by Joel Roja/Asianjournal.com
MANILA — The Supreme Court has granted the petition filed by national broadband network (NBN) project whistleblower Joey de Venecia III seeking the issuance of the writ of habeas data to enjoin government agents from conducting wiretapping and surveillance activities over his personal communications.
In a two-page resolution issued in Baguio City, the Court [...]
April 3, 2008
SC Issues Writ of Habeas Data for De Venecia
April 3, 2008
DOJ to Go After Rice Hoarders
by Cynthia De Castro/Asianjournal.com
THE Department of Justice (DOJ) Tuesday created its own Anti-Rice Hoarding Task Force (ARHTF) to assist the National Food Authority (NFA) in going after rice hoarders and those engaged in overpricing and other related crimes.
Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez named Senior State Prosecutor Roberto A. Lao as chairman of the task force with [...]
April 3, 2008
Better Legislation on Domestic Violence Crimes Pushed
By Malou Liwanag-Aguilar/Asianjournal.com
SAN FRANCISCO — After a San Francisco Superior Court judge reduced the first-degree murder conviction of a Filipino convicted of stabbing his wife to death in 2004, the Filipina Women’s Network (FWN), along with The Vagina Monologues playwright and author Eve Ensler and other women’s groups supporting the fight against domestic violence, launched [...]
