Trial court clears Bella Ruby of 2011 kidnap-killing of schoolgirl

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 10/11/2014

Three years after a 6-year-old school girl was snatched by strangers riding a Pajero, a Cebu court acquitted the woman who was accused of kidnapping the child and killing her. The criminal trial is over for 38-year-old…

Mainstreaming environmental justice

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 06/02/2014

In a presentation made by Kaabag sa Sugbo coordinator Cathy Ruiz during the recently concluded Environmental Law Talks3 (ELT3) organized by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) Rule of Law Program Asia and the University of Cebu (UC),…

SRP judicial complex among options mulled

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 03/20/2014

  The Supreme Court has yet to decide whether to renovate or retrofit the Palace of Justice which was badly damaged by the 7.2-magnitude earthquake in October last year. Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez, who inspected the…

Flag rites kick off Qimonda courthouse

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 03/18/2014

After five months of doing business in makeshift tents, Cebu’s judiciary yesterday went back to normal as its new courthouse at the Qimonda IT Center in the city’s port area opened yesterday. Judges, lawyers, prosecutors, court employees,…

How Atty. Noel proved a marshal accused of raping a girl 36 times innocent

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 03/02/2014

When he was accused of rape, Billy (not his real name) turned to lawyer Noel Archival for help. Billy, a marshal of the Department of Justice accused of raping a 21-year-old lady witness 36 times inside a…

Cebu City courts move to Quimonda by March 17

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 02/23/2014

Whether they like it or not, all judges and court employees of Cebu City have to move to Qimonda IT Center by March 17. This was the decision of Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno after a dialogue…

Pique family marks 3rd year of Ellah Joy’s slay

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 02/09/2014

It’s been exactly three years ago yesterday that six-year-old Ellah Joy Pique of Minglanilla town, Cebu was killed at the hands of her kidnappers. The Pique family held a novena yesterday and would continue until Feb. 16…

Legal aid sought for city jail inmates

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/29/2014

Cebu City’s Police Coordinating and Advisory Council (PCAC) will ask lawyers groups as well as law schools to provide free legal assistance to detainees of the Cebu City Jail whose cases are bailable and those whose maximum…

Kutas kining pag-angkon sa hustisya

Lloyd Suarez 01/13/2014

Akoy naluoy sa mga tiguwang nga ginikanan niadtong batan-ong babaye nga namasangil nga gilugos pa gyud siya sa iyang guwardiya sa Department of Justice (DOJ) witness protection program gikan nga gi-gang rape sa iyang mga silingan sa…

Judges want to proceed with cases amid building damages

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/19/2013

Judges assigned in Cebu City’s courts said they would resume hearings in December. “The cases have not moved since the earthquake,” Regional Trial Court (RTC) Judge Macaundas Hadjirasul said. Tents will be set up outside the Palace…

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