371 PDLs released, 350+ seek pardon
A total of 371 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) were released simultaneously from the prison facilities of the Bureau of ...
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Ecuador to pardon 5,000 prisoners to tackle overcrowding
Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso announced Tuesday some 5,000 prisoners would be pardoned to reduce overcrowding in the country's prisons, which ...
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Croatia archbishop seeks pardon from gay people
A Croatian archbishop on Monday asked for a pardon from gay people who felt rejected by the Church, an unprecedented ...
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Pardon me?
"The signal we get is that government officials are above the law, as long as the President’s got their back." ...
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Government to deport Pemberton upon release from detention this week
The Bureau of Immigration will deport US Marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton, who was pardoned by President Rodrigo Duterte ...
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Duterte justifies plan to pardon 50 detainees
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte plans to grant an absolute pardon to 40 to 50 political detainees before Christmas as a confidence-building ...
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Binoe a free man, finally
Robin Padilla, on parole since 1997, walked out of Malacañang Palace last Tuesday a free man after President Rodrigo Duterte ...
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