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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: March 25, 2022

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Posted at Mar 26 12:07 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Protesters in Brazil demand Bolsonaro's impeachment

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 03 09:02 AM

Tens of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets around the country Saturday, once again calling for the ouster of unpopular President Jair Bolsonaro over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, among other issues. Read more »

House lawmakers junk impeachment raps vs SC's Leonen

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Updated as of Sep 01 07:56 PM

On May 27, members of the House justice committee found that Edwin Cordevilla, secretary-general of the Filipino League of Advocates for Good Government, lacked personal knowledge and authentic documents for his complaint. Read more »

House panel approves report junking Leonen impeachment complaint

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 03 05:14 PM

MANILA — Members of the House of Representatives' justice panel on Thursday unanimously voted to approve the committee report junking the impeachment complaint against Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen. Read more »

Removing Leonen would be a setback for the Supreme Court, says lawmaker

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Posted at May 28 11:07 AM

The move to impeach Associate Justice Marvic Leonen would have been a setback for the Supreme Court if it had been successful, a lawmaker said Friday.   Read more »

House panel junks impeachment complaint vs Leonen

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Posted at May 27 10:56 PM

Philippine lawmakers in the House Justice Committee quickly disposed of an impeachment complaint against Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen. Read more »

House justice panel junks impeachment raps vs SC's Leonen

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Updated as of May 28 12:10 AM

MANILA (3RD UPDATE)— The House Committee on Justice on Thursday unanimously dismissed the impeachment complaint against Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen due to the complainant's lack of personal knowledge on the basis of his filing. Read more »

CHED's De Vera confirms OSG request for Leonen SALN from UP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 10:00 PM

Commission on Higher Education Chairman Prospero de Vera confirmed Monday that the Office of the Solicitor General asked the University of the Philippines' top policy-making body for a copy of Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen's Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth. Read more »

Weaponized SALNs vs justices? Former SC justice says 'just file SALNs or don't join gov't'

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 05:22 PM

Amid concerns that statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALNs) are now being weaponized to go after Supreme Court justices, the filing of SALNs is a constitutional requirement every public official must comply with, a retired magistrate said Monday.   Read more »

Ex-justice Jardeleza: Why should a Supreme Court justice be above the law?

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Posted at May 24 12:48 PM

Retired magistrate Francis Jardeleza said this Monday following reports that a House panel would tackle this week the impeachment complaint against Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen for the latter's supposed failure to file his statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN). Read more »

SolGen asked UP for Leonen's SALN before impeach raps filing- report

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Posted at May 22 09:51 PM

In a report on Friday, UP Diliman's student publication said the university Board of Regents' "badly redacted" minutes revealed the development, a copy of which was published on the UP Gazette dated Nov. 26 last year.  Read more »

House panel to tackle Leonen impeachment on May 27

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 20 05:57 PM

MANILA - The House of Representatives justice committee will hold its first round of deliberations on the impeachment complaint against Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen on May 27, the chamber said Thursday.  Read more »

House lawmakers refer impeachment raps vs Leonen to Justice panel

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 18 09:58 PM

House Majority Leader Rep. Martin Romualdez said in a statement that the referral now shifts the focus of the impeachment process to the Justice panel.  Read more »

House Speaker says handling of impeachment complaint vs Leonen will be 'fair'

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Posted at May 13 09:09 PM

House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco said the impeachment rap against the magistrate was already handed to the House rules panel, which will then refer it to the plenary, to be assigned to the Justice committee. Read more »

Trump rages, Biden yawns

Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 18 01:33 PM

How Biden was going to deal with the specter of a vengeful Trump has been a question ever since his convincing victory in November. Typically, former presidents fade gracefully into the background, but Trump is different. Now Biden has given his answer. Read more »

Donald Trump absuwelto sa ika-2 impeachment trial

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Posted at Feb 15 10:02 PM

Not guilty ang hatol kay dating US President Donald Trump sa kaniyang ikalawang impeachment trial. Read more »

After Trump acquittal, Republicans see 'battle for soul of party'

Brian Knowlton, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Feb 15 09:56 AM

WASHINGTON - A day after the Senate acquitted Donald Trump in a historic second impeachment trial, America was weighing how long a shadow the former president will cast -- over his party, and over the country. Read more »

What's next for Trump, the Republican Party and Biden?

Chris Lefkow and Jerome Cartillier, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 14 01:26 PM

The US Senate acquitted Donald Trump on Saturday of the charge of inciting the January 6 assault on the US Capitol in an unprecedented second impeachment trial.   Read more »

US Senate acquits Trump as Republicans save him in impeachment again

Richard Cowan, David Morgan and Makini Brice, Reuetrs
Posted at Feb 14 07:24 AM

The US Senate acquitted Donald Trump on Saturday in his second impeachment trial in a year, with fellow Republicans blocking conviction over the former president's role in the deadly assault by his supporters on the US Capitol. Read more »

US Senate inaasahang maglalabas ng resulta sa Trump impeachment trial

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Posted at Feb 13 09:10 PM

Sinalang ng mga abogado ni Trump ang mga paratang at ebidensiyang ibinato ng House impeachment managers kaugnay sa kasong inciting to insurrection.  Read more »