SC brings Judgement Day to Cebu City

Ador Vincent Mayol 11/17/2017

THE Supreme Court (SC) on Friday brought “Judgement Day” to Cebu City in an attempt to decongest jails and decrease case load of trial courts. Judges simultaneously handed down the rulings of cases that were due for…

SC junks former Bantayan Mayor Despi’s motion for reconsideration

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/11/2017

CITING that there were no substantial arguments to question the order, the Supreme Court (SC) denied with finality the Motion for Reconsideration of former Bantayan Mayor Arthur Despi seeking to reverse the decision of the Commission on…

Office of President tells MCIAA to act on SC ruling on Buaya lots

Dennis Singson 09/30/2017

THE Office of the President has asked the Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA) to act on Supreme Court ruling ordering the MCIAA to start expropriation proceedings over undivided portions of two lots measuring nearly 150,000 square meters.…

Davide: No objection to SC ruling

Morexette B. Erram 09/18/2017

AS ONE of its board members, Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III did not object to the Supreme Court’s (SC) order, compelling officials of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA) to pay a certain Richard Uchuan P482 million…

Sereno faces disquiet at SC

Inquirer.net 07/19/2017

A justice of the Supreme Court has asked her colleagues to review several administrative orders made by Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, including delays in filling up key positions in the judiciary, appointment of a Philippine Judicial…

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…

Envi groups ask SC to stop coal-fired power plants in PH

Inquirer.net 06/30/2017

For the first time on Friday, environmental groups and affected residents turned to the Supreme Court to stop the proliferation of coal-fired power plants in the country. Led by the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ), they…

SC urged to protect public from arbitrary declaration of martial law

06/19/2017

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…

SC cites AFP failure of intelligence

Inquirer.net 06/14/2017

A Supreme Court associate justice on Wednesday said there could be a failure of intelligence in Mindanao when the military did not notice Maute Group’s gaining of strength in Marawi City. “It seemed the Maute rebels are…

SC rules with finality to award Naga Power Plant to Aboitiz firm

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/07/2016

The Supreme Court (SC) has denied with finality the urgent motion filed by SPC Power Corp. (SPC) to reverse the High Tribunal’s ruling that awarded the Naga Power Plant Complex in Cebu to an Aboitiz subsidiary. Aboitiz…

SC extends Status Quo Ante on Marcos burial

Morexette Erram 10/18/2016

Students in Cebu gathered at the University of the Philippines – Cebu Oblation Square reiterating their call to the Supreme Court to stop the burial of former president Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. The…

Exec: SC ruling reinforces firm’s stand on Naga case

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/16/2016

The Supreme Court decision to reinstate the awarding of the 153.1-Megawatt (MW) Naga Power Plant Complex in Cebu to Therma Power Visayas Inc. (TVPI), a subsidiary of Aboitiz group’s energy arm, reinforced the company’s stand that the…

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