Monday, July 29, 2024
SolGen asks court to oust Alice Guo from mayoralty post
Thursday, June 3, 2021
Cebu Gov. Gwen: I am not defiant
CEBU - Governor Gwendolyn Garcia said she is not against the protocols set by the national government’s Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) on how to handle the arrival of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) and returning overseas Filipinos (ROF).
Thursday, May 27, 2021
PNP, DOJ to probe extrajudicial killings
NATIONAL POLICE Chief, General Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar has vowed to sincerely cooperate with the Justice Department in investigating extrajudicial killings of drug suspects in the country.
Sunday, February 28, 2021
Letters To the Editor: Families of slain drug suspects belie claims that domestic mechanisms address violations.
Dear Editor,
JUSTICE SECRETARY Menardo Guevarra repeatedly stressed before the 46th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council that the domestic mechanisms for accountability in the Philippines are working and provided some details in the findings of the drug war panel - that there was failure to follow standard protocols in crime scene investigations, paraffin tests, and examination and verification of weapons used, amid law enforcement officials’ claims that those killed fought back.
Thursday, May 21, 2020
PTFoMS close to solving slay of Dumaguete broadcaster
Friday, March 15, 2019
NBI ready to assist in probe of Cebu teen's gruesome murder
"We'll let the local police take the lead. If they have difficulties (solving the case) I'll ask the NBI (to come in," Justice Secretary Menardo Guevara said.
The 16-year old victim was found without her under garments, raising suspicion that she was raped and then murdered, and skinned to hide her identity. Authorities identified the victim as Christine Silawan, a high school student at the Maribago National High School who was also a volunteer at the local parish.
Silawan was first reported missing after attending a mass and had been found murdered in the village of Bangkal in Lapu-Lapu City. Her brutal killing renewed calls for the re-imposition of the death penalty after it had been abolished many years ago.
Police were still investigating the killing which was condemned by many civil groups, including the Integrated Bar of the Philippines. "The brutal killing of the teenage girl in Lapu-Lapu is an act of pure evil and we call upon our authorities to catch the monsters responsible. We also call upon witnesses to come out and speak for the early resolution of this dastardly act," the IBP-Cebu chapter said.
If given the chance, the lawyers' group said it will provide legal service to "aid in the prosecution of the culprits to this vicious crime when caught". (Benjamin Pulta)
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