(File photo) MANILA - The Department of Justice said Friday it will direct a prosecution panel to look into murder and perjury cases filed against the Cordillera police arising from a checkpoint shooting in Abra nearly two months ago that resulted in one death. Prosecutor General Benedicto Malcontento made the announcement as agencies seek to resolve the complaint filed before the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) by Pilar town Vice Mayor Jaja Josefina Disono and relatives of her slain supporter, Sandee Boy Bermudo. "The respondents will be given the opportunity to respond to the charges once they have been furnished with copies of the complaint. Thereafter, the case will be resolved considering the submissions of the parties," Malcontento said in a statement. The NBI filed criminal complaints before the DOJ against several persons involved in a shooting on March 29 around 10:30 a.m. at a Philippine National Police (PNP) - Commission on Elections checkpoint along Berona
MANILA -The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Friday said it will leave to the court decision in connection with alleged drug lord Kerwin Espinosa's statement recanting his claims against detained Senator Leila de Lima in the Illegal drugs trade activities inside the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) during her term as secretary of the Department of Justice (DOJ). "Epinosa's retraction of his statements pertinent to cases lodged against Sen. Leila De Lima. The PDEA will defer to the decision of the courts as to the implication of this recantation," PDEA said in a media statement. "Prosecutor General Benedicto Malcontento had previously given his opinion that Espinosa's retraction has no bearing on the cases against Sen. De Lima, and although PDEA was not involved in the filing of cases against either Kerwin Espinosa or Sen. De Lima, the agency is dispassionately interested in uncovering the truth and prosecuting those involved in the illegal drugs," i
Defending himself in a separate criminal rap at the Department of Justice, confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa retracted his allegations against Sen. Leila de Lima and said he had no dealings with the detained lawmaker.
ALLEGED drug lord Kerwin Espinosa has recanted his sworn statements implicating Senator Leila de Lima in Illegal drug trade activities inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) during her term as secretary of the Department of Justice (DOJ). Espinosa made the retraction following the filing of drug trafficking charges against him by…
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