The top three preferred candidates by the Supreme Court to replace former chief justice Maria Lourdes Sereno are all appointees of then president, now Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
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Read moreTHE Supreme Court en banc junked the plea of former Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada to dismiss the plunder and graft charges against him before the Sandiganbayan, paving the way for a trial before the anti-graft court. With its ruling, the high tribunal affirmed the Ombudsman’s findings of probable cause against Estrada who has been accused […]
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Read moreTHE net satisfaction ratings of the Supreme Court, Congress and President Rodrigo Duterte’s Cabinet continued to drop in the second quarter of 2018, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey. The poll from June 27 to 30 among 1,200 adults nationwide showed that 57 percent were satisfied while 17 percent were dissatisfied with […]
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Davao del Norte trial court judge Virginia Tejano-Ang has applied for the vacant position of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (SC).
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Opposition senators have asked the Supreme Court (SC) to let detained Senator Leila de Lima appear in the tribunal to join the oral arguments on the Philippines’ withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Wednesday admitted that he was disappointed at having been disqualified as a candidate for the Ombudsman post by the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) due to a pending case of syndicated estafa filed against him in 2012.
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Read moreTWO more Supreme Court justices accepted their nominations for Chief Justice, the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) said on Wednesday. Associate Justices Diosdado Peralta and Andres Reyes Jr. accepted their nominations, said the JBC, which screens the candidates. This brings to three the number of nominees for the top post at the high tribunal, which […]
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The Supreme Court reminded lawyers and judges that they are “licensed officers of the courts who are mandated to maintain the dignity of the legal profession and the integrity of the judicial institution.”
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A senior justice of the Supreme Court has accepted the nomination to replace Maria Lourdes Sereno.
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In an unprecedented move, a former member of the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) has nominated all 14 incumbent justices of the Supreme Court (SC) for the post vacated by ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno.
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