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(Eagle News) – Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno’s approval and trust ratings dipped to a low of 31 and 27 percent respectively, with her numbers dropping among all sectors nationwide. This was according to a Pulse Asia survey conducted on December 10 – 15, 17, 2017 using face-to-face interviews among respondents. The nationwide survey is based on a sample of 1,200 representative adults 18 years old and above. Among the five top […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Six more justices of the Supreme Court are willing to testify against Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno in the hearings being conducted in the House of Representatives on the impeachment complaint against Sereno. This was according to House Justice Committee Chairman Reynaldo Umali who noted that there could be a “leadership issue” in the Supreme Court since many there appeared not to be satisfied with Sereno’s leadership. “When about […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Five more Supreme Court Justices will take the witness stand against Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno. This means there will be a total of nine SC Justices who are ready to air their grievances and reveal allegedly improper conduct of Sereno before the House Committee on Justice. Four have already testified before the impeachment hearings, namely, Associate Justices Teresita De Castro, Noel Tijam, Francis Jardeleza, and retired associate justice […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Ilang araw matapos na humarap sa impeachment hearing laban kay Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno sa kamara , nakatanggap ng death threat diumano ang Manila Times reporter na si Jomar Canlas. Ayon kay Canlas, noong December 1, Biyernes, dalawang beses siyang nakatanggap ng parehong text message kung saan pinagbabantaan na siya ay papatayin. Batay sa text message, tatlo raw silang papatay kay Canlas. […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The leadership of the House of Representatives will no longer compel Supreme Court Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno to attend the impeachment hearing against her. Speaker of the House Pantaleon Alvarez and House Majority Leader Rudolfo Fariñas said that CJ Sereno already submitted a general denial regarding the allegations against her and that the Impeachment Committee can still call and invite other resource persons. “Under our rules, even the […]
Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno has warned that any moves to impeach her will endanger the country’s democracy, and reminded judges to resist political pressure and uphold judicial independence. “These are challenging times and it is difficult to keep on saying no to the powers that be, but this is part of the sacred trust for which we have made our vows,” she said during a speech on Monday at the unveiling […]
(Eagle News) – The lawyer who filed an impeachment complaint against Supreme Court Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno believes she will be impeached before the year ends. Atty. Larry Gadon expressed confidence that the House of Representatives will be able to impeach Sereno within the year. He claimed that based on his calculations, 216 congressmen will vote in favor of Sereno’s impeachment. https://youtu.be/qlarGUTbnZI
https://youtu.be/DBxLBiJjIT8 (Eagle News) — More than 200 lawmakers are ready to sign the impeachment complaint filed before the House of Representatives against Supreme Court chief justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, according to House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez. In a press briefing on Tuesday, Alvarez expressed confidence that the impeachment complaint against Sereno is backed by evidence as there were reportedly some justices of the high court who are ready to testify against the Chief Justice. He […]
(Eagle News) — Associate Justice Marvic Leonen is the poorest of all magistrates in the Supreme Court, while his colleague Associate Justice Francis Jardeleza, based on a summary of the Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth of justices released on Friday. Leonen’s net worth as of December 2016 was pegged at P2,485,211.92, while Jardeleza’s was at P252,165,867.36. Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro follows Leonen, with an estimated net worth of P17,732,000. It was De Castro who […]
(Eagle News) — The top officials of the Department of National and Defense and the Armed Forces of the Philippines are ready to participate in the ongoing oral arguments on President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of martial law in Mindanao. AFP spokesperson Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla on Wednesday, June 14, said that Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Eduardo Año are willing to cooperate as the High Court begins the oral arguments. “We […]
Inihayag ng dalawang mambabatas na dapat magkasundo na sina Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte at Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno. Ito ay para hindi maapektuhan ang illegal drugs campaign ng pamahalaan. Si Madelyn Villar sa detalye:
(Eagle News) – Supreme Court Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno wrote President Duterte questioning the alleged involvement of seven judges he had named as having links to the illegal drug operations, saying that “the Court would consider it important to know the source and basis of any allegation” against the judges. In a four-page letter, Sereno said that the high court was already investigating a judge, but that this particular judge was not in the […]
