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A counsel for Vice President Sara Duterte insisted that the grave threats case filed against her by the Department of Justice should be dismissed.

The government has yet to decide on the request to extradite accused sex offender Apollo Quiboloy as the Department of Justice is still examining documents transmitted by the US government, Malacañang said yesterday.

Malacañang said the Department of Justice is still reviewing related documents.

TikTok has agreed to pay $400 million to settle a lawsuit with the US Department of Justice over claims that the video-sharing platform violated federal children's privacy laws, the department announced on Friday.

MANILA, Philippines — A Quezon City court has convicted seven people for kidnapping a 78-year-old Filipino-Chinese woman whose family paid P8.1 million in ransom for her release in 2025, the Department of Justice said yesterday. According to the DOJ, the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 225 found the accused guilty of kidnapping for ransom. They were sentenced to life in prison, without eligibility for parole. In a June 30 decision, the court ordered each accused to pay the complainant civil, moral and exemplary damages. The kidnappers had demanded P500 million for the victim’s release, but it was reduced to P8.1 million after negotiations. Despite payment of ransom on Sept. 7, 2025, the kidnappers held the victim captive until she was rescued by the police Anti-Kidnapping Group four days later. Four others were acquitted by the court after “their guilt was not established beyond reasonable doubt.” Court records showed that the woman was kidnapped at the corner of Biak na Bato and N.S. Amoranto streets in Quezon City on Sept. 2, 2025. She was brought to Bacoor City in Cavite and in Batangas. The DOJ did not disclose the names of the accused. No reason was given for not identifying the convicted kidnappers.