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Suggests submission of documents instead (Eagle News) — The Office of the Solicitor General is moving for the cancellation of the oral arguments on the petitions against the Anti-Terrorism Law set in September. In calling for the same in its very urgent motion filed on Monday, Aug. 24, the OSG noted the “logistical restrictions and health threats posed by the COVID-19 pandemic,” and the provisions of the Internal Rules of Court and pertinent jurisprudence that […]
(Eagle News)—-The Supreme Court is holding today, Tuesday, Aug. 28, oral arguments on the Philippines’ planned withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. Two petitions against the planned withdrawal were filed separately—one by opposition senators Kiko Pangilinan, Franklin Drilon, Bam Aquino, Leila de Lima, Risa Hontiveros and Antonio Trillanes IV; and the other by the Philippine Coalition for the International Criminal Court led by former Commission on Human Rights chair Etta Rosales. Earlier, the SC denied […]
(Eagle News) — Detained Senator Leila de Lima has asked the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision denying her request she be allowed to participate in debates on the petition against the Philippines’ announced withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. In her motion for reconsideration, De Lima said she was only asking she be allowed to travel from Camp Crame, where she is detained on drug charges, to the SC in Manila and vice versa, for […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has reset anew oral arguments on the consolidated petition challenging the Philippines’ withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. SC spokesperson Theodore Te said the debate on the petition filed by opposition senators Leila De Lima, Francis Pangilinan, Franklin Drilon, Bam Aquino, Risa Hontiveros, and Antonio Trillanes IV, and of the Philippine Coalition for the ICC was now scheduled on Aug. 14 from Aug. 7. They cited as a reason for […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Supreme Court has set oral arguments for the petition seeking to have the Philippines’ withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court declared as invalid. Oral arguments on the petition for certiorari and mandamus filed by Senators Francis Pangilinan, Franklin Drilon, Paolo Benigno Aquino IV, Leila de Lima, Risa Hontiveros and Antonio Trillanes IV were slated on July 24, at 2 p.m., at the SC’s session hall. […]
Takes apparent dig at some SC justices, too (Eagle News) — Detained Senator Leila de Lima on Thursday, April 12, blamed a “shameless” Solicitor General Jose Calida for the “spectacle” in the Supreme Court during oral arguments on the quo warranto petition against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, and appeared to take a dig at some SC justices who she said “seemed to negate their possession of the cold impartiality of an unbiased judge.” “(The spectacle) […]
(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 (Eagle News) – The Supreme Court set the oral arguments for the quo warranto petition against Chief Justice on-leave Maria Lourdes Sereno on April 10 at the tribunal’s session hall in Baguio City, and directed her to “personally appear” in the hearing. On its first en banc session, the Supreme Court set the hearing for the oral arguments on Tuesday, April 10 at 2 p.m., as the high court […]
https://youtu.be/W4uwTAFnZRQ By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Supreme Court has set oral arguments in connection with the petitions filed against the one-year extension of martial law in Mindanao. In a press conference on Wednesday, SC spokesperson Theodore Te said these were scheduled on January 16 at 2 p.m., and on January 17 at 10 a.m. “The parties were directed to submit their respective memoranda on January 20, on Saturday, not later than 5 p.m.,” Te […]
(Eagle News) — Makabubuting ipadala na lamang sa Marawi City ang lahat ng mga kritiko ng idineklarang batas militar ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa Mindanao. “Padala na lang lahat ng kontra sa Marawi. Sila tumapos ng gulo,” ito ang naging pahayag ni Senate Majority Leader Tito Sotto kasunod ng isinagawang oral arguments ng Korte Suprema kung saan iginigiit ng mga petitioner na walang sapat na batayan ang pagpapatupad ng martial law. Ayon kay Sotto, tila […]
(Eagle News) — Detained Senator Leila de Lima has admitted that she did not sign the petition she filed before the Supreme Court before a notary public, contrary to her earlier claim. In a memorandum submitted to the High Court, De Lima, through her lawyers, admitted that the “act of signing” her petition seeking to nullify the arrest order issued against her on February 23 “was not done face to face with the notary.” The order issued by […]
(Eagle News) — The Office of the Solicitor General on Tuesday reiterated that Senator Leila de Lima’s petition for her arrest to be nullified should be junked as the pleading’s notarization had been falsified. According to the OSG, the name “Atty. Maria Cecille T. Tresvelles Cabalo” who supposedly administered the oath on De Lima on February 24 for the pleading filed before the Supreme Court, did not appear in the logbook of the Philippine National Police Custodial Center from February […]
