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(Eagle News)–The Palace on Tuesday, April 14, reiterated the petition that seeks to compel President Rodrigo Duterte to disclose his medical records was doomed to fail. In a press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the Supreme Court where the petition was filed by lawyer Dino De Leon, after all, only interprets the law and was not a trier of facts. “And since the Supreme Court is not a trier of facts, ang magde-determine po […]
(Courtesy: Supreme Court Public Information Office). Associate Justice Estela Bernabe, Chairperson of the 2019 Bar Examinations, belied reports circulating online that a certain date has been set for the release of the results. (Eagle News) – The Supreme Court of the Philippines belied reports that a definite date has been set for the release of the results of the 2019 Bar Examinations. In an advisory issued on April 2, Senior Associate Justice Estela Perlas-Bernabe, Chairperson […]
(Eagle News) – The Supreme Court of the Philippines will allow the online filing of complaints, information, and posting of bail in a bid to further limit the physical movement of court judges, users, and personnel amid the rising cases of COVID-19 in the country. In Administrative Circular No. 33-2020 issued March 31 by Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta, the high court outlined the procedure and reglementary periods to be observed in filing criminal complaints via […]
(Eagle News) — All courts will be physically closed starting March 23, and can only be reached via phone or online. Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta issued the order in administrative circular 32, due to the “unabated rise of COVID-19 infection, and with the entire country now under a state of calamity, with many cities either on “extreme enhanced community quarantine” or ‘lockdown..in line with the appeal of the government for the general public to stay […]
(Eagle News)–Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta ordered all courts in the country to “drastically reduce operations” starting today, March 16, until April 15. The chief justice said there shall be no work in all courts, court offices, division, sections and units including in the Supreme Court except in courts and court offices concerned with the resolution of urgent matters and cases, the payments of salaries in the judiciary, the release of the results of the […]
Courts outside NCR to continue to operate beginning March 19 (Eagle News)–All courts in Metro Manila will temporarily operate only with a skeletal workforce, the Supreme Court announced on Friday, Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta announced on Friday, March 13. Administrative circular number 30-2020 signed by the chief justice said this was effective March 15 to April 12. “All judges and justices must be on standby to act on and hear urgent matters,” the circular said. […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has set oral arguments for a petition for writ of habeas corpus filed for former New People’s Army leader Rodolfo Salas. In an advisory, the SC said the third division has set the arguments on the petition filed by Salas’ daughter Jody to March 12, at 9:30 a.m. A writ of habeas corpus is a safeguard against warrantless arrests and illegal detention. Salas, who was arrested in February, is currently […]
SC gives ABS-CBN Corp., ABS-CBN Convergence Inc. five days from receipt of notice to comment on OSG motion (Eagle News) — The Office of the Solicitor General has asked the Supreme Court to issue a gag order on both parties in the quo warranto petition it filed against ABS-CBN Corp. and ABS-CBN Convergence Inc. SC spokesperson Brian Keith Hosaka said the motion, if granted, will prevent both the OSG, and ABS-CBN Corp. and ABS-CBN Convergence […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed retired Supreme Court Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin to be the new chairperson of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), according to a recent statement by Malacañang. Bersamin has already taken his oath of office. He was initially designated as a member of the GSIS Board of Trustees on Feb. 6, but was later nominated to chair the GSIS, which was also approved by President Duterte. Noting his […]
(Eagle News)–A Senate inquiry into ABS-CBN’S compliance to its franchise terms does not preclude any action in the House of Representatives or in the Supreme Court on the matter. This is according to Senator Grace Poe, chair of the Senate committee on public services who filed Resolution No. 322 calling for the probe. This was after Solicitor General Jose Calida alleged in a quo warranto petition filed before the Supreme Court that the network had […]
Both have “non-extendible” period of ten days from notice to do this, SC says (Eagle News) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday, Feb. 11, ordered ABS-CBN Corp. and ABS-CBN Convergence Inc. to comment on the quo warranto petition filed against them by the Office of the Solicitor General. In a statement, SC spokesperson Brian Hosaka said the “comment likewise pertains to the prayer of the Solicitor General for the issuance of a (temporary restraining order) […]
(Eagle News)–Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday, Feb. 11, said the Office of the Solicitor General’s filing of a quo warranto petition against ABS-CBN was “abuse of power.” “Higit sa lahat, tungkol ito sa kapangyarihan: Sino ang magtatakda ng totoo at ng mahalaga? Kapag sinamsam ng gobyerno ang kapangyarihang ito, sinasamsam din nila ang kolektibong tungkulin nating kilatisin ang katotohanan. Taliwas sa karaniwang proseso ng pag-renew ng prangkisa ang nangyayari. Samakatuwid: Pang-aabuso ito ng kapangyarihan,” […]
