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https://youtu.be/8bxT3v5shQY (Eagle News) – The leadership of the House of Representatives said that they can only begin to take up the matter of the impeachment complaint filed against Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno after Congress returns from the scheduled break on May 14. Both House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez and House Majority Floor Leader Rodolfo Farinas said that Congress would soon be going on a break and that the Supreme Court might be […]
(Eagle News) – The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno to “submit her comment” to the petition for quo warranto filed by the Office of the Solicitor General that questioned her eligibility to hold the position of Chief Justice. SC Public Information Office chief Atty. Theodore Te made this announcement in a press briefing Tuesday afternoon, March 6, 2018. He said that with the directive from the tribunal, […]
(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the move of Solicitor General Jose Calida to remove Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno as Supreme Court’s top magistrate was ‘unprecedented’. “While the normal rule is that impeachable officers can only be removed through impeachment, the petitioners who, I believe, are fully cognizant of this doctrine, probably feel that under the circumstance, the general rule should not be applicable,” Roque said in a press briefing on […]
(Eagle News) — The Office of the Solicitor General on Monday, March 5, filed a quo warranto position against Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno before the high court itself, saying she was ineligible to hold the position in the first place. This was after the recent discovery that she had failed to file the required Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth or SALN. She actually was required to file more of […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said that Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno should not blame the administration for her woes. “Ayaw na po naming magkomenta diyan. Minsan nagbigay kami ng mungkahi, hindi naman napakinggan ni CJ ‘no,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. “Ang masasabi ko lang po eh wag naman pong ituro ang Palasyo sa impeachment na iyan, gaya ng kaniyang nasabi nung mga nakalipas na araw,” Roque added. Roque […]
(Eagle News) – Supreme Court chief justice Maria Lourdes Sereno who started her “indefinite leave” today, Thursday, March 1, clarified again that she had not resigned and will not resign. “This indefinite leave is not a resignation. I will devote my time in the preparation of my senate defense and work on the cases in my docket,” she said in a statement read by her spokesperson, Atty. Jojo Lacanilao in a presscon. Lacanilao also […]
(Eagle News) – From a 15-day “wellness leave” to an “indefinite leave.” This is what Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno has decided to do, according to her lawyers, so she can prepare for a grueling impeachment trial at the Senate soon. Sereno’s lawyers Joselee Deinla and Jojo Lacanilao said that the chief magistrate has no intention of resigning, and only opted for a wellness leave and then an indefinite leave. “We just […]
(Eagle News) – Supreme Court chief justice Maria Lourdes Sereno is taking a “wellness leave” starting Thursday, March 1, and Malacanang is advising the chief magistrate to take this as an “opportunity to reflect on her time and legacy at the Supreme Court.” The decision of Sereno to go on a “wellness leave” was relayed to the media by her spokesperson, Atty. Jojo Lacanilao who said that this leave will be used by the Chief […]
(Eagle News) — The chair of the Supreme Court’s bids and awards committee on Tuesday denied awarding the contract to an information and communications technology consultant who received a whopping monthly salary of P250,000. “Yes, your Honor,” Raul Villanueva, who is also the SC deputy chief administrator, said when asked if the participation of the BAC in the engagement of the services of Helen Perez-Macasaet was merely a “formality.” Villanueva was a resource person during the […]
(Eagle News) — The House of Representatives committee on justice which is hearing the impeachment complaint against Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno wants to know more about the psychiatric records of the chief magistrate, and has summoned the doctors who had earlier examined her. This is to clarify what the complainant lawyer Larry Gadon had included in his complaint that Sereno failed the psychological evaluation administered by the Judicial and Bar Council. […]
