Garin, others tell DOJ: Drop Dengvaxia case

Garin, others tell DOJ: Drop Dengvaxia case

Former Health Secretary Janette Garin and at least 40 other health and pharmaceutical officials appeared before the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday to answer a criminal case blaming them for the deaths of children who had been given the controversial Dengvaxia dengue vaccine.
Garin and the other respondents asked the DOJ to dismiss the case for “lack of merit.”

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Sycip scion, 4 associates indicted in ownership row

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has approved the filing of another criminal case against the son of the late respected business leader Washington Sycip and four of his business associates over the dispute in the ownership of P564 million worth of shares in a tuna canning company.

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Sister Patricia Fox vows to continue missionary work in PH

Sister Patricia Fox vows to continue missionary work in PH

While the Department of Justice (DOJ) has granted her appeal to get her missionary visa back, Australian missionary Sister Patricia Fox still has to face the deportation proceedings against her. But the 71-year old nun, who has been in the Philippines for more than 27 years, vowed on Monday to continue doing missionary work for the indigenous peoples, the urban poor and the oppressed farmers in the country.

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DOJ urged to review dismissal of cases vs gaming tycoon Kazuo Okada

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been urged to reconsider the decision of the Parañaque Prosecutors Office to dismiss the estafa complaint against Japanese gaming tycoon Kazuo Okada and his co-respondents.

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Former President Aquino: I can’t stop thinking I’ll be jailed too

Former President Aquino: I can’t stop thinking I’ll be jailed too

The specter of suffering the same fate as detained Sen. Leila de Lima is not lost on former President Benigno Aquino III as he urged the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday to junk the criminal complaint brought against him by President Rodrigo Duterte’s rabid supporters over the P3.5-billion Dengvaxia mess.

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