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Litigants in Cebu City no longer need to wait for Mondays to know which court room is assigned to handled a newly filed case. The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday rolled out its electronic raffle system in the…
The Supreme Court (SC) reprimanded a driver of the Court of Appeals (CA) Cebu Station for playing card games with friends inside the government office. Ronelo Labar, driver of the mailing and delivery section of appellate court…
To avoid being penalized for libel, a retired judge advised journalists to avoid personal attacks in their reports or commentaries. “As the Supreme Court (SC) says, ‘You may falsely attack the policies of a man, but not…
Several hearings in the Hall of Justice in Cebu City have been reset to another date as trial courts begin their semi-annual inventory of cases. Except for cases that need immediate action, courts here and other parts…
THE Associated Labor Unions (ALU) will file a second motion for reconsideration on the Supreme Court ruling that affirmed former senator Ernesto Herrera’s assumption as president of the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP). “We haven’t…
Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has pulled off an easy victory over Asian College of Technology International Educational Foundation, Inc. (ACTIEF). A trial judge dismissed the civil charges filed by the private school against Rama due to…
Journey behind bars Why Cebu’s jails remain overcrowded At 68 years old, Andronico Tol knows time isn’t on his side. After four years in the Mandaue city jail, the carpenter is still waiting for his criminal…
It’s high time that Congress and the Supreme Court revisit the so-called Aguinaldo doctrine in light of Makati City Mayor Junjun Binay’s escape act from the suspension imposed on him by the Ombudsman. The Aguinaldo doctrine was…
A novel lawsuit filed by Cebu lawyers on behalf of dolphins, whales and other marine mammals to protect the Tañon Strait seven years ago scored a victory. The Supreme Court in a unanimous decision yesterday struck down…
The Supreme Court under then Chief Justice Reynato Puno promulgated A.M. No. 09-6-8-SC, the trailblazing Rules of Procedure for Environmental Cases (the “Rules”) on April 13, 2010. American author and lawyer Elizabeth Barrett Ristroph acknowledges that “In…
Fr. Domingo “Dan” delos Angeles burst into tears when he found out he passed the bar exams. “I could not help but cry. I could not contain the joy I felt. How good You are, Lord. I…
Cebu’s bar topnotcher said she still couldn’t believe the results of the bar exams released today by the Supreme Court. “I just did what I could para dili ko makonsensiya, whether makapasar ko or dili,” said Michelle…
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