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DOJ RECOMMENDS FILING OF MALVERSATION AND OTHER CHARGES AGAINST FORMER LWUA CHAIRMAN PICHAY AND ACTING ADMINISTRATOR LANDINGIN
In a Resolution released today, the three-women panel of prosecutors of the National Prosecution Service (NPS) of the Department of Justice (DOJ) found probable cause to charge former Representative and Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) Board of Trustees Chairman PROSPERO A. PICHAY and Acting LWUA Administrator DANIEL I. LANDINGIN for Malversation of Public Funds... continue reading
COMELEC DEPUTIZES DOJ PROSECUTORS TO ASSIST IN THE PROSECUTION OF FORMER PRESIDENT ARROYO, ET AL. FOR ELECTORAL SABOTAGE
It may be recalled that the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) filed last November 2011, three (3) electoral sabotage cases against, among others, former President GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, former COMELEC Chairman BENJAMIN ABALOS, SR., ANDAL AMPATUAN SR., which cases are now pending before the Regional Trial Court of Pasay City.... continue reading
TERMINATION OF APPOINTMENT OF NBI DIRECTOR GATDULA MADE OFFICIAL
The Department of Justice, through Secretary LEILA M. DE LIMA, received official notice of the termination of the appointment of Atty. MAGTANGGOL B. GATDULA as Director of the National Bureau of Investigation.... continue reading
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HISTORY OF DOJ

The Department of Justice traces its beginnings at the Revolutionary Assembly in Naic, Cavite on April 17, 1897. The establishment of a regime of law was tasked to Don Severino delas Alas who headed the Department of Grace and Justice. Shortly after the proclamation of Independence in Kawit, Cavite on June 12, 1898, President Emilio Aguinaldo issued a decree on September 26, 1898 reorganizing the Department. A year later, the American military force established the Office of the Attorney of... continue reading