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Impeachment in the Philippines is an expressed power of the Congress of the Philippines to formally charge a serving government official with an impeachable offense. After being impeached by the House of Representatives, the official is then tried in the Senate. If convicted, the official is either removed from office or censured.
Lastly, accessories are those who, having knowledge of the commission of the crime, and without having participated therein, either as principals or accomplices, take part subsequent to its commission by: (a) profiting themselves or assisting the offender to profit by the effects of the crime, (b) concealing or destroying the body of the crime ...
The Ombudsman of the Philippines (Filipino: Tanodbayan ng Pilipinas) [3] is an ombudsman responsible for investigating and prosecuting Philippine government officials accused of crimes, especially graft and corruption.
The following is a list of Filipino politicians convicted of crimes in relation to their conduct while in office. This excludes: People who are merely formally charged of crime/s they allegedly committed, who may or may not be under detention. Acquitted people; Conviction of crimes committed while not in office.
Under Philippine law, the crime of plunder is committed when a government official acquires ill-gotten wealth of 50 million pesos ($862,000) or more from government funds through corrupt acts in ...
As the Philippine government struggled with what some perceive as intrusions into their sovereignty and with questions of jurisdiction over U.S. military personnel convicted of having committed crimes on Philippine soil, the U.S. strongly reiterated Philippine obligations to adhere to its obligations under the VFA. The U.S. is the biggest ...
A Philippine court on Monday freed on bail a former senator jailed more than six years ago on drug charges she said were fabricated to silence her investigation of then-President Rodrigo Duterte ...
Other well-represented crimes among illegal immigrants known to be living in the US include sexual assault — with 523 convicted or suspected rapists in ICE custody and 20,061 not — and assault ...