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Tag: judicial and bar council

  • Categories The Corona Trial Top Stories

    8 names in JBC shortlist for CJ

    Aug 13, 2012 2:49 PM

    By LALA ORDENES

    THE Judicial and Bar Council has released the shortlist for the nominees to the highest judicial post in the land. Eight names, led by Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio, made it to the list that will be submitted to the President.

    CJ nominees, jbc, judicial and bar council, shortlist

  • Categories The Corona Trial Top Stories

    SC blinks, allows 2 Congress reps to JBC

    Aug 03, 2012 4:45 PM

    By LALA ORDENES

    FEARING that Congress may be either underrepresented or overrepresented in the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) proceedings, the Supreme Court on Friday modified its July 17 decision limiting Congress to only one representation in the council that vets judicial nominees.

    jbc, judicial and bar council

  • Categories The Corona Trial

    Only one vote for Congress in the JBC – SC

    Jul 23, 2012 7:39 PM

    By LALA ORDENES

    CONGRESS is entitled to only one vote in the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC).
    In a 7-2 decision with five abstentions last week, the Supreme Court declared the current practice of allowing members from both the Senate and the House of Representatives to participate and vote in JBC’s proceedings unconstitutional.

    jbc, judicial and bar council, SC, supreme court

  • Categories The Corona Trial Top Stories

    CJ nominee questions JBC composition

    Jun 23, 2012 12:31 PM

    By LALA ORDENES

    FORMER Solicitor General Frank Chavez, a nominee to the Chief Justice post vacated by impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona, sent a letter (see below) to the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) Friday questioning the composition of the council that vets and approves nominees to judicial posts.

    frank chavez, impeachment, jbc, judicial and bar council

  • Categories The Corona Trial Top Stories

    JBC allows live media coverage for chief justice interviews

    Jun 18, 2012 11:15 PM

    By LALA ORDENES

    THE Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) in a historic move decided Monday to allow live coverage of the public interviews of candidates for judicial positions. This means that cameras and tape recorders are now allowed inside the room where the JBC panel interviews candidates for vacant posts in the judiciary and the office of the Ombudsman.

    impeachment, jbc, judicial and bar council

  • Categories Banner The Corona Trial Top Stories

    Few limits to president’s power of judicial appointment

    Jun 12, 2012 6:12 AM

    By VERA FILES
    The Judicial and Bar Council represents the first and crucial step in the judicial appointment process. Ultimately, however, the person responsible for appointments of all the country’s judges and justices is the President.

    Corona, impeachment, judicial and bar council, judicial appointments, judiciary, supreme court

  • Categories Banner The Corona Trial Top Stories

    JBC partly to blame for problems in judiciary

    Jun 11, 2012 12:06 AM

    By VERA FILES
    THE Judicial and Bar Council is now the focus of national attention as it begins the process of recommending a replacement for ousted Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona. The process, if done right, is expected to help restore public confidence in the High Tribunal.

    jbc, judicial and bar council, judiciary

  • Categories Banner The Corona Trial Top Stories

    Corona conviction puts High Court, JBC in uncharted waters

    Jun 05, 2012 1:05 PM

    By LALA ORDENES

    THE conviction of Renato Corona, the first time in the country’s history a chief justice is removed from office by impeachment, has thrown the Supreme Court and even the Judicial and Bar Council into uncharted waters, forcing the High Tribunal to contradict itself and act against its own pronouncements.

    impeachment, jbc, judicial and bar council, renato corona, supreme court

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