Estafa charge filed vs Joy O.
FORMER Opao barangay captain Jovita Tuela “Joy” Ouano was charged in court yesterday for allegedly stealing P331,000 from a businesswoman. Ouano, the younger sister of Provincial Board Member Thadeo...
View ArticleLito Lapid wife’s trial in US starts Feb. 7
The wife of Senator Lito Lapid will not be required by the United States Attorney’s Office in Nevada to explain the source of her wealth when the hearing on her case for dollar smuggling starts on...
View ArticleLas Vegas hearing on Lapid wife’s case postponed again
The preliminary hearing on a cash smuggling case against the wife of Senator Lito Lapid has been postponed for the second time to give her lawyers more time to prepare her defense.
View ArticleDelay in cases vs foreign club execs assailed
Government lawyers have expressed strong objection to what they said were delaying tactics being employed by the defense counsel of eight foreigners accused by the Securities and Exchange Commission...
View ArticleHurry Maguindanao massacre trial, int’l reporters urge
More than 300 delegates to the 28th World Congress of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) in Dublin, Ireland, have called on President Aquino to “take steps to expedite the trial” of...
View ArticleTrial of 27 Filipinos in Sabah standoff to start January
The Malaysian high court will start hearing in January the case of 27 Filipino armed followers of the late Sultan Jamalul Kiram III involved in a bloody clash with Malaysian forces in Sabah in February.
View ArticleKuwaiti woman gets death sentence for murdering Filipino maid
Kuwait's Supreme Court upheld Monday a death sentence against a woman for murdering her Filipino maid after torturing her, and confirmed a 10-year sentence on her disabled husband.
View ArticleTrial starts for Fil-Am accused of killing pregnant sis-in-law
Trial began Monday of the 31-year-old Filipina-American accused of stabbing to death her pregnant sister-in-law during a family dispute in their Las Vegas apartment.
View ArticleTempers flare in Vegas court as Indico murder trial opens
In a case that has torn a family apart, a brother lashed out in court Monday upon seeing his sister who is accused of killing his pregnant wife.
View ArticleEmirati woman gets jail in maids’ death, torture
A Dubai court has upheld a 15-year jail term for an Emirati woman who tortured her Ethiopian maid to death by forcing her to drink pesticide, media reported on Monday.
View ArticleCourt case vs Chinese poachers postponed for 3rd time
A court case against a group of Chinese fishermen facing jail in the Philippines for poaching was postponed for a third time on Wednesday, after the government accused China of frustrating the...
View ArticleUS ‘harboring a criminal’ by keeping soldier during Laude slay probe—Gabriela
In keeping custody of a murder suspect, the United States is “harboring” a criminal.
View ArticleFil-Am transgender advocates say Jennifer a victim of ‘hate crime’
Filipino-American activists and transgender advocates are demanding that the US Marine suspected in the murder of transgender Filipino Jeffrey "Jennifer" Laude be turned over to local authorities.
View ArticlePH gov’t asked to end VFA if US refuses to hand over Pemberton
The Philippine government should consider terminating the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) if the United States were to refuse to hand over an American serviceman suspected of killing a Filipino...
View ArticleIssue over custody of US soldier may stall filing of murder rap in...
The question of who takes custody of Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton, the suspect in the killing of Filipino transgender Jennifer Laude, is threatening to derail the immediate filing of...
View Article3 years after Italian priest’s murder, still no case in court, say friends
Three years after the killing of Italian priest, Fr. Fausto Tentorio, people demanding for justice over his death are still waiting for the determination of probable cause that would lead to the filing...
View Article‘Jennifer’ Laude to be cremated on Oct. 24
The remains of murdered transgender woman, Jeffrey “Jennifer” Laude, will be cremated on Friday (Oct. 24) to grant her German boyfriend more time to grieve at her wake.
View ArticleTaiwanese fisherman arrives to testify at trial of Coast Guard men
State prosecutors are ready to present their first witness in the shooting death of a Taiwanese fisherman in the Balintang Channel when the trial of eight Philippine Coast Guard men begins in the...
View ArticlePemberton refuses to enter plea in Laude slay case
US Marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton refused to enter a plea to the crime of murder for the death of Filipino transgender Jeffrey "Jennifer" Laude.
View ArticleDay 2: Laude’s pal testifies vs Pemberton
OLONGAPO CITY, Philippines—“Barbie,” one of the last people to see transgender Jeffrey “Jennifer” Laude alive on the night of Oct. 11, 2014, took the witness stand for the prosecution on Tuesday, the...
View ArticlePemberton skips murder trial; another witness ties him to Laude
OLONGAPO CITY, Philippines—For the first time since his trial for the murder of transgender Jeffrey “Jennifer” Laude opened on March 23, US Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton was absent from...
View ArticleProsecution’s last witness vs Pemberton takes stand
Government prosecutors on Tuesday concluded their presentation of evidence in the trial of US Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton after their final witness, an American forensic expert, took the...
View ArticlePemberton admits he choked Laude
OLONGAPO CITY, Philippines—US Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton on Monday admitted in court that he choked and killed transgender woman Jeffrey “Jennifer” Laude in a motel room here on Oct. 11...
View ArticleDrilon on UN body contention: PH laws govern Arroyo trial
Former President and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is being tried in accordance with the Philippine laws.
View ArticleOFWs in Russia hit website ban
Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Russia have expressed sadness and disgust when the Russian Federation blocked the website which serves as their source of comfort and encouragement away from home.
View Article9 Filipinos found guilty of intrusion into Sabah
More than three years after the Kg Tanduo intrusion which killed 11 security personnel, nine Filipinos have been found guilty of having waged war against the Malaysian king.
View ArticleKuwait jails Filipina for joining IS jihadists
A Kuwaiti court on Monday sentenced a Filipino woman to 10 years in jail after convicting her of joining the Islamic State jihadist group and plotting attacks.
View ArticleFilipino charged with molesting 12-year-old girl in Dubai
A Filipino man working as a security guard in Dubai has been accused of molesting a 12-year-old girl living in his shared apartment.
View ArticleFilipino pleads guilty in Dubai court for secretly filming fellow OFW naked...
A Filipino administrator pleaded guilty before a Dubai court for taking a video of his roommate while she was getting dressed in her side of the room, reports the Khaleej Times. The Filipino woman, 24,...
View Article2 Emiratis on trial for allegedly robbing Filipino worker in Dubai
Two Emiratis are currently under trial for allegedly stealing Dh1,700 (around P24,200) from a Filipino worker, illegally confining him and impersonating police. The accused stood their first trial at...
View ArticleTrump aims to scare witnesses in hush-money trial – prosecutors
NEW YORK — New York prosecutors on Monday urged a judge to forbid Donald Trump from criticizing family members of those involved in his upcoming hush-money trial, arguing that he is trying to scare...
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