Tag: Supreme Court

TRAIN’s constitutionality questioned before Supreme Court

https://youtu.be/xsE01SuBPCo By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Militant lawmakers asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to declare the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion unconstitutional, noting what they said was a lack of quorum when its bicameral conference committee report was ratified in the House of Representatives. In their petition,  Reps. Carlos Zarate of Bayan Muna, Ariel Casilao of Anakpawis, and Antonio Tinio of ACT Teachers party-list,  also asked that the SC issue a temporary […]

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SC orders several gov’t officials to answer Dengvaxia petition

(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked several government officials to comment on the petition seeking to compel them to address the health risks attributed to Dengvaxia. In a press conference, SC Spokesperson Theodore Te said the respondents–Health Secretary Francisco Duque III,  Department of the Interior and Local Government officer-in-charge Catalino Cuy, Education Secretary Leonor Briones,  Food and Drug Administration Director General Nela Charade Puno, and program director of the Department of Health-National Center […]

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SC sets oral arguments on petitions vs. one-year extension of martial law in Mindanao

https://youtu.be/W4uwTAFnZRQ By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Supreme Court has set oral arguments in connection with the petitions filed against the one-year extension of martial law in Mindanao. In a press conference on Wednesday, SC spokesperson Theodore Te said these were scheduled on January 16 at 2 p.m., and on January 17 at 10 a.m. “The parties were directed to submit their respective memoranda on January 20, on Saturday, not later than 5 p.m.,” Te […]

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Bongbong Marcos accuses PET of being biased vs him

(Eagle News) — Former Senator Bongbong Marcos on Wednesday accused the Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, of being “biased against” him in the electoral case he filed against Vice President Leni Robredo. Marcos said he was contemplating as such to ask that Associate Justice Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa be changed as chair of the tribunal as he said it was “obvious” he  was siding with the vice president, whose camp he has accused […]

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SC orders several members of Cabinet, Congress to comment on petition vs extension of martial law in Mindanao

(Eagle News)– The Supreme Court has asked several members of Congress and Cabinet members to respond to a petition   questioning the constitutionality of the one-year extension of martial law in Mindanao. This was after the High Court said in a December 29 resolution that the petition filed by members of the so-called Magnificent 7 in the House of Representatives “appears to be sufficient in form and substance.” Asked to comment “within a nonextendible period of 10 […]

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Opposition lawmakers ask SC to stop one year extension of Mindanao martial law

  (Eagle News) — Opposition lawmakers belonging to the “Magnificent 7” bloc on Wednesday, December 27, filed a petition before the Supreme Court asking it to stop the implementation of the full-year extension of martial law in Mindanao, questioning its constitutionality. In a 29-page petition, Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman led other opposition lawmakers in seeking a temporary restraining order (TRO) from the high court or a writ of preliminary injunction to stop the implementation of […]

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Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Justo Torres Jr. passes away

(Eagle News) — Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Justo P. Torres Jr. has died. In a Twitter post, the SC Public Information Office said the 138th Associate Justice died at the age of 90. Torres was appointed to  the High Court by former President Fidel Ramos on March 11, 1996. He served in the SC until November 1, 1997. The SC PIO said Torres was also Philippine Judicial Academy vice chancellor after retiring from the High Court.

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5 more SC justices ready to take witness stand in impeachment case against Sereno

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 […]

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Sereno camp: “Well-funded propaganda war” being waged by “powerful forces with vested interest” behind impeach complaint vs Chief Justice

(Eagle News) — The camp of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on Monday alleged that “powerful forces with vested interest” were “resorting to a well-funded propaganda war” to publicize Larry Gadon’s impeachment complaint against her. “They constantly float new names and personalities of those who are supposed to testify against the Chief Justice. It is all part of a propaganda to make it appear that Chief Justice Sereno is losing support among her colleagues in […]

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Four SC justices detail Sereno’s unlawful acts; Treason, manipulation, lack of respect by CJ cited

  (Eagle News) — More high court justices testified against Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, giving details on how she had acted “through unlawful means” in at least one instance in the West Philippine Sea controversy, and manipulated the Court several times without consulting her fellow justices, to the point of violating its own rules. First it was only, Supreme Court Associate Justice Teresita de Castro who had earlier testified against Sereno. But […]

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Sereno camp: Dismiss impeach complaint, move on

(Eagle News) — The camp of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on Tuesday stood by its position there was a “lack of evidence” that warrants the filing of an impeachment complaint against her, noting that this  should be dismissed and that we should “move on.” Carlo Cruz, one of Sereno’s lawyers, said this in an interview over dzbb despite  testimonies of four former and current magistrates of the High Court that appeared to be unfavorable […]

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SC to start manual recount of VP votes in CamSur, Iloilo and Negros Oriental early next year

  QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Supreme Court is all set to start the manual recount of ballots cast in three provinces on the vice-presidential race early next year as the electoral protest case filed by vice-presidential candidate former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos moved forward. The recount of the ballots in Negros Oriental, Iloilo and Camarines Sur, Robredo’s home province, will be done in the Supreme Court’s gymnasium. Both camps remained positive that […]

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