MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Navy has denied that Orly Guteza — a retired Marine sergeant who appeared as a surprise witness before the Senate blue ribbon committee last month — is under the ...

MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson traded barbs with his predecessor in the Senate Blue Ribbon committee, Rodante Marcoleta, accusing the latter of trying to protect ...

MANILA, Philippines -- Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla confirmed on Sept. 24, 2025 that former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) officials Henry Alcantara, Brice Hernandez, and ...

MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Vicente Sotto III refused to sign the request of Sen. Rodante Marcoleta to place Curlee and Sara Discaya under the Witness Protection Program (WPP). Marcoleta ...

Jackee Taylor was 7 years old when she entered the Witness Protection Program in 1981, and she has remained in it for over 40 years. Her father, Clarence "Butch" Crouch, was a member of the Cleveland ...

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Jackee Taylor has been in the US Witness Protection Program since she was 7. Now 51, Taylor is opening up about how difficult her life has been because of the program. She didn't ask to be a part of ...

More than 7,500 witnesses and their families have been relocated over the years. Oct. 26, 2007 — -- Wearing glasses and a mock turtleneck, his temples graying, Carmine Sessa looked more like a ...

Developed by Justice Department employee Gerald Shur and beginning in 1971, the Federal Witness Protection Program—or Witness Security Program (WITSEC)—has provided safe harbor for over 18,000 federal ...

In Lewiston, Maine, a man who called himself Abraham helped his neighbors with the trash and rode dirt bikes with his friend. His old life in New York City got him killed. By Ali Watkins The plea by a ...

THE Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday said at least three or four witnesses in the crimes against humanity case filed before former President Rodrigo Duterte have so far been referred to by the ...