SC rejects petition for TRO vs PH’s cooperation with ICC

Zacarian Sarao 03/12/2025

MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) has rejected the petition to stop the government from further cooperating with the International Criminal Court (ICC) which ordered the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte for alleged crimes against humanity during his administration’s…

Cortes still eligible for 2025 mayoral race despite CA’s TRO denial – Calipayan

Mary Rose Sagarino 03/07/2025

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The Court of Appeals’ (CA) denial of the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) request regarding the suspension of dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes will not affect his eligibility to run in the May…

SC grants TRO vs cancellation of Jonas Cortes’ COC

Mary Rose Sagarino 01/20/2025

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The Supreme Court (SC) has granted dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes a temporary restraining order (TRO) that will prevent the Commission on Elections (Comelec) from implementing its resolution on the cancellation of…

Cortes allies optimistic he will get TRO from Supreme Court

Mary Rose Sagarino 01/15/2025

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The camp of former Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes found hope after the Supreme Court (SC) issued Temporary Restraining Orders (TROs) that will prohibit the Commission on Elections (Comelec) from excluding five individuals…

Jonas Cortes seeks TRO vs Comelec order on cancellation of COC

CDN Digital 01/01/2025

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes is set to visit the Supreme Court when work resumes on Thursday, January 2, to appeal for the issuance of a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) that will…

SC grants TRO to stop cancellation of Cortes, Rama’s COCs

Futch Anthony Inso, Mary Rose Sagarino 10/22/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The reelection bids of dismissed Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama and Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes are safe – for now. The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday, October 22, granted both Rama and…

Extend validity of drivers’ licenses, LTO urged

Julie Aurelio 08/27/2023

A party list lawmaker has urged the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to automatically extend the validity of drivers’ licenses for one year after a Quezon City court issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) to stop Banner PlastiCard…

TRO against Carbon Market JVA denied

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 01/05/2022

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — A Cebu City Court has dismissed a petition for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against the Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) between the Cebu City government and Megawide Construction Corp, for the modernization…

Shipyards file TRO, injunction against Consolacion Mayor amid reclamation protest

Dyrecka Letigio 07/01/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Shipyards and shipping companies are set to face the court Thursday, July 1, 2021, over their prayer for a temporary restraining order (TRO) and writ of a preliminary injunction over the issuance of…

Court orders return of 3 terminated MCWD board members

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/16/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A Cebu City court has released a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the termination of three Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) board members by Mayor Edgardo Labella. The order was granted by Regional…

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…

BDO GRANTED TRO

Inna Mejia, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/14/2017

Court stops Osmeña from closing Banco de Oro and issuing statements on the matter The Regional Trial Court issued a 72-hour Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) preventing Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña from closing the Magallanes Branch of…

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