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Tag: supreme court

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    Categories FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Martial law arrest orders and what they mean

    By Vera Files  |  Jun 19, 2017 7:38 AM

    More than 300 alleged members and supporters of the Maute, Abu Sayyaf and other militant groups have been ordered arrested for rebellion by the Department of National Defense, following the declaration of martial law in Mindanao.

    Lorenzana, Martial Law in Mindanao, Rebellion, supreme court, Terrorism

  • Categories News

    Marcos burial a ‘calculated risk’ — lawyer

    Nov 23, 2016 9:58 PM

    By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL AS protests rage over the Marcos burial, a human rights lawyer and anti-Martial law advocate said any attempt to overturn the Supreme Court ruling would have slim chance of succeeding.  In burying the remains of former president Ferdinand Marcos pending the finality of the SC decision, the Marcos family banked on a […]

    burial, Duterte, marcos, supreme court

  • Categories News Vote 2013

    Lucy Torres ouster not final — Brillantes

    Mar 20, 2013 8:46 PM

    By MIKHA FLORES CHAIRMAN Sixto Brillantes Jr. said the Commission on Elections will take no action on the case of Lucy Torres-Gomez, who was unseated by the Supreme Court as representative of the fourth district of Leyte, and said her case was different from that of Imus, Cavite mayor Emmanuel Maliksi. The high court on […]

    HRET, Lucy Torres-Gomez, supreme court

  • Categories Banner Focus The Corona Trial

    Ateneo schoolmates now head two branches of govt

    Aug 26, 2012 8:05 PM

    By VERA Files

    PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino made history by appointing Lourdes Sereno as the country’s first female Chief Justice, but he also broke tradition by setting aside the seniority rule and naming to the highest judicial post one of the Court’s youngest associate justices, who also happens to be his college schoolmate.

    Ateneo, sereno, supreme court

  • 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 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

    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

  • Categories The Corona Trial

    TRO on the implementation of the subpoena to PSBank Katipunan Branch

    Feb 14, 2012 5:13 PM

    FULL TEXT of the TRO on the implementation of the subpoena to PSBank Katipunan Branch. Also read Associate Justice Maria Lourdes P. A. Sereno’s dissenting opinion and Associate Justice Arturo D. Brion’s concurring opinion.

    impeachment, renato corona, supreme court

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