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(Eagle News) — Supreme Court Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin said there is no need for foreign interference in the country’s internal affairs, including the judicial determination of alleged human rights abuses in the Philippine government’s drug war. In a chance interview with reporters on Friday (July19), Bersamin said that on the issue of the Iceland resolution being approved by 18 countries of the 47-member United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), this seemed like a […]
(Eagle News)–The son of Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin and his wife have decided to drop the charges against a fishball vendor who allegedly threatened them on Saturday, March 9. Dr. Lucas Bersamin Jr. and wife Bianca will no longer file the charges for unjust vexation against Conrado Bingco. Bingco allegedly threatened the younger Bersamin at the heat of an argument that ensued after the fishball vendor supposedly catcalled the doctor’s wife in Barangay Belair, Makati. […]
(Eagle News)—A street vendor was arrested on Saturday, March 10, after he allegedly hurled threats against the son of Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin and his wife. The police said Conrado Bingco was arrested after he threatened Lucas Bersamin Jr, 37, and his wife, Bianca, who had called him out for catcalling her as she was walking along Malugay Street, Barangay Bel-Air, Makati City, around 4 p.m. Bingco, who reportedly also told the Bersamins he had a […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte administered the oath of office for newly appointed Supreme Court Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin on Tuesday, December 4, along with two other Court of Appeals Justices whom he had appointed to the high court. Chief Justice Bersamin, who was appointed to replace former Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro, was accompanied by his family at the Heroes Hall during the ceremony. Bersamin was appointed as the country’s top magistrate […]
(Eagle News) — Supreme Court administrator Midas Marquez has been named spokesperson of the High Court anew. Newly appointed Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin said that while he was “still looking for somebody whom I would like to sit in that position,” Marquez, who is vying for an associate justice post in the SC, can hold the post at present as the Chief Justice has known him for quite some time already. “I think he can help me […]
(Eagle News) – Newly appointed Supreme Court Chief Justice Lucas P. Bersamin started his first press briefing with a request to the media and to the public for understanding, asking for a few more days so that he could complete his written detaileds plans as head of the Supreme Court. His appointment as head of the highest court of the land, surprised him, he said. In his first press briefing, minutes after he took […]
CA associate justice Carandang named the new High Court associate justice By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Supreme Court Associate Justice Lucas Bersamin is the new Chief Justice. President Rodrigo Duterte handpicked Bersamin from a Judicial and Bar Council shortlist that included Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio, and Associate Justices Diosdado Peralta, Estela Perlas-Bernabe, and Andres Reyes Jr. Although Carpio, 68, is the most senior magistrate in the High Court, the 69-year-old Bersamin is the most […]
(Eagle News) — The Judicial and Bar Council on Friday, Nov. 23, released its short list of nominees for the post of Chief Justice for transmittal to the President. The short list includes Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, and Associate Justices Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin, Estela Perlas-Bernabe and Andres Reyes. All nominees were interviewed by the JBC behind closed doors. After the interviews, Carpio, Peralta, Bersamin and Bernabe got six votes; while Reyes got five. […]
by Chris LEFKOW and Sebastian SMITH Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump entered an extraordinary row Wednesday with the chief justice of the Supreme Court, claiming “shocking” bias against his policies in parts of the judiciary. He singled out the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, whose jurisdiction includes left-leaning California, tweeting that its rulings “are making our country unsafe! Very dangerous and unwise!” Earlier, Chief Justice John Roberts, […]
(Eagle News) — The Judicial and Bar Council has shortlisted seven Court of Appeals justices for the position of Supreme Court Chief Justice. Included in the shortlist were Justices Manuel Mejorada Barrios, Apolinario Dado Bruselas, Edgardo Lao Delos Santos, Japar Babay Dimaampao, Ramon Del Rosario Garcia, Amy Carillo Lazaro-Javier and Rosmari Declaro Carandang. All of them garnered six votes, except for Carandang, who got five. Based on the Constitution, President Rodrigo Duterte will choose from the […]
(Eagle News)—The Judicial and Bar Council has released the names shortlisted for the position of Chief Justice. Included in the shortlist were Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio and Associate Justices Estela Perlas-Bernabe, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin and Andres Reyes Jr. The shortlist will undergo scrutiny on Friday. Those shortlisted are vying for the position left vacant by Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo de Castro, who retired in October.
(Eagle News) — Senior Associate Justice Antonio T. Carpio has accepted his automatic nomination for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. This was confirmed by Atty. Maria Teresa Sibulo, head of Carpio’s judicial staff. Carpio, the most senior member of the high court, had previously declined the nomination for Chief Justice after the ouster of Maria Lourdes Sereno. Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo De Castro was appointed Chief Justice by President Rodrigo Duterte after Sereno […]
