A Filipina wanted in connection with murder in her homeland will remain in Bermuda pending the outcomes of legal applications.

Maria Theresa Jeremias Requerme, 27, is understood to have been in Bermuda since last December and appeared before the island’s Magistrates’ Court in August, days after the Department of Public Prosecutions received a request from the Philippines government for her provisional arrest.

Ms Requerme and others were allegedly involved in the killing of Mauricio Ramirez Pulhin in Quezon City on June 15, 2025 and the Philippine court issued a warrant for her arrest on September 24 last year.

Ms Requerme did not consent to being extradited to the Philippines and an extradition hearing was initially scheduled to take place last week.

However, the DPP confirmed yesterday that her lawyers had submitted a Writ of Habeas Corpus — which allows people detained by the Government to challenge their detention — in the Supreme Court, as well as a leave for judicial review.

Paula Tyndale, DPP deputy director, said the proceedings have been temporarily stayed in Magistrates’ Court pending the outcomes of these two applications.

Ms Requerme’s bail application will be heard in the Supreme Court today.

Cindy Clarke, the Director of Public Prosecutions, said in August: “The fact that a person is sought for extradition does not establish guilt, and it is important that the legal process is permitted to proceed without speculation or commentary which could prejudice either the proceedings in Bermuda or the criminal proceedings in the Philippines.”

The Quezon City Police District confirmed last October that two other people were arrested in connection with Mr Pulhin’s killing, while warrants were issued for other suspects, one of whom has since been arrested.

Mr Pulhin worked for the Philippines House of Representatives.

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