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(Eagle News)–A group on Saturday, July 4, filed a petition challenging the constitutionality of the anti-terrorism law. The group led by lawyer Howard Calleja filed the petition for certiorari and prohibition electronically with the Supreme Court, a day after President Rodrigo Duterte signed the law that would effectively replace the Human Security Act of 2007. The group also urgently asked the High Court for a temporary restraining order and writ of preliminary injunction and/or other […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court on Tuesday, June 23, dismissed Solicitor General Jose Calida’s quo warranto petition against ABS-CBN Corp. SC spokesperson Brian Keith Hosaka said the petition, which had sought the forfeiture of the media giant’s then-franchise for “highly abusive practices,” was dismissed during the High Court’s en banc meeting on the ground of mootness. ABSCBN Corp.’s franchise already expired on May 4. According to Hosaka, the case against ABSCBN Convergence Inc. remains pending. The […]
(Eagle News)–The oath-taking of 2019 bar exam passers will be done online. This was after the Supreme Court approved on Tuesday, June 9, a resolution allowing for the conduct of the same via online video conference. The ceremony, slated on June 25, will be linked to a government television network for broadcast. In approving the resolution, the High Court noted that the current health crisis and COVID-19 pandemic makes it impossible to hold to ceremony […]
(Eagle News)–All courts shall begin full operations on June 1 but may continue to function with a skeleton workforce, the Supreme Court said on Friday, May 29. Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta said in administrative circular no. 41-2020 courts in the country shall be in full operation, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Metro Manila, and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Regions 1 to 12. The Chief Justice said the skeleton staff, if […]
(Eagle News) – The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) announced the opening of applications for the Supreme Court (SC) and Court of Appeals (CA), with an online public interview of applicants set on Thursday, May 28. In an announcement, the JBC said the opening of applications is for the position of SC Associate Justice Jose C. Reyes Jr., who will be retiring in September 2020, as well as the position vacated by CA Presiding Justice […]
(Eagle News) – The Supreme Court asked the Senate and the House of Representatives to give its comment on the petition filed by ABS-CBN questioning the cease and desist order (CDO) issued by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC). In its en banc session on Tuesday, May 19, the high court “separately impleaded the Senate and the House of Representative as a party to the case and required them to comment on the Petition within […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court on Tuesday, May 19, did not issue a temporary restraining order on the National Telecommunications Commission’s order for ABSCBN to stop several of its radio and television operations. Instead, the SC unanimously directed the Senate, the House of Representatives and the NTC to comment on the petition filed by ABSCBN challenging the NTC’s cease and desist order issued a day after the media company’s franchise expired on May 4. The SC […]
(Eagle News) – -The Supreme Court on Friday, May 15, released the guidelines for courts in areas placed under a general community quarantine from May 16 to 31. According to Administrative Circular No. 40-2020 signed by Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta, all the branches of courts in these areas shall be physically open from May 18 to 29, “but shall function only with a skeleton-staff, by rotation, to be determined by the presiding judge.” The circular […]
(Eagle News)–ABSCBN Corp. on Thursday, May 7, asked the Supreme Court to nullify and set aside the cease and desist order issued by the National Telecommunications Commission against it after the media giant’s franchise expired. In a more than 40-page petition for certiorari and prohibition, ABSCBN Corp. also asked the SC to issue a temporary restraining order on the NTC CDO, which came after Solicitor General Jose Calida said there was nothing in the […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Nearly 10,000 prison inmates have been released in the Philippines as the country races to halt coronavirus infections in its overcrowded jails, a Supreme Court official said Saturday. The move follows a directive to lower courts to release those awaiting trial in prison because they could not afford bail, Associate Supreme Court Justice Mario Victor Leonen told reporters. “The court is very much aware of the congested situation in our […]
(Eagle News) – For the first time, the results of the bar examinations were released with none of the usual crowds awaiting the release of test results at the Supreme Court grounds in Padre Faura in Manila. The test results were released on Wednesday, April 29, only through online means at the Supreme Court website and social media without the usual fanfare and excited crowds in Manila. Out of the 7,685 candidates who completed […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court en banc will meet on Friday, April 17, via video teleconferencing. SC spokesperson Brian Keith Hosaka said Atty. Ed Aricheta, the clerk of court En Banc, made the confirmation. Hosaka said he was not privy about the agenda for the meeting, but a petition was recently lodged by several detainees before the High Court, and another seeking to compel President Rodrigo Duterte to disclose his medical records. The 22 detainees in […]
