1st autopsy failed to pass forensic standards?

CEBU CITY — Experts of various agencies are working together to examine the body of Alona Bacolod-Ecleo, wife of parricide suspect and cult leader Ruben Ecleo Jr., after it was exhumed yesterday at the Cebu South Memorial Garden in Talisay City.

CEBU CITY -- Three years after she was buried, the body of Alona Bacolod-Ecleo will be dug up to settle questions on her identity, as the trial on her husband's parricide case continues.

CEBU CITY — Saying that it has already presented enough witnesses to prove its case against parricide suspect and cult leader Ruben Ecleo Jr., the newly constituted prosecution panel decided the other day to forgo the presentation of its last witness to the court.

Three prosecutors from the Department of Justice (DOJ) got “plain mad” after three men implicated in the death of lawyer Arbet Sta. Ana-Yongco failed to submit their evidence in yesterday’s preliminary investigation.

CEBU — The regional trial court (RTC) judge handling the parricide case against cult leader Ruben Ecleo Jr. said the attempts by Ecleo’s followers to bribe her will not force her to inhibit herself from the case.

CEBU CITY — At least three attempts have allegedly been made to bribe the judge handling the parricide case against cult leader Ruben Ecleo Jr.

CEBU CITY, Cebu, Philippines -- A Cebu Regional Trial Court judge yesterday issued a hold departure order against controversial cult leader Ruben Ecleo Jr.

CEBU CITY, Cebu, Philippines -- The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Central Visayas (CIDG 7) has charged three more members of the cult group Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association (PBMA) with involvement in the killing of human rights lawyer Arbet Sta. Ana Yongco.

CEBU CITY , Cebu, Philippines -- Police filed charges on Monday against eight members of the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association (PBMA) of cult leader Ruben Ecleo Jr. allegedly caught carrying high-powered firearms in a checkpoint on Friday.

CEBU CITY, Cebu, Philippines -- Eight members of the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association (PBMA), the cult group headed by Ruben Ecleo Jr., was intercepted in Lapulapu City on Friday night while carrying high-powered firearms on board a van.

CEBU CITY — After the parricide case of Ruben Ecleo Jr. was raffled off to another judge for the sixth time, the cult leader’s lawyer said his client will ask the court to defer further hearing the case until the Supreme Court rules on his motion to transfer the case to Manila.

CEBU CITY — The surviving siblings of the murdered wife of Ruben Ecleo Jr. have brought to court their opposition to a move to transfer the trial of the parricide case against the cult leader.

CEBU CITY — Stung by media criticisms on her "impromptu concert" with the defense lawyer and the prime suspect himself, lawyer Gloria Dalawampu quit as a private prosecutor in the case involving last week’s killing of fellow lawyer Arbet Sta. Ana-Yongco.

Task Force Arbet and a team of 16 lawyers from the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) filed yesterday afternoon a murder case against Michel Favila Sr. and a companion for the death of lawyer Arbet Sta. Ana-Yongco.

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