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Bill ensuring judges' security filed at House

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 17 03:08 PM

A bill creating a Philippine marshals system for the security of judges has been filed at the House of Representatives, a lawmaker said Sunday. Read more »

Padaca says 'shocked,' 'numbed' by graft conviction

Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 16 10:50 AM

MANILA - Former Isabela governor Grace Padaca on Saturday said she was too shocked by the decision of the anti-graft court on the alleged misuse of P25 million in agricultural funds filed against her. Read more »

Court convicts 4 men for ad exec's gruesome 2013 slay

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 15 03:13 PM

MANILA – A Las Piñas court has convicted 4 men for robbery with homicide over the killing of an advertising executive in 2013 who was robbed while she was about to enter the gate of her house, strangled and stabbed before she was thrown off a bridge.   Read more »

Abogado na gahaman umano sa pera tuluyang dinisbar ng Korte Suprema

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 14 07:15 PM

Tuluyan nang inalis ng Korte Suprema sa listahan ng mga abugado sa bansa ang isang abugadong sinuspindi dahil umano sa pagiging sakim sa pera. Read more »

Rappler, Ressa seek dismissal of P70-million tax cases

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 13 07:30 PM

MANILA - Rappler Holdings Corp. and its CEO Maria Ressa have sought the dismissal of their cases involving more than P70 million in alleged tax deficiencies pending before the Court of Tax Appeals. Read more »

Ex-chief justice Bersamin receiving threats: SC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 13 03:34 PM

The Supreme Court is providing security escorts to retired Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin following reports he has been receiving threats, its spokesman said Wednesday. Read more »

Supreme Court leans toward Trump on ending 'Dreamers' immigrant program

Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung, Reuters
Updated as of Nov 13 07:18 AM

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court's conservative majority signaled support on Tuesday for President Donald Trump's bid to kill a program that protects hundreds of thousands of immigrants - dubbed "Dreamers" - who entered the United States illegally as children, even as liberal justices complained that the move would destroy lives. Read more »

Two lawyers, gunman killed in Thai courtroom shootout: police

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 12 07:20 PM

BANGKOK, Thailand - Three people were killed in a shootout at a Thai courtroom on Tuesday during a hearing into an inheritance dispute, according to police, who said two of the victims were lawyers.   Read more »

US Supreme Court to hear Trump bid to end safeguards for immigrant 'Dreamers'

Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung, Reuters
Posted at Nov 12 03:11 PM

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court is set on Tuesday to hear arguments over the legality of President Donald Trump's effort to rescind a program that protects from deportation hundreds of thousands of immigrants - dubbed "Dreamers" - who entered the United States illegally as children, part of his tough immigration policies. Read more »

31 judges killed since 1999: Group wants 'marshal system' for judges

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 11 11:20 AM

A local group of judges is pushing for the creation of a marshal system that will protect members of the Philippine judiciary. That new unit, to be patterned after the United States marshal service, could be put under the direct authority of the Supreme Court, similar to marshals in Guam. Read more »

Court administrator visits wake of slain Ilocos Sur judge

Michelle Soriano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 10 03:05 PM

Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez paid a visit to the wake of slain Ilocos Sur Regional Trial Court Judge Mario Bañez on Sunday morning. Read more »

Supreme Court grants 30-day extension for Maguindanao massacre verdict

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 12:55 AM

The Supreme Court granted the judge hearing the Maguindanao massacre 30 more days to resolve the multiple murder cases against the more than 100 accused in the gruesome killings nearly a decade ago. Read more »

Peralta: No basis to probe QC judge over search warrants vs progressive groups

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 08 04:29 PM

MANILA - Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta on Friday defended a Quezon City Regional Trial Court judge’s decision to issue search warrants that led to raids of offices of progressive groups and the arrest of dozens of activists.   Read more »

Diet for healthy people, healthy planet too costly for some

Thin Lei Win, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Nov 08 08:05 AM

At least 1 in 5 people could not afford science's 'ideal diet' designed to feed 10 billion people without hurting the planet, according to a study published on Friday. Read more »

Congolese warlord 'Terminator' gets harshest ever ICC sentence

Sara Magniette, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 07 09:29 PM

Fighters loyal to him carried out atrocities such as a massacre in a banana field behind a village in which at least 49 people including children and babies were disemboweled or had their heads smashed in. Read more »

Malaysia sentences 5 to jail for gay sex; caning, fines await arrested men

Reuters
Posted at Nov 07 09:01 PM

Sodomy and same-sex acts are illegal under Islamic law in Muslim-majority Malaysia, although convictions are rare. Read more »

'Unacceptable,' lawyer of Maguindanao massacre victims' kin says of delay in verdict

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 07 01:34 PM

It is "unacceptable" that the loved ones of 58 people killed in the Maguindanao massacre have yet to get justice nearly a decade after one of the world's worst election-related incidents of violence, their lawyer said Thursday.  Read more »

Vietnam mulls legal action over South China Sea dispute

James Pearson and Khanh Vu, Reuters
Posted at Nov 06 09:34 PM

Frictions have grown between the two communist-run nations since Beijing in July sent a ship for a months-long seismic survey to an area internationally designated as Vietnam's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) but also claimed by China. Read more »

US court blocks another Trump immigration initiative

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 04 07:29 AM

US President Donald Trump has suffered a new legal setback after a federal judge temporarily blocked a measure that would have required immigrants to prove they had health insurance or could afford medical care.   Read more »

Sereno ouster was lowest point of SC in recent years: Carpio

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 31 11:51 AM

The ouster of Maria Lourdes Sereno as chief justice was the lowest point of the Supreme Court in recent years, according to retired Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio. Read more »