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 ...

MANILA, Philippines (Updated September 11, 10:56 a.m.) — Newly installed Senate President Tito Sotto turned down Sen. Rodante Marcoleta’s request to put the Discaya couple in the Witness Protection ...

MANILA, Philippines — The ongoing issue of flood control projects in the country may result in numerous prosecutions due to the magnitude of the funds involved. On Wednesday, September 24, Justice ...

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 entered when she was 7 years old and wishes it had never happened. — -- Jackee Taylor still remembers when her mother woke her up in the middle of the night and U.S. Marshals were ...

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 ...

The state had a responsibility to protect Marius “Vlam” van der Merwe, who testified under the alias Witness D at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry into police impropriety, before he was fatally shot ...

(UPDATE) A HEATED argument ensued between Sen. Rodante Marcoleta and Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla on Tuesday at the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee over whether restitution should be required ...

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 ...

EXCLUSIVE: Pete Earley and Gerald Shur’s nonfiction book WitSec: Inside the Federal Witness Protection Program is being developed for TV at HBO, from Peter Chernin’s Chernin Entertainment. Justin ...