Bar exam result 2024: Supreme Court says 3,962 passed

Tetch Torres-Tupas - Reporter / @T2TupasINQ 12/13/2024

MANILA, Philippines  — With a passing rate of 37.84 percent, the 2024 Bar examination produced 3,962 new lawyers in the Philippines. Results of the country’s fourth digitalized Bar exam on Friday, Dec. 13, the Supreme Court announced.…

Daughter of Harry Roque: SC protection writ vs House arrest order

Tetch Torres-Tupas - Reporter / @T2TupasINQ 09/24/2024

MANILA, Philippines — A protection writ from the Supreme Court (SC) against the contempt and arrest orders issued by the House of Representatives Quad Committee (Quad Com) has been sought on Monday by the daughter of former…

Alice Guo’s birth certificate: Petition to cancel this filed

Tetch Torres-Tupas - Reporter / @T2TupasINQ 07/05/2024

MANILA, Philippines — A petition to cancel the birth certificate of suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo has been filed by the Office of the Solicitor General. They sought to cancel Guo’s birth certificate “on the ground,…

DOJ confirms Teves now under house arrest in Timor Leste

Tetch Torres-Tupas - Reporter / @T2TupasINQ 06/13/2024

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the lawyer of former Congressman Arnolfo Teves have confirmed on Thursday, June 13, that Teves is currently under house arrest in Timor Leste. Justice Undersecretary Raul Vasquez told…

Teves released, rearrested, DOJ clarifies

Tetch Torres-Tupas - Reporter / @T2TupasINQ 06/11/2024

MANILA, Philippines —  The Department of Justice has clarified on Monday that expelled lawmaker Arnolfo Teves Jr. was released but subsequently rearrested. The Policia Nacional of Timor Leste had rearrested Teves, said DOJ Assistant Secretary and spokesperson…

Quiboloy gets second arrest warrant for qualified human smuggling

Tetch Torres-Tupas - Reporter / @T2TupasINQ 04/11/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Another arrest order has been issued against Apollo Quiboloy, and this time it is for qualified human trafficking. The warrant for the founder of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KJC) has been issued by…

Teves arrested in East Timor, DOJ confirms

Tetch Torres-Tupas - Reporter / @T2TupasINQ 03/22/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Former Negros Oriental Congressman Arnolfo Teves Jr. has been arrested. This was confirmed by the Department of Justice on Thursday, March 21. The Scientific and Criminal Investigation Police (PCIC) in Dili, East Timor arrested…

SC: Lorraine Badoy guilty of indirect contempt for red tagging judge

Tetch Torres-Tupas - Reporter / @T2TupasINQ 02/29/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Loraine Badoy-Partosa, former spokesperson of the government’s anti-insurgency task force, has been found guilty by the Supreme Court (SC) of indirect contempt for red-tagging a Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) judge. Badoy was ordered…

Leila de Lima allowed to post bail by Muntinlupa court

Tetch Torres-Tupas - Reporter / @T2TupasINQ 11/13/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Detained former senator Leila de Lima’s bail pleas for her remaining drug case had been granted by the Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court, said Lawyer Boni Tacardon. De Lima’s co-accused former Bureau of Corrections…

PCSO ordered by SC to pay P12M to bettor who damaged his winning ticket

Tetch Torres-Tupas - Reporter / @T2TupasINQ 09/30/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) has been ordered by the Supreme Court to pay more than P12 million to a bettor, who damaged his winning 6/42 lotto ticket by a flat iron. The…

Remulla: Suspects in Degamo slay were offered P8 million each to recant statements

Tetch Torres-Tupas - Reporter / @T2TupasINQ 06/02/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The suspects in the killing of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Dagamo and nine others received P8-million offers each to recant their statements, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said Friday, citing an intelligence report. Remulla…

Arrested suspect in Degamo slay case cries torture, coercion

Tetch Torres-Tupas - Reporter / @T2TupasINQ 05/22/2023

MANILA, Philippines – One of the arrested suspects in the killing of Negros Oriental governor Roel Degamo said he was forced to admit taking part in the crime through threats, suffocation and strangulation. Jhudiel Rivero, also known…

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