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Alcantara surrenders P110m in kickbacks to DOJ

FORMER Bulacan District Engineer Henry Alcantara on Friday returned P110-million to the government, the amount he purportedly obtained from flood control projects. In a press...

Lacson: ‘VIP’ witness to testify soon at Blue Ribbon

Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday said he is ready to reassume the chairmanship of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, if elected to...

DOJ: Discayas, others protected from harm, not liability

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday clarified that contractors Pacifico "Curlee" and Cezarah "Sarah" Discaya, as well as other Department of Public Works...

Some ‘sabungero‘ kin have settled,being swayed to weaken case—DOJ

THE Department of Justice (DOJ) has expressed apprehensions that some relatives of the missing cockfighting enthusiasts locally called “sabungeros” were being swayed or “settled”...

DOJ vows to protect ICC witnesses in the Philippines

Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla on Thursday said that they will ensure the protection of the witnesses set to testify before the International Criminal...

Recalling a witness on the stand

"A witness cannot be examined after the conclusion of direct, cross, re-direct, and re-cross examinations" Every witness presented by a party in court during the...

Cross-examination on past criminal conviction

"Judges must be cautious in appreciating prior convictions since cases must be tried without prejudice or bias and be based solely on the existence...

Refreshing a witness’ memory

"Where the witness is permitted to use a memorandum when on the witness stand, he may be cross-examined as to the same and it...

Protected witness

The sister of Crisanto Villamor, the alleged middleman in the killing of broadcaster Percy Lapid is surrounded by operatives of the government’s Witness Protection...

Impeaching a witness

"Courts do not accept a witness testimony perceived to be biased or prejudiced because it has no fctual basis" To cross-examine a witness is to...
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