Tag: Supreme Court

200 lawmakers ready to sign Sereno impeachment, but House wants “proper process” to be followed

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 […]

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SC affirms integrity of 2016 polls, but will continue hearing Marcos poll protest; junks Robredo’s appeal

  (Eagle News) – The Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) has affirmed the integrity of the 2016 elections, dismissing the first cause of action of former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., even as it continued to proceed with Marcos’ poll protest case. The high court also dismissed the motion for reconsideration of Vice-President Leni Robredo which sought to overturn the earlier court decision finding merit in Marcos’ poll protest case. With this resolution, the Supreme Court […]

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President Duterte appoints Sandiganbayan associate justice Gesmundo to SC

  (Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has a new associate justice. Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Alexander Gesmundo takes the place of Associate Justice Jose Catral Mendoza, who retired on Aug. 13, the Supreme Court said on Monday. In a letter to SC Chief Ma. Lourdes Sereno, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said President Rodrigo Duterte had signed Gesmundo’s appointment, making him the 178th justice of the country’s High Court. Gesmundo chaired the anti-graft court’s seventh division […]

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US slaps new sanctions on Venezuela

by Alexander Martinez The United States imposed new sanctions on crisis-hit Venezuela, targeting members of a controversial, all-powerful, loyalist assembly installed last week to bolster what Washington calls the “dictatorship” of President Nicolas Maduro. The measures were aimed at six members of the so-called Constituent Assembly — among them the brother of late president Hugo Chavez — as well as a military officer in charge of security for the body, and a board member of […]

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SC OKs curfew for minors in QC but not in Navotas, Manila

(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has allowed the curfew for minors in Quezon City, but declared unconstitutional those imposed in Manila and Navotas. With the decision, the High Court partially granted the petition filed by  Samahan ng Progresibong Kabataan (SPARK) that had sought  for the SC to declare as unconstitutional the curfew ordinances in the three cities in Metro Manila. Ordinance No. SP 2301, Series of 2014, that imposes the curfew for minors from 10 p.m. […]

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SC junks MR on dismissal of petitions vs former President Marcos’ burial at Libingan

(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has junked a motion for reconsideration of its previous decision dismissing the petitions against the burial of former President Ferdinand Marcos at Libingan ng mga Bayani. Voting 10-5, Theodore Te, SC spokesperson, said the High Court denied the MR–filed by Senator Leila de Lima–which appealed  the Nov. 8, 2016 decision that dismissed the petitions against Marcos’ burial in the Taguig cemetery for “absence of grave abuse of discretion.” De […]

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Pakistan court disqualifies PM Sharif from office

by Khurram Shahzad Agence France Presse ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AFP) — Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Friday disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from public office over long-running corruption allegations, a decision that ousts him from the premiership for the third time in a chequered political career. “He is disqualified as a member of the parliament so he has ceased to be holding the office of Prime Minister,” Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan told the packed courtroom in Islamabad. […]

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Texas executes inmate who claimed lawyer used Wikipedia

CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — With the United States Supreme Court denying a last-minute appeal late Thursday, Texas executed a convicted murderer who had claimed an ill-prepared attorney had botched his case and had relied on Wikipedia for research. Lawyers for TaiChin Preyor had made a last-ditch effort to save their client by asking the US Supreme Court to intervene just hours before he was scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection. But […]

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House “Magnificent 7” to no longer question extension of martial law in Mindanao before SC

(Eagle News) — The seven congressmen who challenged the constitutionality of President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of martial law in Mindanao before the Supreme Court will no longer question before the High Court the extension of military rule there. In a statement, the so-called Magnificent 7—Reps. Edcel C. Lagman of Albay, Teddy Baguilat Jr. of Ifugao, Edgar R. Erice of Caloocan City, Emmanuel A. Billiones  of Capiz, and Raul Daza of Northern Samar; and Party-list Reps. […]

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SC unanimously junks petitions seeking joint session of Congress for martial law proclamation

  (Eagle News) — Voting 15-0, the Supreme Court junked the consolidated petitions that had earlier urged the high court to order Congress to convene a joint session on President Rodrigo Duterte’s martial law proclamation in Mindanao. All 15 justices voted the junk the consolidated petitions, but for different reasons. Thirteen of the 15 justices decided to junk the petitions saying Congress did not commit grave abuse of discretion when it did not decide to […]

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Supreme Court approves DOJ request to transfer Maute cases to Taguig City courts

  (Eagle News) – The Supreme Court has approved the request of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to transfer the cases of arrested members and sympathizers of the Islamist State-inspired Maute terror group, including those who were involved in the siege of Marawi City, to Taguig City courts. Supreme Court spokesperson Theodore Te said the high court’s en banc session took place on June 27. The cases are currently being tried in Cagayan de Oro […]

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Marcos camp glad that Supreme Court bent on proceeding with vote recount

  (Eagle News) — The camp of former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. faced the camp of former rival and now Vice-President Leni Robredo before the Supreme Court for the first time on Tuesday, during the preliminary conference on his electoral protest questioning the results of the 2016 vice-presidential race. The hearing was done behind closed doors, but Marcos, in a press conference said he was pleased that his electoral protest filed with the high […]

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