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(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court en banc will meet on Friday, April 17, via video teleconferencing. SC spokesperson Brian Keith Hosaka said Atty. Ed Aricheta, the clerk of court En Banc, made the confirmation. Hosaka said he was not privy about the agenda for the meeting, but a petition was recently lodged by several detainees before the High Court, and another seeking to compel President Rodrigo Duterte to disclose his medical records. The 22 detainees in […]
(Eagle News) — All Supreme Court circulars and orders related to the coronavirus disease 2019 shall be effective until the end of the extended enhanced community quarantine in Luzon. SC spokesperson Brian Keith Hosaka made the announcement on Tuesday, April 7, after the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases confirmed President Rodrigo Duterte’s approval of the extension of the ECQ until April 30. The ECQ was supposed to last until April […]
(Eagle News)–Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta ordered all courts in the country to “drastically reduce operations” starting today, March 16, until April 15. The chief justice said there shall be no work in all courts, court offices, division, sections and units including in the Supreme Court except in courts and court offices concerned with the resolution of urgent matters and cases, the payments of salaries in the judiciary, the release of the results of the […]
Courts outside NCR to continue to operate beginning March 19 (Eagle News)–All courts in Metro Manila will temporarily operate only with a skeletal workforce, the Supreme Court announced on Friday, Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta announced on Friday, March 13. Administrative circular number 30-2020 signed by the chief justice said this was effective March 15 to April 12. “All judges and justices must be on standby to act on and hear urgent matters,” the circular said. […]
(Eagle News)–The Senate and the House of Representatives garnered a very good net satisfaction rating, and the Supreme Court and the Cabinet a good one in the recent Social Weather Stations survey. The December 2019 survey by the SWS found 73% satisfied and 11% dissatisfied with the performance of Senate, 63% satisfied and 12% dissatisfied with the House of Representatives, 62% satisfied and 13% dissatisfied with the Supreme Court, and 56% satisfied and 11% […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has promoted Court of Appeals Justice Samuel Gaerlan to the Supreme Court. Gaerlan filled in the post vacated by Diosdado Peralta, who is now Chief Justice. He bested the other shortlisted applicants for the SC post: Court Administrator Midas Marquez and CA justices Manuel Barrios, Ramon Garcia, Jhosep Lopez and Eduardo Peralta.
(Eagle News)-The Supreme Court has started implementing the Judges-At-Large law. In a resolution en banc, the SC formally opened 50 of the 150 posts for the roving judges under RA 11459 that aims to resolve the backlog of cases in courts. Of the 50, 30 are regional trial court judges-at-large posts while 20 are municipal trial court judges-at-large posts. The SC also ordered the Office of the Administrative Services of the Office of the Court […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has suspended work in several courts on Dec. 23, Monday. In his memorandum order no. 90-2019, Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta said a skeletal force, however, should be present in the following: Supreme Court Office of the Clerk of Court, en banc Office of the Division Clerk of Court, First Division Office of the Division Clerk of Court, Second Division Office of the Division Clerk of Court, Third Division Judicial Records Office […]
(Eagle News) — Regional trial courts cannot interfere with or restrain the execution of Ombudsman decisions in disciplinary cases. This was the reminder of the Supreme Court’s Office of the Court Administrator, in view of what it said were persistent reports that some RTCs issue temporary restraining orders and writs of preliminary injunction against the anti-graft body’s decisions in cases of that nature. The reminder, contained in a circular signed by Court Administrator Midas Marquez, […]
(Eagle News)–Retired Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin is getting death threats, Supreme Court spokesperson Brian Hosaka said on Wednesday, Nov. 13. Hosaka said he learned about the death threats yesterday when he briefly talked to the former Chief Justice just before the ceremony for his Doctors of Law conferment by the University of the East. “He was his normal self confident self. I guess coming from a political family, they have encountered this scenario before and […]
(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) — Over 8,000 candidates are slated to take the bar examinations this November, the Supreme Court announced on Thursday, Oct. 31. Th SC said the 8245 candidates are expected to take the exams on all four Sundays of November at the University of Sto. Tomas in Espana, Manila. According to the High Court, ten buses from the SC shall be available to transport examinees and personnel on duty to the venue from several […]
