LONDON, United Kingdom — When a US judge found fabricated quotes in a lawyer’s brief earlier this year, the attorney admitted he had used Claude, an artificial intelligence chatbot, to write the document. That got him a…
(UPDATED, October 23, 2025, 11:45 a.m.) CEBU CITY — A Cebu court has convicted a man for violating the Animal Welfare Act of 1998 after he threw a cat into a dog enclosure, causing the animal’s death,…
MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has signed into law 11 measures creating additional court branches across the country. Copies of the new laws were released by Malacañang on Sunday. Republic Act (RA) 12044 provides for…
A person who debases, degrades or demeans a child’s intrinsic worth and dignity as a human being can be held liable for damages under the Civil Code, the Supreme Court said in a decision on a case…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Regional Trial Courts (RTC) in Cebu City will reopen tomorrow, February 2, 2022, and with this, all judicial processes will be resuming at the Quimonda Building in the North Reclamation Area (NRA).…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu provincial government is now working with anti-narcotics groups and the courts to establish a protocol for the speedy destruction of illegal drugs confiscated during operations. Governor Gwendolyn Garcia said the immediate…
MANILA, Philippines—The Supreme Court (SC) has suspended works in all courts nationwide on December 26 and January 2. The Public Information Office of the SC announced this on Wednesday, citing that the suspension of work is to…
Comelec Region-7 Director Veronico Petalcorin reminded candidates who plan to lodge election protests that they can only file their complaints up to 10 days after the proclamation was made. Petalcorin said candidates have only until May 25…
ELEVEN new judges for Cebu have been appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte to fill up positions in the Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MTCC), including newly opened courts. There are at least six new MTCC courts…
DEFENDING champions University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R) Spiking Jaguars and last year’s losing finalist Southwestern University (SWU) Spiking Cobras look to book seats to the semifinals as they take on separate opponents in the Cesafi men’s beach…
COURT personnel will start segregating and extracting records of terminated cases that are five years old and above as well as old notarized documents and foreclosure of mortgage petitions this month. In a notice issued to the…
MANILA, Philippines — Businessman Antonio L. Tiu scored the Anti-Money Laundering Council on Sunday, for including in its freeze order request his companies’ bank accounts, saying these were all used in legitimate transactions. “The AMLC lied to…
