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(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police and the Office of the Solicitor General submitted “rubbish reports” on the administration’s drug war, a group of lawyers said. As a result, the Center for International Law is asking the Supreme Court to order the PNP and the OSG to explain why they should not be cited in contempt, in a motion filed on Monday, Sept. 23. In its motion, Centerlaw noted that an examination of 107 of the […]
(Eagle News)–Work in all courts nationwide on Monday, Sept. 23, is suspended starting 2 p.m. The Supreme Court said this was pursuant to Civil Service Commission Announcement No.53,s.2019, which announces the celebration of the 27th national family week. In the announcement, the CSC urged government agencies and state universities and colleges to hold a simultaneous ringing of bells at 12 noon “as a symbol of nationwide awareness and commitment to commemorate the solidarity and unity […]
(Eagle News)–Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Friday, Sept. 13, warned against making declarations of setting aside the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling that invalidated China’s nine-dash line delineating the country’s expansive claims in the West Philippine Sea. In a statement, Carpio said that although President Rodrigo Duterte in particular has “no authority” under Philippine law to “set aside” the arbitral ruling, the “unilateral declaration” by the President “could bind the Philippines under […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has fined two Shari’a Circuit Court judges for what it ruled were their “misjudgments” that cast doubts into the integrity of the 2014 Shari’a Bar Examinations. In a 13-page Resolution promulgated on July 24, the third division upheld the findings of the Office of the Court Administrator that found Judge Kaudri Jainul of the Shari’a Circuit Court of Isabela City, Basilan and the appointed chair of the Board of Examiners; and […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed asylum restrictions by President Donald Trump’s administration to take effect, preventing most Central American migrants from applying at the US border. The top court stayed a decision by a lower court two days earlier that had blocked the restrictions, which require migrants seeking asylum in the United States to make their request in a country along their route. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, dissenting from […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of former Presidential Commission on Good Government Chair Camilo Sabio for graft over the lease agreements entered into by the PCGG with a bank without the required competitive bidding. The SC’s third division, in denying Sabio’s petition for review that assailed his conviction over the lease of 11 motor vehicles with the United Coconut Planters Bank Leasing and Finance Corporation from 2007 to 2009, noted that Sabio […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has affirmed a Court of Appeals decision upholding a lower court’s refusal to grant bail to former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao governor Datu Zaldy Uy Ampatuan. In denying the petition for review on certiorari of Ampatuan, who faces 58 counts of murder over the Maguindanao massacre, the first division noted the “failure” of Ampatuan to “sufficiently show any reversible error” in the CA decision dated April 18, 2018 and the […]
(Eagle News)–The Presidential Electoral Tribunal has concluded its recount and revision of ballots in connection with former Senator Bongbong Marcos’ electoral protest against Vice President Leni Robredo. The PET said case member-in-charge Justice Alfredo Caguioa submitted on Monday, Sept. 9, his report on the recount covering the three test provinces of Iloilo, Negros Oriental and Camarines Sur, or 5415 precincts. The tribunal has, however, yet to act on the report. “The tribunal would like to […]
(Eagle News)–Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. on Tuesday, Aug. 27, denied any wrongdoing in what prosecutors said was Banco Filipino Savings & Mortgage Bank’s failure to report P350 million in loans to Tierrasud Inc. between 2001 to 2009. In an interview over ANC, Yasay said he was “just” a director of the now-defunct bank and was only “tasked and hired to sit down with high officials of the (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) to […]
(Eagle News)–Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has declined his automatic nomination for Chief Justice. Carpio made the confirmation in a text message on Tuesday, Aug. 20. “Yes, I am declining because there are only 8 days left from the vacancy to my compulsory retirement,” he said. Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin is slated to retire on Oct. 18, while Carpio will retire on Oct. 26. The five most senior justices of the SC are automatically nominated […]
(Eagle News)–Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen has declined the SC en banc’s nomination of him for the Chief Justice post. SC public information office chief Brian Hosaka said this was according to Leonen himself, in a statement sent to him after the en banc agreed to nominate the five most senior justices for the post to be left vacant by Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin when he retires on Oct. 17. In the statement, Leonen […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has affirmed the libel conviction of a blogger who accused now-Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon of corruption in social media. In affirming the Sept. 18, 2018 and March 7, 2019 resolutions of the CA that affirmed with modification a Pasay court’s conviction of Manuel Mejorada, the SC said the appellate court correctly ruled that the elements of libel in his posts were sufficiently established by the prosecution. According to the SC, […]
