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IBP, fisherfolk withdraw writ of kalikasan plea before SC

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 19 09:02 PM

MANILA – The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) and 7 fisherfolk from Palawan and Zambales have asked the Supreme Court(SC) to withdraw as petitioners in the petition seeking to protect marine life in the West Philippine Sea, a reliable source told ABS-CBN News Friday. Read more »

'Navy lumapit sa petitioners para iurong ang writ of kalikasan'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 16 11:48 PM

Dalawang mangingisda ang nagsabing nilapitan sila ng Philippine Navy para iurong ang writ of kalikasan petition. Read more »

IBP, Diokno ask SC for time to confer with West PH Sea writ of kalikasan petitioners

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 13 05:16 PM

MANILA - Lawyers from the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) and collaborating counsel Chel Diokno have asked the Supreme Court (SC) for more time to confer with their clients concerning a writ of kalikasan plea for the protection of the West Philippine Sea.    Read more »

IBP seeks more time to consult with fishermen over writ of kalikasan plea

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 13 06:59 AM

The Integrated Bar of the Philippines on Friday filed a motion before the Supreme Court to allow lawyers more time to consult with fisherfolk, who filed an environmental protection order in some areas of the West Philippine Sea. Read more »

Babaeng lasing, kumanta at nag-twerk sa police station

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 12 07:02 PM

Isang babaeng lasing ang kumanta at nagsasayaw sa loob ng isang presinto sa Iloilo City.  Read more »

LIST: 6 nominees to replace Supreme Court magistrate Del Castillo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 12 06:58 PM

MANILA - The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) on Friday named 6 nominees for the next Supreme Court Associate Justice to replace Mariano del Castillo. Read more »

Babaeng lasing 'humugot, nag-split' sa police station sa Iloilo

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 11 08:54 PM

Sumayaw pa umano ang babae, bumirit ng mga kanta ng Aegis, at nag-split.  Read more »

Fishermen claim deception vs IBP in SC plea for West PH Sea protection

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 10 09:03 PM

MANILA – Some of the fishermen included as petitioners in a plea before the Supreme Court for the protection of the West Philippine Sea marine environment have accused lawyers from the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) of deception, affidavits obtained by ABS-CBN News Wednesday showed. Read more »

JBC starts search for next Chief Justice

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 06 11:17 AM

MANILA - The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) has announced the start of its search for the next Chief Justice as chief magistrate Lucas Bersamin is set to retire in October.    Read more »

On Pride Month, several SC justice hopefuls say they reject same-sex marriage

Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 25 05:06 PM

MANILA - At least 5 nominees to the Supreme Court expressed their objection Tuesday to legalizing same-sex marriage in the Philippines amid the celebration of Pride Month this June.  Read more »

South Korean man accused of trafficking Pinays nabbed in GenSan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 22 10:20 AM

MANILA—Immigration operatives have arrested a Korean national accused of trafficking Filipino women in a nightclub in General Santos City, South Cotabato. Read more »

SC justice hopeful opposes same-sex marriage

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 21 06:18 PM

MANILA - International law expert Jeremy Benigno Gatdula, who is vying for an associate justice post in the Supreme Court, on Friday said he opposes same-sex marriage in the Philippines. Read more »

Chief Justice Bersamin tells SC justice hopeful: 'You should be biased'

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 21 04:25 PM

Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin on Friday told a Supreme Court justice candidate that he "should be biased" to "navigate through the complex issues" deliberated at the high court. Read more »

Ilang Kapa members, nanawagang ibalik ang kanilang donasyon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 17 09:42 PM

Nanawagan ang ilang miyembro ng Kapa Community Ministry Incorporated na maibalik ang ibinigay nilang donasyon.  Read more »

Binibining Pilipinas beauty queen, isa sa mga 1,800 nanumpang bagong abogado

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 14 12:36 AM

Nanumpa na bilang mga bagong abogado ang mga pumasa sa 2018 bar examinations. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: June 13, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 13 11:45 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

‘Banish illusion of perfection,’ 1,800 Bar passers told at oath-taking

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 13 11:44 PM

Associate Justice Estela Perlas-Bernabe on Thursday told the new batch of Bar passers to "not be afraid to take calculated risks," as they took their lawyer’s oath. Read more »

Bar passers take oath

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 13 10:26 PM

The 2018 Bar exam passers take their oath during a Supreme Court special session at the Philippine International Convention Center on Thursday. Read more »

CJ Bersamin: 'Legal education might have gone down'

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 03 11:39 PM

MANILA – No less than Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin on Monday acknowledged the “dismal” performance of law graduates who took the Bar examinations in recent years, as he announced the holding of a national legal education summit on July 31 to August 1 this year. Read more »

Rise up: 2 Bar exam blast survivors reelected after 'giving back'

Aleta Nieva-Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 31 05:31 PM

Two women survivors who lost their legs in the Bar exam blast in 2010 now champion the cause for persons with disabilities (PWDs).  Read more »