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Court rejects bail petition of slain Bohol town mayor's husband

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 27 05:00 PM

CEBU CITY - A Cebu court denied the bail petition of former Bohol Board member Niño Rey Boniel for kidnapping and serious illegal detention charges. Read more »

Flip-flopping 'Bikoy' posts bail for estafa

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 24 11:33 PM

Peter Joemel Advincula alias "Bikoy" on Friday posted bail for six counts of estafa before the Baguio Regional Trial Court.   Read more »

DOJ seeks inhibition of judge who allowed Jee Ick-joo slay suspect to post bail

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 06:07 PM

MANILA - State prosecutors on Thursday sought the inhibition of the Angeles City judge who allowed the prime suspect in the October 2016 kidnap-slay of South Korean businessman Jee Ick-joo to post bail. Read more »

Pampanga court grants bail to cop tagged as mastermind in Jee Ick Joo kidnap-slay

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 07 06:50 PM

MANILA - Citing weak evidence, a Pampanga court has granted bail to the primary suspect in the abduction and slay of South Korean businessman Jee Ick-joo in October 2016. Read more »

Assange jailed for 50 weeks for UK bail breach

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 01 09:00 PM

LONDON - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was sentenced Wednesday to 50 weeks in jail for breaching a British court order seven years ago, when he took refuge in Ecuador's London embassy to avoid extradition to Sweden.   Read more »

British court finds Assange guilty of breaching bail

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 11 10:47 PM

A London court on Thursday found WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange guilty of breaching his bail conditions in 2012 and remanded him into custody pending sentencing. Read more »

'For the 8th time': Rappler chief Maria Ressa posts bail anew

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 02 04:17 AM

MANILA - Rappler chief Maria Ressa on Monday posted bail anew over alleged violations on foreign ownership rules. Read more »

South Korea court grants bail for ex-president Lee

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 06 03:30 PM

 Jailed former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak was granted bail on Wednesday, nearly a year after he was arrested over corruption charges.   Read more »

Singer R. Kelly, facing sex abuse charges, gets $1 million bail

Nova Safo, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 24 09:52 AM

A US judge set $1 million bail for R&B superstar R. Kelly on Saturday after prosecutors laid out graphic details of charges that he sexually abused four victims, three of them minors.  Read more »

Poe, Pangilinan question Palace info drive in Europe

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 04:33 PM

At least 2 senators on Monday questioned the plan of Malacañang's communications group to mount in Europe an information campaign about the arrest of Rappler chief Maria Ressa and other issues related to Philippine press freedom.  Read more »

Palace: Ressa 'walking testament' of press freedom

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 18 11:58 AM

Rappler chief Maria Ressa is a "walking testament" that press freedom remains vibrant in the country, Malacañang said Monday following criticism that her arrest is meant to stifle opposition. Read more »

Libel a harassment tool that must be decriminalized, says professor

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 18 09:56 AM

Libel has been used to "harass" journalists and should be decriminalized, a member of the academe said Sunday following the arrest of Rappler chief Maria Ressa. Read more »

Ressa's libel accuser: 'No one is above the law'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 14 02:54 PM

No one is above the law, a businessman who accused Rappler CEO Maria Ressa of cyber libel said Thursday, asserting his commitment to "see this legal battle to the very end" despite accusations that the case is an act of persecution.   Read more »

Maria Ressa posts bail

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 14 02:25 PM

MANILA- Rappler chief Maria Ressa, whose news site has clashed with President Rodrigo Duterte, walked out of overnight detention on Thursday after posting bail of P100,000 for cyber libel, a charge that press freedom advocates branded an act of "persecution." Read more »

Cyber libel case vs Rappler riddled with 'deficiencies': Ressa lawyer

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 14 11:29 AM

The cyber libel case that led to the arrest of Rappler CEO Maria Ressa is riddled with "deficiencies" that her camp will challenge in a motion to quash, her lawyer said Thursday. Read more »

Paolo Duterte seeks cancellation of Trillanes bail

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 17 03:55 PM

Former Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte is seeking the cancellation of bail granted to opposition Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. Read more »

Rappler chief Maria Ressa posts P204,000 bail for tax cases at CTA

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 11 04:09 PM

MANILA - Rappler president Maria Ressa on Tuesday posted a P204,000 bail at the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) for three cases of failure to file tax returns and one case of tax evasion filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ). Read more »

China's Huawei executive seeks bail in US extradition case

Julie Gordon, Reuters
Posted at Dec 11 06:58 AM

A Canadian provincial court on Monday weighed whether to grant bail to a top executive of one of the world's biggest telecommunications companies, Huawei Technologies, while she awaits a ruling on extradition to the United States. Read more »

Trillanes pinaaaresto ng Davao court

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 07 09:50 PM

Naglabas ng arrest order ang Davao RTC Branch 54 laban kay Senador Antonio Trillanes para sa mga kasong libelo na isinampa rito ni dating Davao City Vice Mayor at presidential son Paolo Duterte.  Read more »

Sandiganbayan judge says no special treatment given to Imelda Marcos

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 05 07:40 PM

The head of the body which granted graft convict Imelda Marcos bail on Wednesday denied the Sandiganbayan gave the former first lady preferential treatment. Read more »