Tag: Office of Solicitor-General

Office of Solicitor General on lockdown

(Eagle News) — The Office of the Solicitor General was placed on lockdown on Tuesday, June 30, after one of its employees tested positive in a rapid test for COVID-19. The OSG said in a statement the employee would undergo a confirmatory test. “As a precautionary measure, and while awaiting the results of the confirmatory tests, no one, except personnel from the FMS (Financial Management Service) and the sanitation and disinfection team, will be allowed […]

Motions of De Lima, others to remove OSG as counsel for CIDG in sedition raps junked

Panel says this is “without prejudice to respondents’ recourse” to bring issue before “proper forum” (Eagle News)–The Department of Justice special panel of prosecutors hearing the sedition charges filed against Vice President Leni Robredo and several others has junked  some of the respondents’ motions to disqualify the Office of the Solicitor General as counsel of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, the acting complainant. In junking the motions in a 10-page order on Aug. 23, […]

OSG asks for postponement of Torre de Manila oral arguments

MANILA, Philippines, July 16 (Eagle News) – The Office of Solicitor-General (OSG) asked the Supreme Court for another postponement of the oral arguments of the Torre De Manila case due to the fact that the OSG is busy with the matter of territorial dispute between the Philippines and China which was heard in the International Tribunal in the Hague, Netherlands. The OSG is asking for a 30-day postponement. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Dexter […]

OSG asks for postponement of Torre De Manila oral arguments

MANILA, Philippines, June 22 (Eagle News) — The Office of Solicitor-General (OSG) is asking the Supreme Court to re-schedule the oral arguments of Torre De Manila on June 30, saying that the said office is busy preparing for the case of Philippines against China regarding the West Philippine Sea territorial disputes which will be held at The Hague in Netherlands. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/nTdosq3Ao2g