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(Eagle News)–Vice President Leni Robredo has asked the Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, to give her time to file her memorandum in relation to the poll protest filed by former Senator Bongbong Marcos against her. In a five-page urgent motion, Robredo asked the PET to specifically give her the same time given to former Senator Bongbong Marcos who asked for an extension last week to file his comment on the results of […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court on Tuesday, Oct. 15, decided to “severely reprimand and issue a stern warning” to a Manila Times reporter over his 2016 story alleging SC justices were offered P50 million each to disqualify Senator Grace Poe as a presidential candidate. The SC said the en banc voted “unanimously” to level the sanction on Jomar Canlas, who had cited unnamed sources in making the allegations. Canlas said in his story that the magistrates […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has denied Ayala Land Inc.’s petition to hold Standard Insurance liable for the explosion in Glorietta 2 in 2007. In denying the petition for review on certiorari filed by Ayala Land, the first division chaired by Associate Justice Lucas Bersamin noted that Branch 65 of the Makati Regional Trial Court had already ruled the loss or damage of the property insured was caused by an excluded peril not covered by […]
(Eagle News) — Sara Duterte on Wednesday, Sept. 19, slammed a Supreme Court aspirant for allegedly working for the withdrawal of a case filed against the Davao mayor so she could “take notice” of him. Without naming names, Duterte instead said the Office of the President should “think twice” about appointing the individual, who she said has been “trying to spin” the case filed against her after she punched a court sheriff during a demolition […]
(Eagle News) — There will be four high courts with specialized functions and with “specialist” justices, under the proposed new Constitution to be submitted by the Constitutional Committee reviewing the 1987 Constitution headed by former Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno. “We propose radical changes in the judiciary,” Puno said on Thursday, June 21, in his speech during the “1st National Forum and Public Consultation” revisiting the 1987 Constitution held at the Manila Hotel. […]
HON KONG , China (Reuters) — Hong Kong’s former leader Donald Tsang, the highest-ranking official ever to be charged in the city’s history, will make a plea for a bribery charge on Tuesday (January 3) as his graft trial began. Tsang, 72, dressed in a black suit and black bow tie, walked into court with two security guards. He pleaded not guilty to two counts of misconduct in public office during a pre-trial in December […]
by M JEGATHESAN KUALUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — A vocal critic of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was charged with corruption on Thursday in a further blow to the divided opposition, which alleged that the case was politically motivated. Lim Guan Eng, who has repeatedly demanded that Najib explain a massive financial scandal that engulfed his administration last year, appeared in the High Court in the northern Penang state. “I am alright,” a smiling Lim told […]
