Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 03:37:50 +0000
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar – Myanmar’s Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the final appeal of two Reuters journalists and upheld seven-year prison sentences for their reporting on the military’s brutal crackdown on Rohingya Muslims.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 23:15:58 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin has ordered Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez to conduct an inspection of all court houses in areas affected by Monday afternoon’s magnitude 6.1 earthquake.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 23:07:26 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court has suspended work in all courts in Metro Manila and Central Luzon on Tuesday, following the magnitude 6.1 earthquake that rocked parts of Luzon last Monday.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 21:16:05 +0000
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — The government has until 2022 to release the shares of local government units (LGUs) from all national taxes, after the Supreme Court affirmed its 2018 decision that they are entitled to internal revenue allotments (IRA) that include shares from customs duties and other excise taxes.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 21:34:29 +0000
The Supreme Court has castigated Solicitor General Jose Calida for choosing which police reports on the killings in President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal war on drugs
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Read moreCredit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 04:02:02 +0000
The killing of thousands during police drug operations “is a matter of grave concern,” said the Supreme Court.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 16:41:28 +0000
The U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to reconsider industry-led challenges to state nuclear subsidy programs in New York and Illinois leaves the contentious matter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The high court on April 15 declined to accept petitions for review of decisions by the Second Circuit and Seventh Circuit, dealing a major blow […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 10:26:57 +0000
Citing the failure of the Duterte Cabinet and the head of government agencies to protect the maritime environment in the West Philippine Sea, fisherfolk from Palawan and Zambales turned to the Supreme Court for help.
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Read moreCredit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 10:02:17 +0000
An organization of human rights lawyers has sought the Supreme Court’s protection from alleged continuing harassment of the military and the police.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2019 23:21:44 +0000
The owner of the former Sulpicio Lines Inc. will be tried for criminal negligence for the sinking of the MV Princess of the Stars on June 21, 2008, claiming the lives of more than 800 people, according to the Supreme Court.
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