The high court said Judge Dagala is being investigated for other offenses. The Supreme Court did not allow lawyer Exequil Dagala to resign as judge of Surigao after he was named by Pres. Rodrigo Duterte as one of four judges in active service involved in the illegal drug trade in the country. SC Spokesman Atty. … Read more
The Supreme Court of the Philippines junks bid to probe the outgoing Pres. Benigno S. Aquino III on his involvement with the controversial Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) nd the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF). The petition was dimissed that sought to compel the Ombudsman to investigate the case against Pres. Aquino. Losing senatorial candidate Greco … Read more
The highest court in the country, the Supreme Court of the Philippines upheld on Tuesday night the temporary restraining orders (TROs) stopping the Commission on Elections (Comelec) from enforcing its resolutions canceling Sen. Grace Poe’s certificate of candidacy (COC) for President. The Supreme Court voted 12-3 and noted that the TROs issued in Sen. Grace … Read more
Presidential candidate Sen. Grace Poe could now breathe a sigh of relief as the Supreme Court issues a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) on the Comelec’s decision to disqualify the senator from running in the 2016 national elections. The TRO was released by the Supreme Court in just a few hours before the disqualification case of … Read more
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