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(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 […]
Sereno slated to attend By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Supreme Court is slated to hold oral arguments on the quo warranto petition filed against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on Tuesday, April 10. For the first time, Sereno is slated to face her colleagues, some of whom testified against her in House impeachment proceedings against her. She snubbed the House proceedings. Sereno has asked Associate Justices Teresita de Castro, Noel Tijam, Bienvenido Reyes […]
“She is bad for the PHL,” Duterte says (Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, April 9, urged Congress to fast-track its impeachment of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, saying she is “bad for the Philippines.” President Duterte made the pronouncement in a speech prior to his departure for China, apparently irked that Sereno was linking him to ouster moves against her despite his denials. Earlier, Sereno asked Duterte to explain why it was Solicitor General […]
(Eagle News)–Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno will still attend the April 10 oral argument set for her quo warranto case even if the Supreme Court does not act on her manifestation that five justices inhibit themselves. This is according to Josa Deinla, SC spokesperson, who gave a radio interview on Sunday. “Talagang nagpasya si Chief Justice na pupunta siya personal at aattend sa hearing,” Deinla said. Deinla reiterated however that Sereno was not acknowledging that […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Chief Justice on-leave Maria Lourdes Sereno will attend oral arguments on the quo warranto petition filed against her. Jojo Lacanilao, one of Sereno’s spokespersons, said Sereno will appear before her colleagues on April 10 and “engage them.” “We believe that Solicitor General (Jose) Calida is wrong in filing the petition,” Lacanilao said, reiterating that the “appropriate measure” to remove the Chief Justice was via impeachment. “We hope that the […]
(Eagle News) — A lawmaker on Wednesday slammed lawyer Larry Gadon for saying the Makabayan bloc and other groups have no legal standing to question the quo warranto petition filed against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. In a statement on Wednesday, Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate said “as he is wont to do,” Gadon “did not read the pleading in intervention that we filed where our standing or right to intervene as legislators and […]
Calida says “it appears she fabricated her 2006 SALN” for her Associate Justice post application in 2010, among others (Eagle News)–Solicitor General Jose Calida on Tuesday accused Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno of deliberately misleading the Judicial and Bar Council with a “litany of falsehoods,” including her alleged fabrication of a Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth during her application for Associate Justice in 2010. In a statement, Calida said that “when Sereno resigned […]
(Eagle News) — High-ranking officials of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines on Friday asked the Supreme Court for them to be allowed to intervene to ask for the dismissal of the quo warranto petition filed against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. In seeking for the dismissal of the petition filed by Solicitor General Jose Calida, the IBP argued that it was “fatally flawed because the allegations therein are clear that the (Judicial and Bar […]
(Eagle News) — A lawyer has filed a disbarment complaint against the man who filed an impeachment complaint against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. Wilfredo Garrido Jr. wants lawyer Larry Gadon disbarred over his allegedly perjurious statements and dishonesty in House hearings on the impeachment complaint against Sereno. In his complaint filed on March 15, Garrido cited Gadon’s claim that his source on the allegation that Sereno falsified court documents in 2013 was reporter Jomar […]
(Eagle News) — Several individuals–including left-leaning lawmakers— asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to junk the quo warranto petition seeking to have the appointment of Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice annulled. The motions for intervention and an opposition-in-intervention were jointly filed by Makabayan bloc members Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate, ACT Teachers Partylist Reps. Antonio Tinio and Francisca Castro, Anakpawis Party-list Rep. Ariel Casilao, Kabataan Party-list Rep. Sarah Jane Elago, and Gabriela Women’s Party Reps. Emerenciana […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has directed the Office of the Solicitor General to respond to the comment of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on the quo warranto petition filed against her. The SC en banc said on Tuesday that the OSG was given five days within receipt of the SC notice to submit the same. Calida filed the petition that seeks to have Sereno’s appointment as Chief Justice nullified, citing, among others, her failure […]
