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Website. www .doj .gov .ph. The Department of Justice ( Filipino: Kagawaran ng Katarungan, abbreviated as DOJ) is under the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for upholding the rule of law in the Philippines. It is the government's principal law agency, serving as its legal counsel and prosecution arm. [2]
Secretary of Justice (Philippines) The secretary of justice ( Filipino: kalihim ng katarungan) is the head of the Department of Justice and is a member of the president's Cabinet. [1] The current secretary is Jesus Crispin Remulla, who assumed office on June 30, 2022.
The National Prosecution Service is the official prosecutorial agency of the Philippines. Although it is an official prosecutorial agency, it is not autonomous from the Department of Justice unlike its counterparts such as the Philippine National Police, National Bureau of Investigation, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, National Intelligence ...
The National Bureau of Investigation ( Filipino: Pambansang Kawanihan ng Pagsisiyasat, abbreviated as NBI) [2] is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Justice, responsible for handling and solving major high-profile cases that are in the interest of the nation. The NBI was modelled after the United States' Federal ...
The Judiciary is a co-equal branch of Government to the Executive and the Legislature. [30] Under the 1987 constitution, Judicial terms of office are out of sync with other offices such as the President of the Philippines, to promote independence. The President appoints individuals to the judiciary.
Department of Justice. Website. www.osg.gov.ph. The Office of the Solicitor General of the Philippines ( Filipino: Tanggapan ng Taga-usig Panlahat ), formerly known as the Bureau of Justice, is an independent and autonomous office attached to the Department of Justice. The OSG is headed by Menardo Guevarra . The Office of the Solicitor General ...
The Supreme Court (Filipino: Kataas-taasang Hukuman; colloquially referred to as the Korte Suprema (also used in formal writing), is the highest court in the Philippines.The Supreme Court was established by the Second Philippine Commission on June 11, 1901 through the enactment of its Act No. 136, an Act which abolished the Real Audiencia de Manila, the predecessor of the Supreme Court.
Leila Norma Eulalia Josefa Magistrado de Lima (born August 27, 1959) is a Filipina politician, lawyer, human rights activist and law professor who previously served as a Senator of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022.