The Supreme Court of the Philippines announced and released the official list of approved applicants for the 2015 Bar Examinations which will be held over four Sundays of November at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila. A total of 7,146 examinees were approved by the Supreme Court to take the Bar Exam. Update: Nov. … Read more
Former President and incumbent Mayor Manila, Mayor Joseph Ejercito Estrada stated that he is ready to facilitate the demotion of the controversial Torre de Manila which is dubbed as “Pambansang Photobomber” if the Supreme Court will give an order to him. In an enterview with GMA News, Mayor Estrada said the National Historical Commission of … Read more
Two separate petitions were filed by a leftist group and a former congressman to the Supreme Court on Monday, January 5, 2015 in an effort to stop the fare increase for the Light Rail Transit (LRT) and the Metro Rail Transit (MRT), effective January 5, 2015. The petitions were filed by Bagong Alyang Makabayan (Bayan) … Read more
The Supreme Court of the Philippines rescheduled the Monday (April 28, 2014) oath-taking ceremony to May 5, 2014 for the 1,174 new law graduates who successfully passed the October 2013 Bar examination. According to the report of Interaksyon.com, SC Spokesman Atty. Theodore Te said that the oath-taking ceremony has been moved in expectation of the heavy … Read more
The Supreme Court has denied on Thursday the petition of First Cl(–foul word(s) removed–) Cadet Aldrin Jeff Cudia to stop his expulsion from Philippine Maritime Academy (PMA). Cudia failed to get a temporary restraining order (TRO) from the Supreme Court. Instead, the high court’s Third division ordered the respondents Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and … Read more
The Philippine Supreme Court declared Internet Libel as Constitutional while the “all-encomp(–foul word(s) removed–)ing power of the Department of Justice to just take down computer data” was declared as unconstitutional as announced by the high court on Tuesday, February 18, 2014. The announcement was made by the Supreme Court through a press conference as SC … Read more
The Philippines highest court, the Supreme Court en banc issued a 60-day temporary restraining order (TRO) on the Manila Electric Company’s (Meralco) P4.15 per kilowatt hour rate increase. According to PhilStar.com, the Supreme Court spokesperson Theodore Te said that the Supreme Court has set the oral arguments on January 21 to discuss the staggered rate … Read more
The Philippines highest court, the Supreme Court of the Philippines released an additional list of examinees for the October 2013 Bar Examinations which will be held this coming October 6, 13, 20 and 27, 2013. The initial lists of the October 2013 Bar Examination was already released by the Supreme Court last month. Check the … Read more
The Supreme Court of the Philippines has lifted the “5-strike rule” in the Bar Examinations, the scrapping of the rule will take effect this coming 2014 Bar Examination. The lifting of the “5-strike-role” will pave the way for aspiring lawyers to keep trying to hurdle the rigorous exams until they succeed, even beyond five tries. … Read more
The Supreme Court (SC) of the Philippines announced the initial list of 853 approved examinees for the October 2013 Bar Examination through Bar Bulletin No. 6. Update: Additional Lists of Approved Petitions for the October 2013 Bar Examinations From the 853 list of examinees, a total of 670 are first-time takers. The Bar Examination will … Read more