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By Moira Encina Eagle News Service (Eagle News) – Magkakaroon ng bagong tanggapan ang Korte Suprema sa halos anim na ektaryang lote sa loob ng New Clark City sa Tarlac na tinaguriang kauna-unahang smart, green, at resilient city sa bansa. Ito ay matapos pormal nang lumagda sa Memorandum Of Understanding ang Korte Suprema at Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) para sa 5.8 hectare na Judiciary Complex. Pinangunahan nina Supreme Court Chief Justice Lucas […]
(Eagle News)–The Alyansa ng mga Tagapagtanggol ng Wikang Filipino will appeal anew the Supreme Court’s decision allowing the removal of Filipino and “panitikan” from the list of required subjects in colleges. The group of professors, students and activists said it would file a second motion for reconsideration after the SC upheld its November 2018 decision that ruled the legality of Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) Memorandum Order (CMO) No. 20, which allowed for such a […]
(Eagle News)–An Ateneo de Manila University law graduate has topped the 2018 bar exams. Sean James Borja got an 89.0306 percent, based on the results released by the Supreme Court. He was followed by Marcley Augustus Natu-El of the University of San Carlos with a rating of 87.53 percent; and then by Mark Lawrence Badayon also of USC with 85.842 percent. Daniel John Fordan also of ADMU ranked fourth with an 85.443 percent; Katrina Monica […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has ordered a half-day work schedule in the High Court and in other courts nationwide on Wednesday, April 17. In an advisory, the SC said courts inside local government-owned or –controlled buildings shall, however, observe a whole-day suspension on the same day “should the same be declared by the local government.” The SC said the suspension was to allow workers to travel to the provinces on Thursday, April 18, and Friday, […]
Moira Encina Eagle News Service Simula sa taong 2022 ay mas tataas na ang tatanggaping ‘just share’ o internal revenue allotment ng mga local government unit mula sa bahagi ng kita ng gobyerno. Ito ay matapos pagtibayin ng Korte Suprema sa botong 8-3 ang desisyon nito noong Hulyo 2018 na nagdideklarang dapat ibatay sa lahat ng nakukolektang national taxes ng pamahalaan ang bahagi na dapat tanggapin ng mga LGUs at hindi lang sa national internal […]
(Eagle News)–Leftists on Thursday, April 4, urged the Supreme Court to declare as unconstitutional and void the $62-million Chico Irrigation River Pump irrigation loan agreement. In their petition, Makabayan Chairman Neri J. Colmenares, Bayan Muna Partylist Rep. Carlos Isagani T. Zarate, Anakpawis Partylist Rep. Ariel B. Casilao, Gabriela Women’s Partylist Reps. Emerenciana A. De Jesus and Arlene D. Brosas, Act Teachers Partylist Reps. Antonio L. Tinio and Francisca L. Castro, Kabataan Partylist Rep. Sarah Jane […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News)—The Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 2, ordered the Solicitor General to release copies of the police reports on the government’s drug war to groups that have asked the High Court to declare the drug campaign unconstitutional. The SC ordered Solicitor General Jose Calida to give the copies to petitioners Center for International Law and the Free Legal Assistance Group. Both groups had asked for copies of the police reports after filing their petitions […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has perpetually disqualified from public office a court sheriff after he was found to have used for personal gain the P10,000 he received for a notice of extrajudicial foreclosure to be published in a newspaper. The High Court also ordered the retirement benefits and other benefits, except accrued leave credits, of Manuel Gimeno, sheriff IV of Branch 19 of the Cebu Regional Trial Court, forfeited, after he was found […]
(Eagle News) — The administration of the Philippine Law School Admission Test will proceed as scheduled in April, the Legal Education Board said. According to Emerson Aquende, chair of the LEB, the administration of the test scheduled on April 17 was not restrained by a temporary restraining order recently issued by the Supreme Court. He said the TRO restrains only LEB Memorandum Circular No. 18, Series of 2018, “which prohibits the admission/enrollment as freshmen/1st year […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has suspended a lawyer for what it said were his “underhanded tactics” against former Presidential Spokesperson and now-senatorial candidate Harry Roque. In a seven-page decision penned by Justice Estela Perlas-Bernabe, the SC imposed the two-year suspension on Atty. Rizal P. Balbin after he was found guilty of violating several canons and rule 19.01 of the Code of Professional Responsibility when he threatened to file baseless and administrative and criminal […]
