Pres. Marcos signs laws creating new court branches across PH

Darryl John Esguerra 11/03/2024

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…

Supreme Court stands up for girl humiliated by boyfriend’s parents in 2004

Tina G. Santos 08/08/2023

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 courts to reopen tomorrow

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/01/2022

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).…

Capitol, PDEA, PNP, courts to set protocol for speedy disposal of seized illegal drugs

Rosalie Abatayo 10/22/2019

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…

SC declares no work for courts on Dec. 26 and Jan. 2

Inquirer.net 12/19/2018

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: “No election protest lodge at Municipal Trial Courts”

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/22/2018

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 new Cebu courts

Izobelle T. Pulgo 04/10/2017

  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…

USJ-R, SWU beach spikers shoot for semifinal seats

John Carlo Villaruel 12/09/2016

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…

Courts to segregate records of old cases

Izobelle T. Pulgo 07/03/2016

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…

Binay associate decries freeze order on firms’ assets, says AMLC ‘lied to CA’

05/17/2015

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…

Reforms needed to unclog courts

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 05/13/2015

PART 3 Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno said the judiciary is not deaf or blind to the clamor of prisoners for the speedy disposition of their cases. “We could not stand the inhuman conditions of our detention…

Cebu courts may be relocated to SRP

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/31/2014

The Supreme Court is studying the possibility of building a judicial complex at the South Road Properties (SRP) in Cebu City, Supreme Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez said. “A study is being conducted to house all courts…

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