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(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has suspended work in all courts in Metro Manila today, Aug. 2. The SC said this was due to inclement weather. Executive judges in other affected areas,m the SC said, may exercise discretion. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said monsoon rains will prevail in parts of the country today.
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has ordered all judges and branch clerks of first- and second-level courts nationwide to report the status of all their cases involving the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office since January 2018. The order was contained in a circular issued by the Office of Court Administrator Midas Marquez on Monday, July 29. According to Marquez, the report on the PCSO cases, whether pending or terminated, should be submitted on or before Aug. 15. […]
(Eagle News) – Former presidential spokesperson and human rights lawyer Harry Roque accused Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio of “politicking” because of his repeated talks and comments on the West Philippine Sea that are critical of President Rodrigo Duterte. For Roque, Carpio should just resign and run for public office if he would continue to comment on the issue, saying this was in violation of the Canons of Judicial Ethics which advises judges […]
Presents sworn affidavits, video of fishermen in case, saying they had nothing to do with the petition during oral arguments before Supreme Court (Eagle News) – Solicitor General Jose Calida bared on Tuesday, July 9, that the fishermen in the Writ of Kalikasan petition filed by the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) had nothing to do at all with the petition but that their names were merely “used” by the IBP to fight the […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service (Eagle News) – Magkakaroon ng bagong tanggapan ang Korte Suprema sa halos anim na ektaryang lote sa loob ng New Clark City sa Tarlac na tinaguriang kauna-unahang smart, green, at resilient city sa bansa. Ito ay matapos pormal nang lumagda sa Memorandum Of Understanding ang Korte Suprema at Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) para sa 5.8 hectare na Judiciary Complex. Pinangunahan nina Supreme Court Chief Justice Lucas […]
(Eagle News) – Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has decided to inhibit from the Writ of Kalikasan case pending with the high court involving the protection of the marine environment in the West Philippine Sea, saying he did this for the “peace of mind” of Solicitor General Jose Calida. Carpio’s inhibition came after a motion was filed by the Office of the Solicitor General asking the high court to direct him to inhibit […]
(Eagle News) – The Office of the Solicitor General has filed a motion with the Supreme Court seeking the inhibition of Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio in the Writ of Kalikasan petition seeking marine protection of shoals within the West Philippine Sea. Citing Carpio’s “personal bias and manifest partiality” in the issue, Solicitor General Jose Calida said that the SC justice should inhibit from deciding the case. The case “involved the protection, preservation, rehabilitation, […]
(Eagle News) – Opposiiton senator Leila De Lima said that President Rodrigo Duterte could be impeached for allowing Chinese fishing vessels to enter the Philippines exclusive economic zone. De Lima’s reaction was in support of the contention made by Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio that what President Duterte did in allowing foreign vessels to fish in the country’s EEZ was unconstitutional. In her statement, De Lima claimed that the President had “committed […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is rejecting a challenge to federal regulation of gun silencers, just days after a gunman used one in a shooting rampage that killed 12 people in Virginia. The justices did not comment Monday in turning away appeals from two Kansas men who were convicted of violating federal law regulating silencers. The men argued that the constitutional right “to keep and bear arms” includes silencers. Kansas and seven other […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has issued a writ of amparo (protection) and habeas data in favor of Karapatan, Gabriela and the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines. This was after the SC deemed the issuance of the writ “necessary” and “proper” on its face considering the “allegations contained, the issues raised, and the arguments adduced” in the groups’ petition against President Rodrigo Duterte, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, […]
(Eagle News)–Lawyer Ferdinand Topacio on Monday, May 27, asked Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin to probe officials of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines who allowed Peter Joemel Advincula to hold a press conference at the IBP headquarters early May. In a letter submitted to Bersamin’s office, Topacio noted it was “highly improper” for IBP national president Abdiel Fajardo and incoming president and current vice chairman Domingo Cayosa “to have accommodated Advincula in using the IBP […]
(Eagle News)–The Alyansa ng mga Tagapagtanggol ng Wikang Filipino will appeal anew the Supreme Court’s decision allowing the removal of Filipino and “panitikan” from the list of required subjects in colleges. The group of professors, students and activists said it would file a second motion for reconsideration after the SC upheld its November 2018 decision that ruled the legality of Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) Memorandum Order (CMO) No. 20, which allowed for such a […]
