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'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 »

2 Palawan fishers say Navy lawyer approached them to withdraw West PH Sea plea

Mike Navallo and Diana Lat, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 16 07:04 PM

PUERTO, PRINCESA/MANILA – Members of the Philippine Navy approached fishermen to execute statements disowning a petition filed before the Supreme Court seeking to protect marine resources in the West Philippine Sea, two of the fishers told ABS-CBN News.    Read more »

Chel Diokno unfazed by disbarment threat after clients disown West PH Sea plea

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 16 03:39 PM

MANILA - Veteran human rights lawyer Chel Diokno on Tuesday brushed aside the threat of disbarment after his clients disowned a petition asking the government to protect the marine environment in the disputed West Philippine Sea. 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 »

'Labag sa legal ethics': Lawyer sees gov't hand in fishermen's withdrawal of SC petition

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 10 06:19 PM

One of the lawyers who filed the petition asking the Supreme Court to compel Philippine government officials to enforce Philippine environmental laws to protect the West Philippine Sea claimed on Wednesday the government may be behind the fishermen’s move to disown the petition. Read more »

Calida: Parties agree to dismiss SC plea to protect West PH Sea marine environment

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 09 07:09 PM

MANILA - Solicitor General Jose Calida on Tuesday said petitioners and respondents have agreed on the dismissal of a writ of kalikasan plea seeking to protect the West Philippine Sea marine environment after several petitioners withdrew from the plea.  Read more »

Central bank officials, SolGen Calida, Bersamin among PH's highest paid officials

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 22 06:51 PM

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas officials led by its late governor Nestor Espenilla, and Solicitor General Jose Calida and Supreme Court Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin were among the 10 highest paid government officials in 2018. Read more »

COA flags SolGen's P14-million spending on plane tickets, supplies, hotels

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 21 05:46 PM

The Commission on Audit has flagged expenses of the Office of the Solicitor General on foreign travel, office supplies and equipment as well as trainings and meetings done in hotels and restaurants which all contradicted government audit and procurement rules. Read more »

Calida denounces IBP president for giving 'Bikoy' platform to 'peddle false stories'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 09 07:33 PM

MANILA - Solicitor General Jose Calida on Thursday called for the resignation of Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) president Abdiel Dan Elijah Fajardo for allegedly using his position to "advance his personal agenda." Read more »

P800-M pinagtatalunan ng martial law victims at gobyerno

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 30 08:03 PM

Pinagtatalunan ngayon kung kanino mapupunta ang $13.75 milyon na bahagi umano ng tagong yaman ng mga Marcos.  Read more »

Lawyering for Marcoses? Solgen slams Robredo 'lies'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 16 08:35 AM

MANILA - Solicitor General Jose Calida on Tuesday dubbed as an "outright lie" the statement of Vice President Leni Robredo that he is "lawyering" for the family of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos.  Read more »

SolGen promises to abide by SC ruling on 'tokhang' documents

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 04 02:19 PM

 The government's top lawyer vowed on Thursday that his office would "faithfully abide" by the Supreme Court's order to release documents related to “Oplan Tokhang,” the anti-narcotics operations linked to deaths of drug suspects.  Read more »

Dela Rosa fine with release of drug war records

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 02 07:55 PM

Former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief and senatorial aspirant Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Tuesday said he was unfazed by the release of thousands of police documents in relation to the government’s war on drugs. Read more »

Withdrawal from ICC has no effect on country’s justice system—Calida

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 25 04:06 PM

Solicitor General Jose Calida said the Philippine justice system is independent from the ICC. Read more »

CA rejects Trillanes plea to stop reopened rebellion trial

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 20 01:34 PM

The Court of Appeals has denied Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV’s bid to temporarily stop the hearing of the reopened rebellion charges against him.    Read more »

Calida insists only SC entitled to documents on alleged extrajudicial killings

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 05 06:54 PM

Solicitor General Jose Calida on Tuesday insisted only the Supreme Court is entitled to receive documents on alleged extrajudicial killings under the government’s war on drugs. Read more »

OPINION: SolGen actions giving ICC reason to exercise jurisdiction over PH EJKs

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Mar 01 04:47 PM

One of the reasons that will make the International Criminal Court (ICC) decide to exercise jurisdiction over alleged extra-judicial killings (EJKs) committed under the Duterte administration is when they see that the government is “unable or unwilling” to prosecute the crimes. It is called the principle of complementarity. Read more »

Calida blocking release of war on drugs documents, lawyers' group tells SC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 28 03:58 PM

Solicitor General Jose Calida is refusing to release reports on the war on drugs despite a Supreme Court order to do so, a lawyer's group complained Wednesday. Read more »

Jardeleza gets Calida to agree on baseline for lifting of martial law in Mindanao

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 30 02:12 AM

 A Supreme Court justice on Tuesday managed to get Solicitor General Jose Calida and the Armed Forces of the Philippines to agree, on behalf of the government, to a baseline or minimum for lifting of martial law in Mindanao, should the high court uphold its extension. Read more »

Government urged not to use Jolo bombing to justify martial law extension

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 30 01:34 AM

A former lawmaker and one of the petitioners questioning the third extension of martial law in Mindanao on Tuesday asked the government not to invoke the recent Jolo bombing in justifying the martial law extension. Read more »