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The Supreme Court (SC) upheld the conviction of a former assistant provincial prosecutor of Cebu and his wife who were caught offering to fix a case for a fee. In a resolution dated Oct. 20, 2014, the…
Cebu City may have to wait a long time before it has a new Palace of Justice. Judge Geraldine Faith Econg, head of the Supreme Court’s (SC) Program Management Office, said the Supreme Court has no budget…
Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno, who was the ponente in the People vs Ancheta case where the High Court overturned the conviction of three men accused of drug trafficking in 2012, cited an international study conducted in…
88-year-old among survivors of tests through 4 Sundays The 2014 bar exams ended on Sunday, with 5,987 of the original 6,344 examinees who started the tests on Oct. 5 still standing. This was 357 fewer lawyer candidates…
Here’s a lesson for trial court judges: The Supreme Court (SC) asked a retired judge to pay a fine of P100,000 for failing to resolve 191 cases before his term ended in 2011. Judge Benedicto Cobarde of…
There’s no definite area picked yet for a permanent building, so it may take some time before Cebu City will have a new Palace of Justice. Also, a feasibility study has yet to be done to determine…
Additional judges and courts can help decongest the country’s jails which have been overcrowded since the 1980s, retired judge Meinrado Paredes said. “The Supreme Court has introduced several programs to speed up the resolution of cases but…
The Supreme Court is studying the possibility of building a judicial complex at the South Road Properties (SRP) in Cebu City, Supreme Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez said. “A study is being conducted to house all courts…
The Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the appellate and lower courts’ decision in favor of the Cebu city government’s claim over the South Road Properties (SRP). The high court denied a petition for certiorari filed by Tinago…
President Aquino yesterday ferociously defended the controversial Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) despite the Supreme Court ruling that it violated the Constitution as he vowed to appeal the high court’s decision. “We will appeal the decision of the…
JUDGES and court employees in Cebu City and Cebu province wore black shirts today as they joined a nationwide silent protest against the government’s move to apply tax deductions on their allowances. The deductions were made based…
A “climate-proof and green” courthouse is what the Supreme Court envisions for the soon-to-rise Judicial Complex in Cebu City. Supreme Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez said last Thursday that the High Court wants to cushion the effects…
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