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People of the Philippines v. Santos, Ressa and Rappler (R-MNL-19-01141-CR), also known as the Maria Ressa cyberlibel case, is a high-profile criminal case in the Philippines, lodged against Maria Ressa, co-owner and CEO of Rappler Inc.. [2] Accused of cyberlibel, Ressa was found guilty by a Manila Regional Trial Court on June 15, 2020. [3] [4]: 36
The Philippine Supreme Court, in a 2021 ruling, commented on the withdrawal from the Rome Statute and stated that the Philippines still has an obligation to cooperate in the ICC proceedings. [ 35 ] The administration of president Bongbong Marcos which succeeded Duterte in June 2022, maintained that the ICC has no jurisdiction in the Philippines ...
[12] [4] The Eastern Police District (EPD) has activated a special investigation task group (SITG) in August 2020 in relation to the case. [ 13 ] His batchmates in the PMA in October 2020 released a bounty of ₱1 million for information that would lead to the arrest of the suspects of Barayuga's case.
[11] In May, the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) appealed the dismissal of the charges against the two, stating "We will exhaust all legal remedies to indict all who caused the disappearance of the beauty queen." [12] On September 18, 2024, de Castro and Magpantay were arrested in Balayan, Batangas. [13]
The Division of Investigation, later renamed the National Bureau of Investigation, came into existence on June 19, 1947, the date Republic Act No. 157 was approved. [5] Its history goes back to November 13, 1936, when a Division of Investigation (DI) under the Department of Justice was created with the enactment of Commonwealth Act No. 181 by ...
Several high-profile criminal cases moved through the court system in 2023. Alyssa Dellamano, of Quincy, was found guilty of first-degree murder for stabbing Cameron Nohmy, of Milton, to death in ...
Veloso was born in Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija, where she was the youngest of five siblings of a family who lived in extreme poverty. [3] Her father worked as a seasonal agricultural worker on sugar cane plantations of the José Cojuangco-owned Hacienda Luisita, [4] while also selling plastic-ware out of a pushcart and collecting discarded bottles and plastic to sell to junk shops. [5]
2024 was a landmark year for prosecutions tied to politics. It marked the first criminal conviction of a former president and the first criminal conviction of a sitting president’s child.