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SC to judges: Be “very circumspect” in acting on applications for search warrants during election period

(Eagle News)—The Supreme Court on Wednesday, April 17, reminded judges nationwide to be “very circumspect” in acting on applications for search warrants during election period. SC administrator Jose Midas Marquez issued the reminder in circular no. 64-2019, following reports the courts were being used by unscrupulous politicians to obtain search warrants against their rivals. According to Marquez, all judges should remain “impartial and non-partial,” and their courts should ensure jurisdiction before entertaining such applications, and […]

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SC to probe judges linked to illegal drugs

(Eagle News)—-The Supreme Court has tasked Associate Justice Diosdado Peralta to coordinate with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency for the list of judges linked to illegal drugs. In a statement, the SC said this would pave the way for a  “formal fact-finding and administrative investigation” by the SC. “The Supreme Court, like in the past, will and shall not tolerate any illegal or corrupt activities within its ranks,” the SC said. Last week, PDEA said […]

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Two Davao judges appointed to Court of Appeals

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has promoted two judges based in Davao to the Court of Appeals. Bansalan, Davao del Sur Regional Trial Court Judge Loida Posadas-Kahulugan has been appointed to replace former Justice Socorro Inting. Inting is now a Commission on Elections commissioner. Davao City Regional Trial Court Judge Evalyn Arellano-Morales, on the other hand, takes the place of former Justice Melchor Quirino Sadang. Sadang retired last year.  

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Malaysian top judges quit as new government cleans house

  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Malaysia’s top two judges are resigning, court officials said Wednesday, the latest senior public servants to leave their posts since the former government lost power. Chief Justice Raus Sharif and appeals court president Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin are to step down on July 31, a judiciary statement said. They are the latest senior officials to quit, or be forced from, their jobs since Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad won a shock election […]

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Chief Justice Sereno: “I will not yield”

But Associate Justice De Castro calls out Sereno in same event: “That’s sub judice” (Eagle News) – “I will not yield.” Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno had this to say on Thursday, barely an hour before the House Committee on Justice, voting 38-2, found probable cause to impeach her. “The oath that I have taken is to protect the Constitution, the independence of the judiciary, and to take a stand for every judge whose freedom […]

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Venezuela’s assembly seeks to replace pro-Maduro Supreme Court judges

CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition-majority National Assembly discussed on Tuesday (June 13) a selection process to choose new judges for the Supreme Court, amidst criticism that the country’s highest judicial body is biased toward President Nicholas Maduro. In 2015, the then government-majority National Assembly elected judges to the Supreme Court. Now, the opposition says that it has the constitutional power to set a new panel of judges. The move follows a controversial March ruling from […]

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Turkey removed over 4,000 judges and prosecutors after coup, minister says

ANKARA, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkey has removed more than 4,000 judges and prosecutors on suspicion of links to United States-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom Ankara blames for orchestrating last year’s failed coup, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said on Friday (May 26). In a speech in Ankara, Bozdag said the investigation has been completed and the judiciary had been cleared of supporters of Gulen. More than 100,000 people in the police, judiciary, civil service and […]

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President Duterte to corrupt judges: “Stop it”

(Eagle News) — “Stop it.” This was the message of President Rodrigo Duterte  on Tuesday to unscrupulous judges who he said made an interpretation of the law a mere business, as he appealed to the Supreme Court to “do something” about corruption in the judiciary. Duterte, who arrived in the country from  China past 3 a.m., said during his speech at the Davao International Airport that  it was an open secret that some judges received […]

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