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(Eagle News) — Voting 9-6, the Supreme Court has allowed Senator Grace Poe to run for president, reversing an earlier ruling of the Commission on Elections which disqualified her from the presidential race. The justices who voted to grant Poe’s petitions seeking the reversal of the Comelec’s resolutions were: Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, Associate Justices Velasco, Peralta, Bersamin, Perez, Mendoza, Leonen, Jardeleza and Caguioa. The six who voted to deny the petitions are […]
MANILA, Philippines – In an en banc session, the Supreme Court confirmed the decision of the Commission on Elections in declaring nuisance candidates as well as disqualifying them in the election. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/3kU0T4ApoRc
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Sumugod at nag-ingay sa labas ng Korte Suprema ang mga estudyante at militant youth groups na naghain ng petisyon laban sa pagpapatupad ng K-to-12 Program ng Department of Education kahapon, Pebrero 23. Nais ng mga petitioner na resolbahin na ng mga mahistrado ang kaso ng K-to-12 at tuluyan na itong ibasura at ideklarang labag sa konstitusyon. (Eagle News Service)
MANILA, Philippines – The parents, teachers and students of the Manila Science High School gave the Supreme Court until the first week of March to decide their petition to declare the K-12 program as unconstitutional. The petitioners added that if the Supreme Court will not prioritize said case, those in Grade 10 will be affected because they will not be allowed to enter college. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by […]
SUPREME Court chief justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno revealed that the high tribunal has presumed in the past that foundlings are natural-born Filipinos. During the continuation of the oral arguments yesterday on the petitions by Senator Grace Poe assailing her disqualification by the poll body, Sereno grilled Commission on Elections commissioner Arthur Lim, posing tough questions about the constitutional provisions on citizenship, particularly on the theory of bloodlines and the rights of foundlings. Sereno, during her […]
MANILA, Feb. 2 (PNA) – The Supreme Court (SC) en banc on Tuesday dismissed with finality the petition of the Laude family seeking the transfer of detention of United States Marines Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton to a local jail. In a press conference, SC Public Information Office (PIO) Chief and Spokesman Atty. Theodore O. Te said that “the Court denied with finality the Motion for Reconsideration filed by petitioners from the Court’s Decision dated […]
Senator Grace Poe said that she is ready to accept the final decision of the Supreme Court regarding the disqualification cases against her, adding that she is confident that the SC will decide in her favor due to the strength of her camp’s arguments. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
In its first regular session in 2016, the Supreme Court is set to decide the legality of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) between the Philippines and the United States of America. There are speculations that there will be a split decision as three Justices of the Supreme Court submitted their dissenting opinions regarding the draft decision. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
In a resolution, the Supreme Court announced that Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio as well as Associate Justices Teresita de Castro and Arturo Brion will have no participation on the deliberation of the highest court in the land regarding the motion against the decision of the Senate Electoral Tribunal regarding the disqualification case against Senator Grace Poe. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
Associate Justices Antonio Carpio, Teresita de Castro and Arturo Brion issued a statement that they do not have plans to disinhibit themselves regarding the two disqualification cases against Senator Grace Poe, saying that it is different from the issue in the Senate Electoral Tribunal which is the disqualification of Poe as a senator while the present case will tackle the issue of the Senator’s disqualification in running for President. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay […]
According to the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), it will have a hard time preparing for the 2016 election if it will follow the temporary restraining order issued by the Supreme Court on its “no bio, no boto” policy. If said TRO is implemented, the COMELEC will have to adjust voting precincts for voters with no biometrics. Said commission would also have to provide more vote-counting machines. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video […]
The Supreme Court gave the Commission on Elections ten days to comment on the petitions of various youth groups asking for the extension of the voters’ registration. Said groups cite Section 8 of the Voters’ Registration Act which provides that no registration should be held 120 days before the regular election. Based on said provision, with the election to be held on May 2016, the registration should have been up to January 2016 and not […]
