by dela Cruz | Jan 19, 2023 | Finance
‘May this be the beginning of a new chapter…in which journalists are safe, speech is free, democracy is secured, and the rule of law can prevail,’ international lawyer Amal Clooney says MANILA, Philippines – Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, who...
by dela Cruz | Jan 18, 2023 | Finance
Multimedia reporters Lian Buan and Jairo Bolledo discuss the Court of Tax Appeals’ decision to acquit Maria Ressa and Rappler Holdings Corp. of tax evasion MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines Court of Tax Appeals 1st Division handed down its decision on...
by dela Cruz | Jan 10, 2023 | Finance
QC Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 139 Judge Aimee Alcera says the prosecution failed to establish beyond reasonable doubt that the activists made ‘a willful and deliberate assertion of a falsehood’ MANILA, Philippines – A Quezon City court on Monday,...
by dela Cruz | Jan 7, 2023 | Finance
MANILA, Philippines – In less than three months, Juanito Jose III, the eldest child of Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla, was acquitted of an illegal drug possession charge. Juanito Jose was arrested last year after authorities...
by dela Cruz | Jan 3, 2023 | Finance
Owing to the government’s failure to file a case within the prescribed period of five years, it loses the right to prosecute the alleged tax evader MANILA, Philippines – A former caterer of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) escaped prosecution for supposed tax...