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07/12/2023

ANNOUNCEMENT!

The PLF office is close on December 8, 2023 (Friday) in observance of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, a Special Nonworking Holiday by virtue of Proclamation No. 90 s.2022.

Have a great long weekend everyone! 💜

23/10/2023

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20/10/2023

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13/10/2023

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signs Proclamation No. 368, s. 2023 declaring the regular holidays and special (non-working) days for the year 2024.

Visit the Official Gazette website: https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/l4U4p7

09/10/2023

🔔 The Court has issued a Resolution in G.R. No. 26900 (Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III, Bayan Muna Chairperson Neri Javier Colmenares, Former Bayan Muna Representatives Carlos Isagani Zarate, and Ferdinand Gaite Vs. Hon. Lucas P. Bersamin, in His Capacity as Executive Secretary, Hon. Benjamin E. Diokno, in His Capacity as Secretary of Finance, Senate of the Philippines, and House of Representatives) requiring respondents to comment on the petition and prayer for TRO filed by Senator Aquilino Pimentel III, et al. on the Maharlika Fund.

Read the full text of the Resolution in https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/269003-aquilino-koko-pimentel-iii-bayan-muna-chairperson-neri-javier-colmenares-former-bayan-muna-representatives-carlos-isagani-zarate-and-ferdinand-gaite-vs-hon-lucas-p-bersamin-in-his-capa/ or scan the QR code.

06/10/2023

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06/10/2023

SC Sentences Two Human Traffickers to Life Imprisonment for Prostituting Minors |

The Supreme Court has affirmed the penalty of life imprisonment and a fine of PhP 2 million each imposed on two individuals found guilty of qualified human trafficking for peddling minors for s*x.

In a Decision penned by Senior Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen, the Court’s Second Division denied the appeal of Rizalina Janario Gumba, a.k.a. “Mommy Riza,” and Gloria Bueno Rellama,, a.k.a. “Mommy Glo,” and affirmed the rulings of the Court of Appeals (CA) and the Pasay City Regional Trial Court (RTC) convicting Gumba and Rellama of qualified human trafficking under Section 4(a), in relation to Section 6(a), of Republic Act No. (RA) 9208 (Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003), as amended by RA 10364 (Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2012).

In sustaining the lower courts’ conviction of Gumba and Rellama, the Supreme Court held that their commission of qualified human trafficking, specifically the trafficking of children for the purpose of prostitution, as defined under Section 4(a), in relation to 6(a), of RA 9208, as amended, was established by the prosecution.

The Court also upheld the validity of the entrapment operation, applying both the subjective and objective tests.

In addition to the penalties of life imprisonment and fine, the Court ordered Gumba and Rellama to pay victims AAA and BBB PhP500,000.00 each in moral damages, and PhP100,000.00 each in exemplary damages, both sums with legal interest of six percent (6%) per annum from the finality of this Decision until fully paid.

Read more at https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/sc-sentences-two-human-traffickers-to-life-imprisonment-for-prostituting-minors/.

20/09/2023

SC Imposes Jail Sentence, P1 Million Fine on Illegal Recruiter |

The Supreme Court has affirmed the conviction of a man for illegal recruitment and estafa, ordering his imprisonment and the payment of a PhP1,000,000 fine for duping another into giving him money and vehicle as payment for the processing of a non-existent work in Australia.

In an 18-page Decision penned by Justice Jhosep Y. Lopez, the Court’s Second Division affirmed with modifications the Court of Appeals (CA) Decision and Resolution which had sustained in toto the ruling of the La Trinidad, Benguet Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 8 that convicted Lee Saking y Anniban alias Lee Saking Sanniban.

The Court found Saking guilty beyond reasonable doubt of illegal recruitment defined and penalized under Sections 6 and 7 of Republic Act No. 8042 (RA 8042), or the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995, as amended by RA 10022, and of estafa defined and penalized under Article 315, paragraph 2(a) of the Revised Penal Code (RPC), as amended by RA No. 10951.

Read more at https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/sc-imposes-jail-sentence-p1-million-fine-on-illegal-recruiter/. Read the Decision in full at https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/257805-lee-saking-y-anniban-lee-saking-sanniban-vs-people-of-the-philippines/.

05/09/2023

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