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(Eagle News)–Itinakda ng Korte Suprema sa apat na linggo ng Nobyembre ang petsa ng pagsasagawa ng 2018 Bar Examinations. Sa abiso ni Bar Confidant at Supreme Court Deputy Clerk of Court Atty Maria Cristina Layusa, isasagawa ang Bar Exams sa November 4, 11, 18 at 25 sa University of Sto. Tomas sa Maynila. Sa umaga ng November 4 , political at International Law ang bar exam coverage habang Labor Law at Social Legislation naman sa […]
(Eagle News) — The Judicial and Bar Council will open the nomination for the post of Chief Justice on Sept. 29 with the looming mandatory retirement of Chief Justice Teresita de Castro. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, JBC ex-officio member, said the deadline for the submission of requirements is Oct. 15. De Castro will reach the mandatory age of retirement of 70 on Oct. 8, 2018. The five most senior Associate Justices of the Supreme Court […]
(Eagle News)—-Davao Mayor Sara Duterte is opposing the bid of Supreme Court Administrator Midas Marquez as SC justice. This was revealed during Marquez’s Judicial and Bar Council interview on Wednesday, Sept. 26. Earlier, the mayor said she was opposing the appointment of an SC post aspirant who had been trying to have the case filed against her for punching of a court sheriff in 2011 dismissed. She had said as a result, he lacked the values needed of an […]
(Eagle News)—The Supreme Court has upheld Imelda Marcos’ acquittal from charges of dollar-salting, or the stashing of foreign money in bank accounts abroad without authority from the Central Bank. This was after the High Court upheld the Court of Appeals’ decision denying the former solicitor general Frank Chavez’s petition against the refusal of Judge Silvino Pampilo Jr. of the Manila Regional Trial Court to inhibit from the case. “There was nothing remarkable about the denial of the motion […]
(Eagle News) — Sara Duterte on Wednesday, Sept. 19, slammed a Supreme Court aspirant for allegedly working for the withdrawal of a case filed against the Davao mayor so she could “take notice” of him. Without naming names, Duterte instead said the Office of the President should “think twice” about appointing the individual, who she said has been “trying to spin” the case filed against her after she punched a court sheriff during a demolition […]
(Eagle News) — Work on Friday, Sept. 14, has been suspended in courts located in the Manila City Hall. Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro said that other than those courts, there is no work suspension in courts in Metro Manila. She said, however, that executive judges, “due to their personal knowledge of the circumstances of their locality,” had the discretion to order a work suspension later in the day. In its 8 a.m. advisory, the […]
(Eagle News) — Ousted Supreme Court chief justice Maria Lourdes Sereno visited Senator Anotnio Trillanes IV in his Senate office at noon today, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. Trillanes and Sereno, along with their key staff members, were having lunch inside the senator’s office as of press time. Both are vocal critics of administration of President Rodrigo Duterte. Sereno had been ousted due to a petition for quo warranto filed by Solicitor General Jose […]
(Eagle News) – Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said he would now be able to go home after the Supreme Court’s decision denying his petition for the issuance of a writ of preliminary injunction and a temporary restraining order (TRO). Trillanes also expressed “gratefulness” of the SC decision on Tuesday, Sept. 11, saying it had “some semblance of independence” and that it was a “welcome development.” “It was a carefully worded decision by the Supreme […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Supreme Court has denied Senator Antonio Trillanes’ request for it to issue a temporary restraining order on the implementation of Proclamation no. 572. The SC instead asked Solicitor General Jose Calida to comment on the petition filed by Trillanes within ten days. In dismissing Trillanes’ bid, the SC said the issues of whether or not Trillanes applied for amnesty and whether or not he admitted his guilt for […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that he would follow whatever the Supreme Court will decide on the matter of the amnesty granted to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, even as he insisted that the amnesty was “fatally flawed” and void from the start. Speaking shortly after his arrival from Israel and Jordan on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2017, the President said he has to answer the questions from the media even if he has […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday, Sept. 5, said he would question the validity of Proclamation no. 572 that revoked the amnesty granted to him by former President Benigno Aquino III before the Supreme Court. In a press conference, Trillanes said he would file a petition for a temporary restraining order. “This goes beyond the political lines,” he said. Proclamation no. 572 cited a certification issued by the Armed Forces of the […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The parents of Mary Jane Veloso, who is on death row in Indonesia, have asked the Supreme Court to allow for the out-of-court testimony of their daughter against her alleged illegal recruiters, who are facing a case for large-scale illegal recruitment in a Nueva Ecija court. In their petition, Cesar and Celia Veloso asked the High Court to reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals that ruled that allowing […]
