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After serving the judiciary for 15 years, four trial court judges in Cebu City are hanging up their robes for good. Judges Simeon Dumdum, Silvestre Maamo, Enriquita Belarmino and Eric Menchavez chose to avail of optional retirement…
As a judge, I have heard thousands of witnesses. Most of them would fall under the category, “heard one, heard them all.” After all, only one of two things happens – either the witness is telling the…
The Supreme Court (SC) slapped a P30,000 fine on a Mandaue City judge for acting as “attorney-in-fact” or a legal representative of a relative—a violation of the Code of Judicial Conduct. Judge Rogelio Lucmayon of the Municipal…
Here’s a lesson for trial court judges: The Supreme Court (SC) asked a retired judge to pay a fine of P100,000 for failing to resolve 191 cases before his term ended in 2011. Judge Benedicto Cobarde of…
Additional judges and courts can help decongest the country’s jails which have been overcrowded since the 1980s, retired judge Meinrado Paredes said. “The Supreme Court has introduced several programs to speed up the resolution of cases but…
Judges and court employees in Cebu City and Cebu province wore black shirts today as they joined the nationwide silent protest against the government’s move to raise tax deductions on their allowances. Rank and file employees said…
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