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(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court en banc has denied with finality the appeals by a group for the High Court to reconsider its earlier decision that upheld the constitutionality of the imposition of martial law in Mindanao last year. In junking the motion for reconsideration and urgent motion for reconsideration filed by the group of Rep. Edcel Lagman in February last year, the SC said the “issue on the sufficiency of the legal basis” […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday, Nov. 13, sided with the Commission on Elections in its decision to file charges against an erstwhile municipal mayor in Zamboanga del Norte and several others for the allegedly unlawful arrest and detention of a man who was supposed to run against him in the 2016 elections. In a media briefer, the SC said the en banc dismissed the petition for certiorari with prayer for the issuance […]
(Eagle News) — Impeachment complaints have been filed against the seven Supreme Court justices who voted to oust Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice. Facing the charges stated in the complaints filed by Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, together with Gary Alejano, Teddy Baguilat and Tom Vilarin, on Thursday, Aug. 23, were Associate Justices Teresita Leonardo-De Castro, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin, Alexander Gesmundo, Andres Reyes Jr., Francis Jardeleza and Noel Tijam. Bersamin, Peralta, Reyes Jr. and […]
(Eagle News)–The Office of the Solicitor General has asked the Supreme Court for a 60-day extension for the government to comply with the High Court’s ordered submission of documents pertaining to the war on drugs. The OSG made the request to extend the deadline from April 26, 2018 to June 25, 2018, even if it submitted over 20 case folders in compliance with the SC April 3 directive. The directive stemmed from the two petitions filed before […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Only 25.55 percent out of more than 6,000 law graduates who took the 2017 Bar Exam have passed. According to court sources, only 1724 passed the 2017 bar exams taken by 6759 individuals. The sources said the top 1 of the bar exams got a 91.05 % rating, while the one in tenth place got an 88.4 % rating. The names of those who passed will be released around […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Solicitor General Jose Calida on Tuesday said that the petitions filed before the Supreme Court questioning the government’s war on drugs were but “ingenious moves” to “destabilize” the Duterte administration and “sow anarchy.” In his opening statement at the resumption of oral arguments, Calida said the Almora petition, for one, prays “that the respondents or any of their agents, representatives or assigns be prohibited from implementing or enforcing any […]
