Department Of Justice Philippines (disambiguation)

• Department of Justice (Philippines)

  Also: DOJ (common abbreviation), Kagawaran ng Katarungan (Filipino name), Justice Department (media shorthand)

  The Department of Justice (DOJ) is the principal law agency and legal counsel of the Philippine government, responsible for the prosecution of crimes, administration of…

• Agrarian Reform in the Philippines

  Also: Land reform in the Philippines, Land-to-the-tiller program (the 1963 Code's popular slogan), CARP (Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program, from 1988)

  Agrarian reform in the Philippines is the century-long body of law and policy by which the Philippine state has tried to break up concentrated ownership…

• Senate of the Philippines v. Ermita

  Senate of the Philippines v. Ermita, G.R. No. 169777 (April 20, 2006), is the en banc decision of the Supreme Court of the Philippines that…

• Office of the Solicitor General (Philippines)

  Also: OSG (common abbreviation), Solicitor General of the Philippines (title of the office head, also used for the office), Tanggapan ng Solisitor Heneral (Filipino rendering)

  The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) is the legal counsel and representative of the Government of the Philippines in litigation, primarily before the Supreme…

• Office of the Ombudsman (Philippines)

  Also: Tanodbayan (Filipino title), Ombudsman of the Philippines, Office of the Special Prosecutor (its litigation arm, often referenced in cases)

  The Office of the Ombudsman (Filipino: Tanodbayan) is an independent constitutional body of the Philippines mandated to investigate and prosecute government officials and employees accused…

• Bureau of Immigration (Philippines)

  Also: BI (common abbreviation), Kawanihan ng Imigrasyon (Filipino name), Philippine Bureau of Immigration

  The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is the Philippine government agency primarily responsible for regulating the entry, stay, and departure of foreign nationals, administering immigration and…

• Ombudsman of the Philippines

  The Ombudsman of the Philippines, formally the Office of the Ombudsman (Filipino: Tanggapan ng Tanodbayan), is an independent constitutional body created under the 1987 Constitution…

• Civil Aeronautics Board (Philippines)

  Also: CAB, Board of Air Transportation (earlier name)

  The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) is the quasi-judicial agency of the Philippine government attached to the Department of Transportation that regulates the economic side of…

• Pork Barrel Scam (Philippines)

  Also: PDAF scam, Napoles pork barrel scandal

  The Pork Barrel Scam is the billion-peso corruption scandal exposed in 2013 linking businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles and dozens of legislators to the misuse of…

• Revised Penal Code of the Philippines

  The Revised Penal Code (RPC), enacted as Act No. 3815 in 1930, is the principal body of general penal law of the Philippines. It defines…

• People of the Philippines v. Santos, Ressa and Rappler

  Also: The Maria Ressa cyberlibel case, The Rappler cyberlibel case, The Keng case — after private complainant Wilfredo Keng

  People of the Philippines v. Santos, Ressa and Rappler (Criminal Case No. R-MNL-19-01141-CR, Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 46) is the cyberlibel prosecution arising…

• Flag and Heraldic Code of the Philippines

  Also: Republic Act No. 8491, RA 8491, The Flag Code

  The Flag and Heraldic Code of the Philippines is the short title of Republic Act No. 8491, officially "An Act Prescribing the Code of the…

• President of the Philippines

  Also: Pangulo ng Pilipinas — the Filipino designation, Presidente ng Pilipinas — the Filipino styling in common use, Malacañang — the common metonym, after the palace that houses the office

  The President of the Philippines (Filipino: Pangulo ng Pilipinas) is the head of state and head of government of the Philippines — the single elected…

• Development Academy of the Philippines

  Also: DAP, Development Academy, The Academy (in its own decree and corporate documents)

  The Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) is a Philippine government-owned and controlled corporation that serves as a graduate school and development-management institution — conducting…

• Commission on Human Rights (Philippines)

  Also: CHR — the standard Philippine abbreviation, Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines — the international-style styling, The constitutional Commission on Human Rights — the usage distinguishing it from the United Nations commission of the same 1946–2006 name

  The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is the independent constitutional office that the 1987 Constitution ordains in Article XIII, Section 17 — "There is hereby…

• Office of the President of the Philippines

  Also: Tanggapan ng Pangulo ng Pilipinas — the Filipino designation, OP — the standard abbreviation in Philippine government usage, Malacañang — the common metonym for the office and the presidency itself

  The Office of the President of the Philippines (Filipino: Tanggapan ng Pangulo ng Pilipinas) is the administrative, advisory, and consultative organization that serves the President…

• Integrated Bar of the Philippines

  Also: IBP — the standard initialism, The Integrated Bar — the common short designation, The official organization of Philippine lawyers — the descriptive designation used by the organization itself

  The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) is the official organization of all Filipino lawyers — the mandatory national bar into which every attorney on…

• José Abad Santos (chief justice)

  Also: José Abad Santos, Chief Justice José Abad Santos — the styling of his final office, José Abad Santos y Basa — full name

  José Abad Santos (José Abad Santos y Basa; February 19, 1886, San Fernando, Pampanga – May 1, 1942, Malabang, Lanao) was a Filipino lawyer and…

• Department of Justice

  Also: DOJ — the standard initialism, Kagawaran ng Katarungan — the Filipino name, Ministry of Justice — the designation during the 1973 Constitution era (1973–1987)

  The Department of Justice (DOJ) (Filipino: Kagawaran ng Katarungan) is the executive department of the Philippine government that serves as the state's principal law agency…

• Commonwealth of the Philippines

  Also: Philippine Commonwealth — the common English styling of the 1935–1946 government, Komonwelt ng Pilipinas — the Filipino form of the name, The Commonwealth — the standard short form in Philippine historical writing

  The Commonwealth of the Philippines was the ten-year transitional government that administered the Philippines from its inauguration on November 15, 1935 until the recognition of…

• Smuggling in the Philippines

  Also: Outright smuggling (entry of goods without documents or clearance), Technical smuggling (undervaluation, misclassification, misdeclaration), Customs fraud

  Smuggling in the Philippines is the fraudulent introduction of goods into the country outside or against customs law — a phenomenon Philippine statute distinguishes into…

• Top Gear Philippines

  Also: TGP, TopGear.com.ph (digital edition), Top Gear PH

  Top Gear Philippines (TGP) is the Philippine edition of the BBC's Top Gear motoring media brand, launched by Summit Media as a print magazine in…

• Flood Control Projects Scandal in the Philippines

  Also: Flood control corruption scandal, Philippines Under Water Senate probe (the Senate Blue Ribbon investigation's name), 2025 Philippine flood control scandal

  The Flood Control Projects Scandal in the Philippines is a corruption controversy concerning billions of pesos in government funding for flood control projects, involving allegations…

• Department of Finance (Philippines)

  Also: Department of Finance, DOF — the standard initialism, Department of Finance and Justice — the combined designation under the Philippine Commission from 1901 to 1916

  The Department of Finance (DOF) is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the country's fiscal policy, revenue generation, and the management of…

• Labor Code of the Philippines

  Also: PD 442, Presidential Decree No. 442, Labor Code

  The Labor Code of the Philippines is the principal statute governing employment practices and labor relations in the Philippines, enacted as Presidential Decree No. 442,…

• Congress of the Philippines

  Also: Philippine Congress, Kongreso ng Pilipinas — the Filipino styling in official usage, The Legislative Branch — the Constitution's designation of the department

  The Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Kongreso ng Pilipinas) is the national legislature of the Philippines, the bicameral body established by Article VI of the…

• Department of Environment and Natural Resources (Philippines)

  Also: DENR, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Kagawaran ng Kapaligiran at Likas na Yaman (Filipino)

  The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is the principal environment-and-natural-resources agency of the Philippine national government. It is the executive department of the…

• Court of Agrarian Relations

  Also: CAR — the standard abbreviation of the era's decisions and literature, The agrarian court — the descriptive styling of the tenancy cases, Courts of Agrarian Relations — Batas Pambansa Blg. 129's plural styling for the regional courts of the system

  The Court of Agrarian Relations was the Philippines' special court for agrarian disputes — the judicial machinery of the land-reform statutes from the 1950s tenancy…

• Senate v. Ermita

  Also: Senate of the Philippines v. Eduardo R. Ermita, G.R. No. 169777 — lead docket of the consolidated petitions, Senate of the Philippines v. Ermita, 488 SCRA 1 (2006) — the Reports citation carried in Neri v. Senate

  Senate v. Ermita — Senate of the Philippines, et al. v. Eduardo R. Ermita, etc., G.R. No. 169777, decided En Banc on April 20, 2006…

• Araullo v. Aquino

  Also: The DAP case — the standard shorthand in commentary, Araullo v. Aquino III — the styling of the LawPhil caption, G.R. No. 209287 (with consolidated G.R. Nos. 209135–209569)

  Araullo v. Aquino (G.R. No. 209287, decided July 1, 2014, en banc) is the decision of the Supreme Court of the Philippines that tested the…

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