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SC justice tests positive for COVID-19; Anti-Terror law oral arguments suspended

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 22 03:29 PM

A Supreme Court justice has tested positive for the coronavirus prompting the high court to suspend Tuesday’s oral arguments on the petitions challenging the Anti-Terrorism Act, multiple sources told ABS-CBN News. Read more »

SC junks 2 Aetas’ bid to intervene in anti-terror law petitions

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 09 08:29 PM

MANILA — The Supreme Court has denied the bid of 2 Aetas, who are accused of terrorism, to intervene in the petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Anti-Terrorism Act, Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta revealed during Tuesday’s oral arguments on the petitions challenging the Anti-Terrorism Act. Read more »

SC defers oral arguments on anti-terror law after SolGen says staffers have COVID-19

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 15 11:55 PM

MANILA (UPDATED)— The Supreme Court on Friday postponed oral arguments on the controversial Anti-Terrorism Act after Solicitor-General Jose Calida told the High Court that some of his staff tested positive for COVID-19. Read more »

SC denies SolGen’s last-minute bid to cancel anti-terror law oral arguments

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 04:33 PM

MANILA - The Supreme Court has denied the last minute plea of the Office of the Solicitor General to cancel the oral arguments on the petitions against the Anti-Terrorism Act scheduled on Tuesday, January 19.   Read more »

Carpio: No impeachable offense in grounds cited to oust Justice Leonen

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 10 08:20 PM

Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has spoken on the impeachment complaint filed against Associate Justice Marvic Leonen, saying no impeachable offense was cited in the grounds raised in the impeachment complaint before the House of Representatives. Read more »

Petitioners band together to urge SC to halt enforcement of anti-terror law

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 27 02:19 AM

Twenty-three groups of petitioners out of the 37 who petitioned against the Anti-Terrorism Act before the Supreme Court came together on Thursday to reiterate their plea for the high court to stop the implementation of the new law.   Read more »

Palace says SolGen acting for public interest in backing Marcos poll protest

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 10 04:35 PM

Malacañang said Tuesday that the government's lead lawyer had acted for the "interest of our people" when he sided with former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos in his poll protest against Vice President Leni Robredo. Read more »

Robredo criticizes SolGen for backing ‘baseless’ VP poll protest

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 07 07:53 PM

“Parang nakikita natin ngayon sa Amerika na repeat performance ito ng 2016 sa atin,” Vice-President Leni Robredo said.  Read more »

SolGen backs Bongbong Marcos anew in vice president poll protest

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 03 03:10 PM

The Office of the Solicitor General has backed yet again the election protest of defeated vice presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr., telling the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) it can annul the elections or declare a failure of elections. Read more »

Senate panel defers SolGen's 2021 budget over travel, confidential funds

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 05 02:04 PM

A Senate panel on Monday deferred the approval of the Office of the Solicitor General's (OSG) P1.61-billion budget for 2021, after the agency failed to clarify some appropriations in its funding request.   Read more »

Ex-justices Carpio, Morales reject Estelito Mendoza’s 'expertise' in anti-terror law petitions

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 10 09:02 AM

Former Solicitor General Estelito Mendoza may have had a storied legal career but that’s not enough for former Supreme Court justices and other legal luminaries to qualify him as an amicus curiae or “friend of the court” in the petitions challenging the Anti-Terrorism Act. Read more »

SolGen moves to cancel oral arguments on petitions vs Anti-Terrorism Act

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 04:14 PM

The OSG has moved to cancel oral arguments on the petitions questioning the constitutionality of the Anti-Terrorism Act. Read more »

Lawyer to SC: Put Duterte health rumors to rest by compelling him to disclose medical records

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 20 04:37 AM

MANILA – The lawyer seeking the disclosure of President Rodrigo Duterte’s health records is not stopping just yet, despite the Supreme Court’s outright junking of his petition. Read more »

Ex-OGCC head: Gov't lawyers should not receive excessive allowances

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 30 09:21 PM

Former government corporate counsel Philip Jurado said Thursday government lawyers should not aspire to get rich while in public service and be modest when receiving allowances and honoraria.    Read more »

Calida now 2nd highest paid among Cabinet, GOCC officials

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 29 10:35 PM

Jumping from sixth place, Solicitor General Jose Calida is now the second-highest-paid official among Cabinet members and Government-Owned and Controlled Corporations officials, based on the Commission on Audit's latest report on salaries and allowances Read more »

BIR chief contradicts Calida, insists POGOs need to pay 5 percent franchise tax

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 27 08:46 PM

POGOs need to pay the 5-percent franchise tax before being allowed to resume operations, the BIR chief said on Monday, contradicting the position of PAGCOR and the Office of the Solicitor General. Read more »

READ: Statement of Solicitor-General Jose Calida on the denial of the renewal of ABS-CBN’s franchise

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 11 06:12 PM

And now, the end has come. Read more »

NTC orders ABS-CBN to stop TVPlus in Metro Manila, SKY Direct

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 30 09:20 PM

MANILA (3rd UPDATE) - The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) on Tuesday served 2 cease-and-desist orders stopping ABS-CBN’s digital broadcast on TVPlus in Metro Manila and SKY’s satellite broadcast nationwide. Read more »

SolGen, NTC can no longer refuse to answer questions on ABS-CBN franchise, says solon

Rose Carmelle Lacuata, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 23 10:59 PM

Minority congressmen "will be more direct" in questioning the Solicitor General and the NTC after the high court threw out the OSG's quo warranto petition against ABS-CBN, a lawmaker said on Tuesday. Read more »

Supreme Court junks SolGen's quo warranto petition vs ABS-CBN

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 23 10:04 PM

The Philippine Supreme Court dismissed the quo warranto petition filed by the government's top lawyer against ABS-CBN Corporation. Read more »