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More families victimized by common crimes in Q4 2018: SWS

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 22 10:54 PM

Some 1.8 million families fell victim to common crimes during the last quarter of 2018, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed Friday. Read more »

'Yes to rehab, no to lower MACR'

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 22 08:18 PM

Members of women’s and children’s rights groups stage a protest outside the House of Representatives in Quezon City on Tuesday.  Read more »

Senate divided on lower age of criminal liability

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 22 02:06 PM

More senators on Tuesday rejected moves to lower the criminal age of liability following Senate President Vicente Sotto III's claim that majority of them will support the proposal. Read more »

Target crime rings, not kids: Kiko rejects lower criminal liability age

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 22 12:25 PM

The government should crack down on syndicates exploiting minors instead of lowering the minimum age of criminal liability, Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan said Tuesday.    Read more »

PNP welcomes lower age of criminal liability

Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 21 08:40 PM

PNP spokesperson Chief Supt. Benigno Durana Jr. said those involved in crimes like illegal drugs, rape, among others, are getting younger. Read more »

ALAMIN: Ilang paalala ng PNP ngayong Kapaskuhan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 18 01:18 AM

Alamin ang ilang paalala ng PNP para maiwasang maging biktima ng anumang krimen ngayong Pasko. Read more »

ICC prosecutor continues preliminary probe on PH drug war

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 06 04:45 PM

International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda revealed this on Wednesday in her annual report on preliminary examination activities of her office. Read more »

Gov't to remain relentless in fight vs crime, drugs amid rise in crime victims: Palace

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 01 01:28 PM

Malacañang on Saturday said the government would continue its campaign against criminality and illegal drugs amid the slight increase in crime victimization. Read more »

1.4 million Filipino families fell victim to common crimes- survey

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 29 08:45 PM

More Filipino families fell victim to common crimes, results of the September 2018 Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released Thursday showed. Read more »

China bars US citizens from leaving over 'economic crimes'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 27 12:28 AM

Those arrested say police are preventing them from returning home to compel their father to return to China to face criminal charges. Read more »

New 'Fantastic Beasts' film casts a winning box-office spell

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 19 07:57 AM

LOS ANGELES - Again confirming the magic touch of J.K. Rowling, "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald" took in an estimated $62.2 million this weekend to lead North American box offices, industry tracker Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday. Read more »

Bakit napapanahon ang 'Fantastic Beasts' sequel?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 16 11:12 PM

Giit ni Eddie Redmayne, angkop daw ang tema ng pelikula sa panahon ngayon. Read more »

Dark, new 'Fantastic Beasts' movie grounded in real world

Simon Thompson, Reuters
Updated as of Nov 16 06:52 AM

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Albus Dumbeldore is a young professor at Hogwarts School; the charismatic but evil Gellert Grindelwald is determined to manipulate the world for his own ends; and Newt Scamander, with his magical suitcase of strange creatures, is trying to stop him. Read more »

Blue carpet premiere ng 'Fantastic Beasts' sa London, dinagsa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 16 02:17 AM

Balik-eksena ang magic ni "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling sa sequel ng "Fantastic Beasts." Read more »

Peru annuls ex-president Fujimori’s pardon, orders arrest

Carlos Mandujano, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 04 04:47 AM

A Peruvian court on Wednesday annulled Alberto Fujimori's pardon for crimes against humanity and ordered the 80-year-old's immediate arrest, officials said. Read more »

OPINION: Duterte tells the truth

Ellen Tordesillas
Posted at Sep 30 06:22 PM

President Duterte’s admission  may yet be what truth-seeking, freedom-loving Filipinos have been praying for. Read more »

Philippines tells UN: Rights of citizens, law enforcers over rights of criminals

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 30 10:01 AM

MANILA - If forced to, the Philippines will protect the rights of its law-abiding citizens and law enforcers over drug lords and criminals who are out to "kill and destroy," Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano told the United Nations (UN) on Sunday. Read more »

Duterte 'umamin' sa EJK; Palasyo dumepensa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 08:08 PM

Kahit sa bibig mismo ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte nagmula ang kaniyang "pag-amin" sa pagkakasangkot sa EJKs, sinabi pa rin ng Palasyo na hindi ito dapat seryosohin. Read more »

That's karma, Duterte says of slain suspect in Ombudsman’s lawyer’s killing

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 27 06:50 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said karma worked against the primary suspect in the killing of a pregnant Ombudsman prosecutor after he was killed in a police operation over three months ago. Read more »

PH withdrawal from ICC has no bearing on Duterte case, says official

Jofelle Tesorio, ABS CBN Europe News Bureau
Posted at Sep 23 01:57 AM

The International Criminal Court can still prosecute the President, even if the withdrawal of the Philippines from the organization becomes final. Read more »