Cebu legal luminaries Paredes, Barcenas believe De Lima’s acquittal long overdue

Wenilyn Sabalo 05/12/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – “Long overdue and justice denied.” This was how retired Judge Meinrado Paredes and veteran lawyer Democrito Barcenas described the development in the drug cases against former Sen. Leila de Lima. “6 years of…

Donald Trump has been booked and charged – what happens now?

Reuters 04/05/2023

The events underlying the criminal case against Donald Trump – hush money payments to suppress stories about extramarital affairs – took place nearly seven years ago. But any potential trial could be more than a year away.…

NBI captures major player in Degamo slay case — Remulla

Tetch Torres-Tupas - Reporter / @T2TupasINQ 03/31/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) arrested one of the major players in the killing of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo, making the case 99 percent solved, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said Friday.…

DOJ: We have 10 witnesses linking Teves to Degamo slay

Tina G. Santos - Reporter / @santostinaINQ 03/31/2023

The statements of the 10 suspects in the killing of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo implicated suspended Rep. Arnolfo “Arni” Teves Jr., according to Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla. “It’s there in the statements.…

Remulla: Suspects’ statements lead to Teves’ ‘certain involvement’ in Degamo slay

Tetch Torres-Tupas - Reporter / @T2TupasINQ 03/30/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Statements of suspects in the killing of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo and eight others have pointed to “a certain involvement” of Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr., Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said Thursday. “Andun…

Bloody quicksand

Manuel L. Quezon III - @inquirerdotnet 03/29/2023

Back in July 2020, Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo had pointed to a foiled assassination plot in which an Army reservist, a retired Army soldier, and a tricycle driver were apprehended after the governor received text messages…

Remulla: Suspect in Degamo murder also involved in gov’s 2 failed slay attempts

Tetch Torres-Tupas - Reporter / @T2TupasINQ 03/27/2023

MANILA, Philippines — One of the suspects in the killing of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo was also part of two failed assassination attempts against the official, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said Monday. The authorities, already…

Remulla: Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. ‘being considered’ as among masterminds in Degamo slay

Tetch Torres-Tupas - Reporter / @T2TupasINQ 03/27/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla on Monday said Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo “Arni” Teves Jr. is “being considered” as one of the masterminds in the March 4 killing of Gov. Roel Degamo and eight…

Murder rap readied against arrested suspected thief, who killed nursing student in Lapu-Lapu

Pegeeen Maisie Sararaña 10/16/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Murder and illegal possession of a firearm charges are being readied against the arrested suspected thief, who killed a nursing student at dawn on Saturday, Oct. 15, in Barangay Buaya, Lapu-Lapu City. This…

Forgetting@50

Inez Ponce de leon - @inquirerdotnet 09/21/2022

A few months ago, before the elections, my doctor and I were discussing my column. He wondered where the vividness of my descriptions of martial law came from; I was too young then, he said. I was…

UP Alumni Association in Cebu condemns ambush of lawyer

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 09/02/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The University of the Philippines Alumni Association-Cebu Chapter has condemned the ambush of lawyer Karen Quiñanola-Gonzales in Barangay Subangdaku, Mandaue City late Thursday evening, September 1, 2022. In a statement issued on Friday,…

Wife, who is wanted for killing her hubby in Tabogon, nabbed in Cebu City

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 11/07/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — All the 7 suspects in the killing last year in Tabogon town in northern Cebu of a 30-year-old cook are finally in jail with the arrest today, November 7, of the wife of…

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