SC backs CA in legal tussle with House over ‘Ilocos Six’

Inquirer 07/04/2017

THE Supreme Court is supporting the Court of Appeals in its legal tussle with the House of Representatives on the habeas corpus case of the six Ilocos Norte provincial officials who remain in detention after they were…

Nevada becomes latest US state to legalize marijuana

AFP 07/02/2017

LOS ANGELES—Long lines snaked out of marijuana dispensaries in Nevada on Saturday, as the western US state became the latest to legalize recreational pot. Nevada joins Colorado, Oregon, Washington and Alaska as states where recreational marijuana sales…

Council asks for legal opinion on proposed traffic ordinance

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/26/2017

A PROPOSED ordinance authorizing traffic enforcers in Cebu City to confiscate the driver’s license of motorists who violate traffic rules has been made to undergo more scrutiny. The Cebu City Council referred the proposal of Councilor Eugenio…

Niño’s legal team withdraws habeas corpus petition

Ador Vincent Mayol 06/16/2017

The legal team of Bohol Provincial Board Member Niño Rey Boniel has withdrawn the petition that challenged the validity of the latter’s arrest. 0Lawyer Handel Lagunay said they verbally relayed on open court their intent to withdraw…

Motorist who recorded video seeks protection; group offers legal aid

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/20/2017

  FEARING for his safety, the owner of the video that supposedly showed the son of a controversial businessman shooting a Cebuano nurse asked for protection from authorities. Cebu City Councilor Dave Tumulak said the owner of…

Luigi updates vendors on new market building

Dominic D. Yasay 02/18/2017

TO give updates about the progress of the construction of the new city public market, Mandaue City Mayor Gabriel Luis Quisumbing met yesterday with at least 300 market vendors in Barangay Centro at the city hall’s session…

Cebu City Council approves funds for garbage collection

Morexette Erram 12/23/2016

The Cebu City council has authorized Mayor Tomas Osmeña to use the P9.2 million unspent funds of the previous administration to pay a private hauler or service provider to collect the city’s garbage and dump it in…

Human rights make man human

Madrileña de la Cerna 12/10/2016

For Senator Jose W. Diokno, no cause is more worthy than the cause of human rights. Human rights are more than legal concepts; they are the essence of man. They are what make man human. That is…

Twenty years of legal alternatives for women center

Sofia Aliño Logarta 12/07/2016

Law Center Inc. last Monday, December 5, had its general assembly. Clients, members and partners (Kaabag, Zonta, Sidlak, Kahupayan) actively celebrated its 20th year of growing and learning with women: listening to women, providing legal services, linking…

Lawyers group offers to help threatened LTFRB enforcers

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/19/2016

A former Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) member and now the founder of Lawyers for Commuters’ Safety and Protection will extend legal assistance to personnel of LTFRB-Central Visayas who received threats due to their active…

PH, Saudi to negotiate over stranded OFWs

08/07/2016

Manila – The Philippines said on Saturday it would within days send government missions to Saudi Arabia to help thousands of jobless Filipinos left stranded across the kingdom after the plunge in oil prices. The first batch…

Mandaue City Legal Office asks for more lawyers

Izobelle T. Pulgo 07/21/2016

THE Mandaue City Legal Office is asking for additional plantilla lawyers to add to the present roster of lawyers under the city’s employ to help them deal with the current flux of legal matters and issues that…

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