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(Eagle News) — Senator Franklin Drilon on Tuesday, Aug. 28, expressed support for Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio replacing Teresita Leonardo-De Castro once she retires as Chief Justice in October. In the first place, he said based on his understanding, “the President did not close the door to future nominations of Carpio as next Chief Justice.” “In fact, the President’s statement that seniority is his major and principal consideration in appointing individuals to the […]
(Eagle News) — The House of Representatives on Tuesday, Aug. 28, approved on second reading a measure seeking to increase the paid maternity leaves of workers in the private and public sectors to 100. House Bill 4113 was approved via viva voce voting. It needs to be approved on third reading before it is subjected to scrutiny in a bicameral conference committee. Last year, the Senate approved Senate Bill 1305 that aims to provide female workers 120-day […]
(Eagle News) — The new Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo de Castro started her first day as head of the Supreme Court assuring the public of the judiciary’s independence, and urging everybody, especially her critics, to “move on” for the good of the whole judiciary. “I think we should all move on and work together for the good of our judiciary. Let’s put the past behind us,” she said in her first press briefing as […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Franklin Drilon on Tuesday, Aug. 28, urged newly-appointed Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro to inhibit herself from “politically charged cases” brought before the Supreme Court. In a statement, he said this was “to uphold the integrity of the decision that the Supreme Court may make during her short tenure.” “All questions, issues, and doubts surrounding (her) appointment…, particularly with regard to her impartiality, can only be addressed if the newly-appointed chief […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has made new appointments in the National Youth Commission and the Energy Regulatory Commission. Duterte signed the appointment of Ronald Gian Cardema as chair of the NYC on Aug. 23. He also appointed lawyer Alexis Lumbatan as ERC member. Lumbatan replaces Gloria Victoria Taruc, who retired on July 10. Lumbatan’s term will end in July 2025.
(Eagle News)—-The Supreme Court is holding today, Tuesday, Aug. 28, oral arguments on the Philippines’ planned withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. Two petitions against the planned withdrawal were filed separately—one by opposition senators Kiko Pangilinan, Franklin Drilon, Bam Aquino, Leila de Lima, Risa Hontiveros and Antonio Trillanes IV; and the other by the Philippine Coalition for the International Criminal Court led by former Commission on Human Rights chair Etta Rosales. Earlier, the SC denied […]
Palace unfazed; says the communication “does not mean anything” (Eagle News) — Relatives of drug suspects killed in police operations have filed a communication against President Rodrigo Duterte before the International Criminal Court. In filing the communication before the ICC on Tuesday, Aug. 28, Rise Up for Life and Rights, which includes critics of Duterte’s drug war, said the President violated Article 7 of the Rome Statute for “widespread and systematic attacks in the form […]
(Eagle News)–Supreme Court Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro on Tuesday, Aug. 28, took her oath as the country’s new Chief Justice. SC administrator Midas Marquez confirmed De Castro , who arrived in the SC around 8 a.m., took her oath in front of the Supreme Court en banc led by Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio. After the oath-taking, De Castro presided over the en banc session. She is also expected to preside over the oral […]
(Eagle News)–Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano on Tuesday, Aug. 28, said he did not need to go to Israel to prove the chief executive was healthy. Alejano made the statement in response to a statement by Special Assistant to the President Bong Go that he do the same following the congressman’s remark the President would go to Israel for health reasons. Duterte denied this, saying he only wanted to visit the Overseas Filipino Workers there in […]
(Eagle News) — Mariing itinanggi ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na pagpapagamot ang layunin ng kanyang biyahe sa bansang Israel at Jordan. Sinabi ng Pangulo na may kinalaman sa kapakanan ng mga Overseas Filipino Worker (OFWs) ang sa Israel at Jordan ang kanyang pagbisita sa Israel at Jordan na magsisimula sa September 2 hanggang September 5. Environment Sec. Cimatu, may gagawing misyon sa Israel at Jordan Ayon sa Pangulo, bibigyan niya ng dagdag na trabaho si […]
(Eagle News)–Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison on Monday, Aug. 28, alleged President Rodrigo Duterte was the “number one enemy of his own state,” accusing him of “deceptive and murderous methods of Oplan Tokhang in Oplan Kapayapaan,” among others. According to Sison, Duterte has “turned the police and military into his private criminal instruments” as they act “like death squads” who are “emboldened to fulfill their kill quotas because of presidential guarantees of impunity […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, Aug. 27, lauded the heroic acts of ordinary Filipinos, urging the others to “emulate” the “selflessness” of the country’s “forefathers” and to “live up to their example as we go about our daily lives.” Speaking at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Taguig, Duterte cited the soldiers who sacrificed their lives to help secure peace in Marawi last year, the police officers who perform their duties to […]
