a court in Sabah on charges of terrorism and rebellion, two Malaysian radio stations reported Thursday.
The Philippine government will provide lawyers to the eight Filipinos charged with terrorism on Wednesday in Lahad Datu, Sabah in Malaysia.
The Philippines has rejected an appeal to pardon a Spanish-Filipino serving life in jail for murdering two women despite an award-winning documentary showing his innocence, the film-maker said Monday.
Justice Secretary Leila De Lima reiterated Wednesday that Aman Futures Group founder Manuel Amalilio is a Filipino and not a Malaysian, Radyo Inquirer 990AM reported.
Lest complications arise in the government’s bid to have Manuel Amalilio deported to the country, the Department of Justice is ignoring reports that the man behind a P12-billion investment scam is related to Sabah’s chief minister.
It was the chief minister of Sabah no less who stopped the repatriation to the Philippines of fugitive Manuel Amalilio, the alleged ringleader of the P12-billion Ponzi scheme that victimized 15,000 Filipinos, according to Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas.
It was his fake Malaysian passport and identification card that did him in.
