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(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte is redefining the State of the Nation Address (SONA) as Filipinos know it with the way he delivers his own SONA, according to analysts who studied the President’s fourth SONA on Monday, July 22. During Eagle Broadcasting Corporation’s (EBC) special coverage of the President’s SONA, historian and De La Salle university professor Van Ybiernas and Department of Education (DepEd) Undersecretary Tonisito Umali explained how President Duterte had changed […]
By Eden Suarez-Santos Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — The Judicial Bar Council cannot still declare the position of ousted Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno as vacant since the Supreme Court still has no final decision on the quo warranto petition against her. This was confirmed by Oriental Mindoro Representative Reynaldo Umali, one of the JBC members processing the nominations and application on the said position. The official said the agency is yet to […]
(Eagle News) – House Justice Committee chair Reynaldo Umali said on Thursday, April 12, that the conduct of impeachment proceedings against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno was a “priority” of the House of Representatives even before President Rodrigo Duterte’s call for Congress to “fast-track” the impeachment. “Iyan po talaga ang gagawin namin not because of the President’s pronouncement but because that is really a priority agenda of the House of Representatives,” Umali, who is also […]
(Eagle News) – “We have made history here in defining the impeachment process in the House of Representatives.” This was how House committee on justice chair Oriental Mindoro Rep. Reynaldo Umali described how the house panel had so far handled deliberations on the impeachment complaint, as well as the crafting of the articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno which 33 lawmakers had voted to approve. The 56-page articles of […]
(Eagle News) — House Justice committee chair Mindoro Rep. Reynaldo Umali on Monday expressed confidence there would be sufficient votes for the draft articles of impeachment and the committee report against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno at the plenary. “The writing is already on the wall. It will not be difficult to obtain the one-third vote,” Umali said. A vote of one-third of House members is needed to send the impeachment complaint to the Senate, […]
But Associate Justice De Castro calls out Sereno in same event: “That’s sub judice” (Eagle News) – “I will not yield.” Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno had this to say on Thursday, barely an hour before the House Committee on Justice, voting 38-2, found probable cause to impeach her. “The oath that I have taken is to protect the Constitution, the independence of the judiciary, and to take a stand for every judge whose freedom […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Representative Reynaldo Umali, chair of the House Justice Committee, will meet with other members of the committee to discuss methods on how to fast-track the impeachment hearings against Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno. “By next month, we will be able to terminate the hearings and submit for plenary approval our committee report by March. Maybe by May this is already with the Senate for trial. This is my personal […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Six more justices of the Supreme Court are willing to testify against Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno in the hearings being conducted in the House of Representatives on the impeachment complaint against Sereno. This was according to House Justice Committee Chairman Reynaldo Umali who noted that there could be a “leadership issue” in the Supreme Court since many there appeared not to be satisfied with Sereno’s leadership. “When about […]
Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno has warned that any moves to impeach her will endanger the country’s democracy, and reminded judges to resist political pressure and uphold judicial independence. “These are challenging times and it is difficult to keep on saying no to the powers that be, but this is part of the sacred trust for which we have made our vows,” she said during a speech on Monday at the unveiling […]
(Eagle News) — Tetestigo si House Justice Committee Chairman Reynaldo Umali laban kay Senador Leila De Lima sa kasong disobedience to summons na nasa Branch 34 ng Quezon City Metropolitan Trial Court. Sa June 9 itinakda ang unang araw ng paglilitis sa kaso ni De Lima. Kinumpirma ni Umali na siya ang unang isasalang ng prosecution na saksi laban kay De Lima. Sinabi ng kongresista na hindi naman niya ito maaaring balewalain dahil baka matulad […]
(Eagle News) — If an impeachment complaint is filed against Vice-President Leni Robredo with the House of Representatives when Congress resumes, it is possible that this would move faster and prosper unlike the impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte. This was how leaders at the Lower House and even Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III viewed recent developments affecting the top two leaders of the country. An impeachment complaint was earlier filed […]
(Eagle News) – The House of Representatives passed on second reading early Wednesday evening (March 1) the controversial death penalty bill, even as opposition congressmen tried to block its passage. House Bill 4727 was passed in just less than a minute, through a voice vote, after the House agreed that only drug offenses would be covered by capital punishment. The death penalty will also not be mandatory since there can be a choice between […]
