Trillanes yields to police

Inquirer.net 09/25/2018

Senator Antonio Trillanes IV voluntarily turned himself to authorities on Tuesday after a Makati court has issued a warrant for his arrest. Makati City Regional Trial Court Branch 150 ordered the arrest of Trillanes for rebellion in…

38 ex-graft convicts to run in Indonesia’s 2019 elections

Asia News Network, Inquirer.net 09/23/2018

JAKARTA — Voters, be mindful: of more than 200,000 candidates running for legislative seats at the regional level next year, 38 have been convicted of corruption. After months of legal debate, the General Elections Commission (KPU) has…

Follow Supreme Court ruling, Osmeña urged

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/02/2018

CEBU City Councilor Joel Garganera threatened to file administrative and criminal complaints against any official of the Cebu City Government, including Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña, if they use the Inayawan landfill in Barangay Inayawan, Cebu City…

Mosiaw ang vigilantes style kung lugakan ang balaud

Lloyd Suarez 08/27/2017

Nabalaka ko niining proposal karon sa Justice Sector Coordinating Council nga gipangulohan ni Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno nga puwede nang maka plea bargaining sa korte ang mga akusado sa dagkung kaso nga illegal drugs…

CJ Sereno leads roadshow of judicial reforms in mall

Morexette Erram 08/25/2017

ASIDE from a P1-billion judiciary complex to be built at the South Road Properties, the Supreme Court (SC) announced several other plans they created with the intention to decongest cases filed in the trial courts of Cebu.…

Chief Justice Sereno on Duterte’s allegations: I did nothing wrong

Morexette B. Erram 08/24/2017

Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno doesn’t feel alluded to the pronouncements of President Duterte about a government official with exorbitant lifestyle. She told reporters in Cebu that she doesn’t live an exorbitant lifestyle and has not done…

SC’s capitulation

07/07/2017

The Supreme Court’s ruling affirming President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of martial law in Mindanao came days after the President referred to the 1987 Constitution as a “scrap of paper” that he can ignore when it came to…

Militants protest SC ruling on martial law declaration

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/07/2017

WAVING traditional red flags and laying black cardboard coffins on Colon Street, some 20 members of the militant group Anakbayan staged a rally yesterday morning to protest the Supreme Court’s ruling legalizing President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of…

Alarming evidence

Editorial 06/07/2017

A video clip and the discovery of P79 million in cash and checks from a house in Marawi City may bolster the Duterte administration’s position to extend its martial law over Mindanao at the Supreme Court. The…

Comelec proclaims Escario as new Bantayan Mayor

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/08/2017

Ian Christopher Escario has been formally proclaimed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) as the new mayor of Bantayan town, Cebu in a simple ceremony at the Comelec office in Intramuros, Manila on Monday morning. In a…

Supreme Court grants Cebuano lawyer’s petition for voluntary delisting

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 02/25/2017

CEBU CITY–The Supreme Court (SC) has granted the request of a Cebuano lawyer to strip him off his title and functions to protest the alleged corruption in the profession, particularly in the prosecution service and the judiciary.…

A damaged institution

02/07/2017

In view of the retirement of several justices and the appointment of their replacements by President Duterte, retired chief justice Artemio Panganiban is often asked whether the Supreme Court can be relied upon to uphold constitutional rights…

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