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Malacañang on Friday assured the relatives and supporters of Mary Jane Veloso that their clemency plea will be relayed to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
MANILA, Philippines – The family and supporters of Mary Jane Veloso, the Filipina worker formerly on Indonesia’s death row, on Friday, July 4, reiterated their appeal for President Ferdinand ...
HOME AT LAST. Migrant worker Mary Jane Veloso poses for photographers at the Correctional Institution for Women in Mandaluyong City where she was taken right after arrival from Indonesia on Wednesday ...
The road to Mary Jane Veloso’s absolute freedom remains “quiet” and “uncertain” but hopes are still high that she would be granted clemency.
Her return culminates an arduous legal battle for the Philippine government started by the late President Benigno Aquino III, who saved Veloso from imminent death in 2015, and continued by President ...
An international group of lawyers is urging President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to grant absolute pardon to overseas worker Mary Jane Veloso.
The efforts of Olalia and his colleagues at the National Union of People’s Lawyers, who serve as migrant and human rights advocates in Indonesia and the Philippines, along with late Filipino President ...
Mary Jane Veloso must be set free because the drug charges leveled against her in Indonesia do not apply in the Philippines, a lawyer said.
Granting clemency to Mary Jane Veloso, who returned to the Philippines still needs to be studied by legal experts, President Marcos said.
The recent return of Mary Jane Veloso from Indonesia reignited discussions about the pivotal role played by former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III in her case. Veloso, who faced execution for ...
The DOJ said it sees no issue in granting clemency to Mary Jane Veloso, who spent almost 15 years on death row in Indonesia.
I recall the events of April 25 to 28, 2015, that brought me to Kuala Lumpur, then to Langkawi, Malaysia for the first of two ASEAN summit meetings that year, as then President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino ...