VERA FILES FACT CHECK: An int’l court did NOT scold Carpio on WPS issue
There are no records from the ICC that support this, and neither has any local nor international media reported on it.
Tag Archives: supreme court
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Claim that SC Justice Leonen impeached MISLEADING
Impeachment of members of the Supreme Court is initiated in the House of Representatives and the trial against Leonen has yet to begin.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Pag-unawa sa pagbabasura ng PET sa poll protest ni Marcos laban kay Robredo
Nagkakaisa ang pagboto, ibinasura ng Supreme Court (SC), na nakaupo bilang Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), ang “buong electoral protest” na isinampa ni dating senador Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. laban kay Vice President Leni Robredo para maagaw ang pangalawang pinakamataas na posisyon sa bansa.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Understanding the PET’s junking of Marcos’ poll protest vs. Robredo
Voting unanimously, the Supreme Court (SC), sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), dismissed “the entire electoral protest” that former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. filed against Vice President Leni Robredo to wrestle the country’s second highest post.
Misplaced compassion
The Supreme Court’s unanimous decision granting the full retirement benefits of the late chief justice Renato Corona, despite his impeachment in 2012, is quite unsettling. It sends the wrong signal to public officials that it is all right to be dishonest for as long as they serve at least 15 years in government.
A revolutionary moment
No I am not referring to the 8-6 vote in the Supreme Court last Friday on a matter that it should have from the beginning (“ab initio “ in lawyerspeak) dismissed outright.
Sereno ouster jolts a complacent public
Democracy in the Philippines did not die last Friday.
Founded on false hopes, sustained by more falsehood
Fake news. We have that in abundance direct from the President himself. Now we have Fake Charge
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The 1993 secret deal: what the Marcoses wanted in exchange for their ill-gotten wealth
Duterte wants a compromise deal with the Marcoses. But if history were any indication, getting a deal is not going to be easy.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte on SC’s role in martial law
President Rodrigo Duterte has been vacillating on his stand about the Supreme Court’s role in the martial law declaration, from saying he won’t listen to the high court at all to recognizing that the justices have a say on its validity.
