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Anti-martial law petitioners urged the Supreme Court on Monday to stand its ground and safeguard the public’s fundamental liberties against “whimsical or arbitrary imposition of martial law.” “In this difficult task of resolving the present dispute and…
Solicitor General Jose Calida answered Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio that if martial law were a sentence, it would end with an exclamation point instead of a period. This was the legal bombshell of the decade.…
Malacañang on Sunday said that while President Rodrigo Duterte will adhere to the Supreme Court’s decision on martial law, he will be sure to declare it again if there is another incident of rebellion. “The President’s media…
AS the Philippines celebrated its 119th Independence Day yesterday, appeals to end martial law in Mindanao rang across several groups that marched the streets of Metro Cebu to commemorate one of the country’s most historic events. In…
What is martial law? Martial law is declared by the President in his capacity as the commander in chief of the country’s armed forces to suppress rebellion or stop an invasion. Rebellion occurs when a sector of…
The Maute terror group can be defeated even without the declaration of martial law. This was the message of Senator Risa Hontiveros during the forum on Civil Liberties at the University of San Carlos yesterday morning of…
Two weeks into the Marawi City siege and opposition lawmakers and militant groups are still making noise and pursuing their bid to end the government’s imposition of martial law in Mindanao. This despite the public seeing for…
OVER 100 persons including children marched from Plaza Indepedencia to Colon Street to rally against martial law in Mindanao as part of their commemoration of the Global Day of Action Against War and Militarism yesterday. The militant…
Malacañang on Saturday allayed the fears of the public on the possible declaration of martial law in Metro Manila following the fatal incident at the Resorts World Manila where 38 people, including the gunman, died. Presidential spokesperson…
FORMER Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama is in favor of President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of martial law in Mindanao and its possible expansion in Visayas. “’It’s the power of the President. Give it to him; he knows…
Extending the martial law in the Visayas remains an option. Anticipating the possibility that President Rodrigo Duterte will decide to extend martial law to the Visayan regions, representatives of different sectors in the Visayas yesterday convened to…
THE Mandaue City government confirmed that it will extend assistance to embattled Marawi City due to the ongoing exodus of its residents to neighboring areas like Iligan City and Cagayan de Oro City. “There’s a humanitarian crisis…
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