By VIRGIL LOPEZ, GMA News
Published March 12, 2021 1:45pm
Updated March 12, 2021 9:05pm The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Friday filed several criminal charges against 11 people in connection with the death of flight attendant Christine Dacera. Complaints for obstruction of justice were filed before the Department of Justice (DOJ) against Dacera’s companions at a Makati hotel where she celebrated New Year’s Eve. They are Mark Anthony Rosales, Rommel Galido, John Pascual dela Serna III, Gregorio Angelo Rafael de Guzman, Jezreel Rapinan, Alain Chen, Reymar Englis, Louie Delima and Darwin Joseph Macalla. Their lawyer Neptali Maroto was also included in the complaint.
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 29) The family of Christine Dacera on Friday insisted that a DNA test be performed on the tissue samples and organs mentioned in the recent medico-legal report of the Philippine National Police that stated the flight attendant died of natural causes and not by rape or homicide. They wanted to determine if the samples cited in the PNP report really belonged to the flight attendant.
“The Dacera family has decided to insist on a DNA examination of all these specimens mentioned by Dr. Palmero, of all organs allegedly examined to be inside the body of Christine,” Dacera family spokesman Brick Reyes said in a briefing.
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 9) The parents of Christine Dacera are seeking the immediate relief of the Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) medico-legal officer who handled their daughter s body following her death.
Jose Nestor and Sharon Dacera filed an administrative complaint this week against PMAJ Michael Nick Sarmiento for gross negligence and gross incompetence in the irregular and inaccurate preparation and submission of a medico-legal report and death certificate in relation to their daughter s demise.
The complaint recounted that the younger Dacera was declared dead after being rushed to the Makati Medical Center on New Year s Day. Her body was then placed temporarily in a refrigerator facility in the hospital before being transported to the Rizal Funeral Homes in Pasay City around 9:30 a.m. the next day. Sarmiento then prematurely ordered that the 23 year-old s body be embalmed without the conformity of the family and without having first