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Justice Secretary Leila de Lima has ordered prosecutors in the city and province of Cebu to help unclog court dockets in the neighboring cities of Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu. Speeding up the disposal of cases will decongest the…
MANILA, Philippines — Businessman Antonio L. Tiu scored the Anti-Money Laundering Council on Sunday, for including in its freeze order request his companies’ bank accounts, saying these were all used in legitimate transactions. “The AMLC lied to…
Journey behind bars Jail was his second home for seven years. The last thing Marco Toral expected was to end up as a consultant on jail matters for the Cebu provincial government, and the top supervisor of…
Pro bono bases – cases handled for free – are done by lawyers with a soft spot for those with less in life, or who just can’t say no to a needy litigant. Some lawyers like the…
Severe congestion in the Mandaue City Jail – the worst in Central Visayas for years – poses a unique challenge for the local Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP). For the first time, the presidents of both…
PART 3 Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno said the judiciary is not deaf or blind to the clamor of prisoners for the speedy disposition of their cases. “We could not stand the inhuman conditions of our detention…
In cramped jail cells, disease can easily spread. Coughing and other respiratory illnesses like rhinitis, sinusitis, running noses and sore throats are prevalent in jails in Central Visayas, according to a report of the PNP Bureau…
Journey behind bars Why Cebu’s jails remain overcrowded At 68 years old, Andronico Tol knows time isn’t on his side. After four years in the Mandaue city jail, the carpenter is still waiting for his criminal…
Justice must be served, said the grandfather of the 11-year-old girl who died after she was picked up and detained by Fuente police along with another child beggar on Easter dawn in Cebu City. Renato Mirabiles, 52,…
The last hours of Australian teacher-turned-inmate Hilton Reece Munro stirred sympathy even as the crime for which he was detained, the sexual abuse of boys, caused revulsion. Before hanging himself, Munro spent a long night writing down…
More work should mean more compensation. With this in mind, Regional Trial Court (RTC) Executive Judge Soliver Peras wrote Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama requesting for the allowance previously allotted to RTC branch 21 presiding judge Eric…
Cebu judge asks PNP: Did you let them run away from Camp Crame? How did three former policemen accused in the killing of Cebu lawyer Noel Archival and companions get away? They were allowed to leave the…
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