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Tiamzons sentenced to up to 40 yrs in prison for soldier's abduction

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 27 07:06 PM

A Quezon City court has convicted National Democratic Front (NDF) consultants Benito Tiamzon and Wilma Austria Tiamzon of kidnapping and serious illegal detention over an abduction of a soldier in 1988. Read more »

Ombudsman junks raps vs cops, soldiers for Davao journo's 'mistaken identity' arrest

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 28 03:52 PM

The Office of the Ombudsman has junked the complaints filed by a Davao-based journalist against several police and military officers who illegally arrested her last year over a mistaken identity.  Read more »

Group seeks dialogue to decongest jails amid virus threat

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 30 09:07 PM

A group of families and friends of political prisoners on Wednesday called for dialogue with authorities to implement measures against COVID-19 inside correctional facilities. Read more »

US immigrants say they were pressured into unneeded surgeries

Caitlin Dickerson, Seth Freed Wessler and Miriam Jordan, The New York Times
Updated as of Sep 30 10:14 AM

The Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia, drew national attention this month after a nurse, Dawn Wooten, filed a whistleblower complaint claiming that detainees had told her they had had their uteruses removed without their full understanding or consent.   Read more »

China running 380 detention centers in Xinjiang: researchers

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 24 01:28 PM

China's network of detention centers in the northwest Xinjiang region is much bigger than previously thought and has been expanded in recent years, according to research presented by an Australian think tank Thursday.   Read more »

China says Australian TV anchor detained on 'national security' grounds

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 08 05:45 PM

Cheng Lei is the second high-profile Australian citizen to be detained in Beijing after writer Yang Hengjun was arrested in January 2019 on suspicion of espionage.   Read more »

Ex-Ozamiz councilor Ardot Parojinog died of cardiac arrest in detention, no foul play - PNP

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 05 11:55 AM

MANILA - Former Ozamiz City Councilor Ricardo "Ardot" Parojinog died in detention because of cardiac arrest, police said Saturday as they ruled out foul play behind the high-profile suspect's death.  Read more »

House cites PhilHealth official in contempt, detains for 4 days

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 28 01:30 AM

(UPDATED) The joint lower House committees investigating the alleged corruption at the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) have cited in contempt PhilHealth Internal Legal Department Senior Manager Rogelio Pocallan Jr., and ordered his detention at the House of Representatives until Monday.  Read more »

3 Chinese POGO workers, dinukot at binugbog umano ng kanilang employer

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 07 10:56 PM

Dinukot umano ang mga POGO workers matapos nilang tulungan ang kakumpitensiya nilang kompanya.  Read more »

Lalaki, arestado matapos magnakaw umano ng pinto

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 07 08:52 PM

Dinukot umano ang mga POGO workers matapos nilang tulungan ang kakumpitensiya nilang kompanya.  Read more »

3 Chinese POGO workers sinagip matapos umanong dukutin ng mga employer

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 06 07:58 PM

Tatlong Chinese na nagtatrabaho sa Philippine offshore gaming operator ang sinagip ng National Bureau of Investigation matapos umano silang dukutin at i-torture ng mga employer nila dahil sa alitan sa trabaho.   Read more »

1987 Constitution framers, Ateneo file 6th petition vs new anti-terror law

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 08 11:11 PM

Two of the framers of the 1987 Constitution are among the 6th batch of petitioners who filed Wednesday a plea seeking to nullify and stop the implementation of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020. Read more »

Duterte's ex-govt corporate counsel files 5th petition vs Anti-Terrorism Act

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 08 01:26 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte's former government corporate counsel on Wednesday filed the 5th petition questioning the constitutionality of the Anti-Terrorism Act. Read more »

2 Chinese na dawit sa illegal detention timbog sa Makati

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 02 11:22 PM

Dalawang Chinese ang tiklo Huwebes matapos umano kikilan at idetine ang isang babaeng kababayan sa Barangay Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati City. Read more »

'Para kaming kriminal': 3 nurse 'ikinulong' ng condo admin dahil sa COVID-19 scare

Niko Baua, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 30 08:19 PM

Kuwento ng mga nurse, nagkaroon sila ng exposure sa COVID-19 pero lagpas-lagpas na raw sila sa quarantine period at nag-negative sila sa swab test. Pero ikinulong daw sila sa kanilang unit nang pitong araw. Read more »

Hidden victims of the pandemic: The old man, the jail aide, and the convict

Aie Balagtas See, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Posted at Jun 23 03:02 AM

The lack of mass tests, the highly infectious nature of the virus, the lack of protective equipment and proper healthcare, and the inhuman overcrowding at Philippine jails and prisons are a potentially deadly combination. Read more »

De Lima files for bail after 3 years in detention

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 16 06:17 PM

Sen. Leila de Lima on Monday applied for bail for the first time since her arrest in 2017 on drug-dealing charges that she dismissed as harassment for going against President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

'Wag manghusga: Lalaking hinuli dahil sa hinalang may COVID-19, nagnegatibo sa virus

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 09 08:36 AM

Nagpayo ang lalaking hinuli sa paghihinalang positibo siya sa novel coronavirus na huwag agad manghusga ng kapwa sa kabila ng kinakaharap na novel coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

4 Manila barangay officials huli sa pagdetine sa hinihinalang may COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 08 07:11 PM

Arestado ang apat na opisyal ng Barangay 538 sa Sampaloc district, Maynila matapos umanong ikulong ang isang taong hinihinalang may coronavirus disease sa bahay nito.   Read more »

De Lima seeks relaxed visit restrictions as solitary confinement drags on

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 06 04:19 PM

Sen. Leila de Lima on Saturday called on the police to ease her visitation restriction after more than a month of solitary confinement at Camp Crame – a policy she condemned as oppression in the guise of COVID-19 crisis. Read more »