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(Eagle News) — Supreme Court Associate Justice Teresita de Castro has turned down her nomination for the Ombudsman post. In a letter addressed to acting Chief Justice and Judicial and Bar Council acting chairman Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, De Castro said that while she was “deeply moved and sincerely moved by, and thankful for, Justice Brion’s kind endorsement,” she had to decline as she “wish(es) to continue serving the Supreme Court until (she) reach(es) […]
Takes apparent dig at some SC justices, too (Eagle News) — Detained Senator Leila de Lima on Thursday, April 12, blamed a “shameless” Solicitor General Jose Calida for the “spectacle” in the Supreme Court during oral arguments on the quo warranto petition against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, and appeared to take a dig at some SC justices who she said “seemed to negate their possession of the cold impartiality of an unbiased judge.” “(The spectacle) […]
(EagleENews)– Chief Justice on-leave Maria Lourdes Sereno on Tuesday, April 10, reiterated her position she “consistently” filed her Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth, under heated questioning from Associate Justice Teresita de Castro during quo warranto proceedings against the top magistrate. “I maintain I filed my SALNs,” Sereno said, citing the Doblada doctrine. At one point, De Castro asked Sereno why she did not submit to the Judicial and Bar Council her SALNs “at […]
(Eagle News) — Associate Justice Teresita de Castro denied she rebuked Chief Justice-on leave Maria Lourdes Sereno when the latter reached out to her after she was appointed to the top magistrate post in 2012. During oral arguments on the quo warranto petition on Tuesday, April 10, De Castro, turning emotional, denied ever having the conversation with Sereno in which she was alleged to have told her: “I will never forgive you for accepting the […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 10, junked Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno’s request for five SC justices to inhibit from participating in quo warranto proceedings against her. Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio announced Sereno’s motion against Associate Justices Teresita de Castro, Noel Tijam, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin and Francis Jardeleza were dismissed for “lack of merit.” Sereno had cited the four justices’ alleged bias and animosity toward her in seeking for their […]
(Eagle News)–“I will never forgive you.” Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno said this was what Associate Justice Teresita de Castro told her when she accepted the top magistrate post in 2012. Speaking before an event organized by the Movement Against Tyranny, Sereno said De Castro, her senior who applied for the same position, even told her that “You should not even have applied in the first place.” According to Sereno, when she tried to mend her […]
(Eagle News) — Chief Justice-on leave Maria Lourdes Sereno said she has sought the inhibition of Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo De Castro from the quo warranto case filed against her. Sereno made the revelation in a statement on Friday, April 6, two days after she already filed a motion for inhibition against Associate Justices Noel Tijam, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin and Francis Jardeleza. According to Sereno, in the 30-page motion filed through her lawyers […]
Says CJ act of not consulting with her, the member in charge, also a violation of SC rules (Eagle News) — Associate Justice Teresita de Castro on Wednesday confirmed that Supreme Court Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno did not consult her when she issued a blanket temporary restraining order on the Commission on Elections’ proclamation of party-lists in 2013, an act she said was a violation of court rules. “I am the member in charge. Under […]
(Eagle News) — Speaking for the first time in public, Associate Justice Teresita de Castro said she “welcomes” the opportunity to attend the impeachment hearing held by the House justice panel on Wednesday, as this was the “proper venue” where she can “correct misinformation that has been spread many times during this period.” “I welcome this opportunity because this will be the right time for me to explain to everyone the process we follow in […]
(Eagle News) — Supreme Court Associate Justice Teresita de Castro did not attend the resumption of hearings on the impeachment complaint against SC Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on Monday. But Rep. Rey Umali, chair of the House justice panel hearing the complaint, said she expressed willingness to attend the same should the SC en banc give her the approval to do this. Umali said apart from De Castro, Associate Justice Noel Tijam, SC spokesperson […]
(Eagle News) — The camp of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno said on Sunday that it would be “highly irregular” for Associate Justice Teresita de Castro to take the witness stand, especially against the head of the judiciary.. “Medyo kinikilabutan po ako. Mahirap naman po ata na ‘yung hukom o yung huwes, biglang nagiging testigo,” lawyer Winnie Salumbides, a spokesperson of Sereno, said, adding that it was “unconventional.” Salumbides made the pronouncement following a House […]
