Philippines – The Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC) dismissed government examiners’ solicitation to reprimand imprisoned resistance pioneer Leila de Lima and her legal advisor, and said the media proclamations being referred to are simple reverberations of the declarations of the observers. In view of this, Branch 206 Judge Gener Gito excused the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) appeal for scorn against …

Starting Friday in the midst of the Luzon-wide extended community quarantine due to the COVID-19 threat, a 24-hour curfew was imposed on Muntinlupa City. Residents would not be permitted outside their homes under Ordinance 2020-074 except with some exemptions. Those found violating the curfew for the first offense will have the violation recorded in a blotter and their benefits such …