MANILA, Philippines – A new judge from the Quezon City-Regional Trial Court (QC-RTC) has been named to handle the criminal cases in connection with the use of the Dengvaxia vaccine, prompting the resumption of the hearing this September.
In a one-page order, a copy of which was obtained by The Manila Times, Judge Michael Ken De Jesus, of Branch 102, a family court, set the hearing at 8:30 a.m on Sept. 16, 2025.
While setting the schedule of the trial involving 35 Dengvaxia criminal cases, De Jesus in the same order said he was currently conducting an inventory of the cases.
New judge to handle Dengvaxia cases named; hearing set, This news data comes from:http://hqjcllo.052298.com
Before De Jesus, Judge Cecilyn Burgos-Villavert, of the same branch, was the judge in the case. It was, however, not known immediately why a new judge was named in her place.
Former Department of Health secretary and now Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin is the principal accused in the reckless imprudence resulting in homicide case filed by parents and relatives of over a hundred schoolchildren whose "untimely" deaths were linked to the vaccine.
- Construction managers, developers back Housing chief's anti-corruption advocacy
- Drones take on Everest's garbage
- Pagasa sees two to four tropical cyclones hitting Philippines in September
- Putin lands in Tianjin for summit hosted by China
- UN watchdog finds uranium traces at suspected Syrian former nuclear site
- DPWH fires Bulacan engineers, blacklists contractors over anomalous projects
- COA launches sweeping audit of flood control projects
- Humanoid robots showcase skills at Ancient Olympia. But they're on a long road to catch up to AI
- Palace suspends govt work, classes in several areas due to bad weather
- Chery Tiggo survives Creamline in cardiac five-setter in PVL Invitationals
