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Kristine Joy Patag
Kristine Joy Patag

Kristine Joy Patag is a deputy news editor for Philstar.com and has been covering the justice beat since 2016. She has been a reporter for Philstar.com since 2017 and sometimes writes about pop culture. She is part of the Philippine Fact-check Incubator, an Internews initiative to build the fact-checking capacity of news organizations in the Philippines and encourage participation in global fact-checking efforts.

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Badoy-Partosa, SMNI co-host face P2.15-M civil suit over red-tagging
by Kristine Joy Patag - July 19, 2023 - 2:59pm
Human rights organizations, including the UN human rights office and the Commission on Human Rights, have warned that the practice of equating dissent with rebellion and terrorism puts targets at risk of harassment...
Teves moves for dismissal of criminal raps over Degamo assasination
by Kristine Joy Patag - July 17, 2023 - 4:52pm
Suspended Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. (Negros Oriental) has asked the Department of Justice to dismiss the murder complaint filed against him over the brazen assassination of Gov. Roel Degamo.
De Lima's last pending case re-raffled off to new Muntinlupa judge
by Kristine Joy Patag - July 12, 2023 - 3:07pm
The last pending drug case against former Sen. Leila De Lima has been raffled off to a new court in Muntinlupa, after two judges inhibited from the proceedings in past weeks.
SC orders PAO chief to explain tirades against new lawyers' code of conduct
by Kristine Joy Patag - July 12, 2023 - 11:21am
The high court has also noted Acosta’s “unabated public tirades against Canon III, Section 22 through social and mainstream media, branding the adoption of the CPRA as unconstitutional, and an undue interference...
DOJ to file case vs Dera, NBI personnel over trips outside detention facility
by Kristine Joy Patag - July 11, 2023 - 2:37pm
The Department of Justice is filing criminal charges against National Bureau of Investigation detainee Jad Dera and other personnel of the bureau over the high-profile drug suspect’s trips outside his detention...
Another judge inhibits from De Lima’s last drug case
by Kristine Joy Patag - July 6, 2023 - 4:52pm
Another trial court judge has inhibited from handling the third drug case against former Sen. Leila De Lima, which may cause a delay in the proceedings in her remaining drug charge.
Remulla returns from wellness leave next week amid high-profile DOJ probes
by Kristine Joy Patag - July 6, 2023 - 12:57pm
Remulla added that he is “meeting the leadership on Monday morning after the flag ceremony,” referring to department undersecretaries and assistant secretaries. This is to discuss directions and orders,...
Prosecution asks new judge handling De Lima's last drug case to inhibit
by Kristine Joy Patag - July 6, 2023 - 11:14am
State prosecutors have asked the Muntinlupa court judge handling the recently re-raffled drug case against former Sen. Leila de Lima—her last pending charge—to inhibit himself.
In acquittal ruling, SC scolds law enforcers and prosecutors for fumbling drug law rules
by Kristine Joy Patag - July 4, 2023 - 11:06am
In acquitting two accused in a one-billion-worth shabu case, the Supreme Court has reprimanded law enforcers and the prosecution for failing to handle evidence and trial against five Chinese nationals and one Filipino,...
8 Bilibid inmates plead guilty as accomplices, accessories to killing of middleman in Percy Lapid case
by Kristine Joy Patag - June 29, 2023 - 1:06pm
Eight New Bilibid Prison inmates have pleaded guilty to a lesser degree of involvement in the killing of Jun Villamor, the alleged middleman in the high-profile murder of broadcaster Percival Mabasa, more popularly...
Prosecution panel denies Teves motion to inhibit from Degamo slay probe — lawyer
by Kristine Joy Patag - June 27, 2023 - 4:58pm
The prosecution panel has denied the motion to inhibit asking them to recuse from handling the preliminary investigation into murder complaints filed against suspended Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. (Negros Oriental) over...
Marcos Jr. appoints new chief for jail bureau
by Kristine Joy Patag - June 27, 2023 - 10:32am
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has appointed Jail Director Ruel Rivera as the 10th chief of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology.
NBI told to comment on habeas corpus plea for Marvin Miranda, alleged conspirator in Degamo slay
by Kristine Joy Patag - June 22, 2023 - 3:51pm
The Supreme Court has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to comment on the plea questioning the detention of Marvin Miranda, tagged as one of the masterminds in the brazen assassination of Negros Oriental...
Teves wants DOJ to inhibit, Ombudsman to handle Degamo slay preliminary probe
by Kristine Joy Patag - June 22, 2023 - 12:58pm
Suspended Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. (Negros Oriental) has sought the inhibition of the Department of Justice and prosecution panel handling the criminal complaints filed against him over the brazen assassination of...
Cordillera activists seek protection writ from SC over red-tagging
by Kristine Joy Patag - June 19, 2023 - 1:12pm
Cordillera activists have run to the Supreme Court to seek the issuance of a protection writ against perceived danger on their lives, liberty and security that stem from red-tagging of some government agencies such...
Disappointed over denied bail, UN experts urge Leila release
by Kristine Joy Patag - June 18, 2023 - 12:00am
United Nations experts renewed their call for the immediate release of former Sen. Leila de Lima, expressing "grave disappointment" after a court denied her petition for bail.
Court ordered to decide on De Lima's remaining drug case within 9 months
by Kristine Joy Patag - June 8, 2023 - 4:14pm
The memorandum ordered the court to decide on the case “within the period provided under OCA Circular No. 83-2023, specifically within nine months, considering that the instant case has been pending for six...
De Lima lawyers to ask court to reconsider dismissal of bail petition
by Kristine Joy Patag - June 8, 2023 - 10:41am
“We are hoping that in our [motion for reconsideration], the court will see our position that testimonies of convicted criminals, especially when they bear anger at the accused, are never acceptable or credible,”...
Court junks de Lima's petition for bail in last drug case
by Kristine Joy Patag - June 7, 2023 - 4:37pm
This is the third drug case De Lima is facing. She was already acquitted in the first case, while the second is set for promulgation on May 12.
Falsification of documents raps filed over oil tanker that sank off Oriental Mindoro
by Kristine Joy Patag - June 6, 2023 - 5:58pm
Complaints over the sunken tanker off the waters of Oriental Mindoro that leaked oil have finally been filed before the Department of Justice on Tuesday, more than three months since the incident.
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