Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2019 02:59:25 +0000
MANILA, Philippines-The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) has opened the nomination for the position of Chief Justice which will become vacant
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Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2019 21:05:23 +0000
Sen. Sonny Angara has filed Senate Bill No. 137, or the Comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Act of 2019, that would criminalize 13 forms of discrimination.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2019 19:39:58 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — A critic of the Duterte administration’s South China Sea policy on the Supreme Court on Tuesday inhibited himself from hearing a petition to compel the government to protect three reefs in the West Philippine Sea and rehabilitate the marine environment around them that China had damaged.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2019 12:33:47 +0000
Justices of the Supreme Court are in a bind over a petition asking them to compel the government to protect the West Philippine Sea.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2019 10:27:43 +0000
The Supreme Court has dismissed the petition filed by an investor of Kapa seeking P3 billion in damages from the government.
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Credit to Author: Drew Schwartz| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 21:08:02 +0000
A Supreme Court ruling on vulgar trademarks is making space for new, profane ventures, from “A$$RICH” to “Bitchigan.”
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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 07:55:55 +0000
TACLOBAN CITY—A legislator named by President Duterte as a drug protector on his so-called narco list said he considered as a “first round victory” the writ of habeas data issued by the Supreme Court that ordered several national government officials to explain why the legislator’s name was on the list. The case could serve as […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2019 08:26:37 +0000
Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Saturday (June 29) underscored the importance of a provision in the Constitution
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 14:42:35 +0000
The Supreme Court (SC) has granted a Leyte politician’s bid for protection through a writ of habeas data and ordered several government agencies to respond.
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Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 07:42:27 +0000
The Manila City Council on Thursday (June 27) passed a resolution endorsing the appointment of Court of Appeals (CA) Associate Justice Jhosen Lopez as a Supreme Court associate justice.
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