“A good person, strict but compassionate,” is how Ombudsman Samuel Martires described newly appointed Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo-de Castro as he expressed his happiness for her appointment.
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The shortlist of candidates who could replace ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno was transmitted by the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) to Malacañang immediately after its deliberations on Friday. The JBC, also on Friday, selected the three most senior Associate Justices of the Supreme Court (SC), namely Teresita Leonardo-de Castro, Diosdado Peralta, and Lucas Bersamin, […]
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Read moreTHE House of Representatives will act on the impeachment complaints filed against seven Supreme Court justices who voted to oust then Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno via quo warranto, Speaker Gloria Arroyo said Friday. “The Secretary General already transmitted the impeachment charge to my office this morning and then they will send me the transmittal for […]
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Malacañang has asked the Supreme Court to dismiss a petition questioning its decision to close Boracay Island for six months.
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The Supreme Court said it had unanimously rejected Associate Justice Benjamin Caguioa’s request to be removed as the one in charge of the election protest filed by losing vice presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.
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The lone Regional Trial Court judge vying for the position of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court said she thought she was applying for the post of Associate Justice.
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Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Andres Reyes Jr. said he opted to accept the nomination for Chief Justice despite the tradition of seniority because “justice needs a servant to really serve justice.”
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“If I’m right, this is the discovery of the millennium and it’s not wasting anybody’s time.”
THE camp of Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo asked the Supreme Court to dismiss a petition by former Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. to stop the High Court, sitting as Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), from using ballot images in the poll recount, saying that questioning it was useless. In an urgent counter manifestation with […]
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Opposition senators on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to postpone the oral arguments on its petition challenging the constitutionality of the Duterte administration’s action withdrawing the country’s membership from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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