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Naga RTC judge dismissed over sexual abuse charges

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 18 01:07 PM

The Supreme Court has dismissed a Regional Trial Court judge in Naga, Camarines Sur after being found guilty of grave misconduct following allegations of rape and acts of lasciviousness, a court ruling released on Saturday showed. Read more »

SC lauds judge for 'swift' resolve of Nuezca case

James Amante, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 12:03 AM

Judge Stella Marie Gandia-Asuncion rendered the decision two months ahead of the 10-month deadline for hearing and deciding criminal cases, SC said. Read more »

Legal experts question SC ruling on ICC withdrawal

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 11 09:00 PM

In scathing critiques, various legal experts questioned the value of the recent Supreme Court (SC) ruling dismissing petitions challenging President Rodrigo Duterte’s unilateral withdrawal from the Rome Statute, the treaty that created the International Criminal Court (ICC). Read more »

Tagum court clears 6 activists accused of murder despite not being in crime scene

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 22 09:38 PM

A court in Tagum City in Davao del Norte has dismissed a criminal charge against 6 activists who were accused of murder despite being miles away from the place where the killing took place. Read more »

Capiz court quashes more search warrants issued by 'warrant factory'

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 14 06:06 PM

MANILA — A Capiz court has quashed more search warrants issued by a Manila court, in what progressive groups hailed as a “major push back” against the so-called “warrant factory” or courts which issue wholesale search warrants. Read more »

CA reverses acquittal of cop involved in 2009 Maguindanao massacre

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 17 03:29 PM

A police officer who was initially left out on the list of those acquitted in the Maguindanao massacre ruling has now been convicted by the Court of Appeals. Read more »

Fifth judge inhibits from hearing De Lima’s drug case

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 14 03:49 PM

A fifth judge hearing one of detained Sen. Leila de Lima’s drug cases has inhibited from hearing the case upon the lawmaker’s motion. Read more »

'Vaccine shots, not gunshots': Judge calls for ceasefire between gov't, Reds after Masbate blast

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 11 02:52 PM

A judge is calling for a ceasefire between state forces and communist rebels following a landmine explosion in Masbate last week that killed a union leader and football player. Read more »

Chinese workers awarded US$5.4 million over ‘inhumane conditions’ at Saipan casino site

Mimi Lau, South China Morning Post
Posted at May 26 02:38 PM

A judge orders Hong Kong-based Imperial Pacific International to pay compensation. The laborers were forced to work long hours at below US minimum wage, denied medical care for injuries, threatened with deportation and even death. Read more »

Closer to sainthood: Judge assassinated by mafia beatified

Catherine Marciano and Alice Ritchie, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 10 05:43 AM

Rosario Livatino was beatified during a mass in the cathedral in Agrigento, the Sicilian town near where he was gunned down aged 38 in September 1990. Read more »

Baguio court orders Cordillera police to stop red tagging youth activists

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 26 02:38 PM

MANILA — A Baguio City court has ordered the Cordillera police to stop red tagging youth activists and their organizations, a first of such order in recent memory. Read more »

2 Supreme court unions, QC court seek 2-week halt in operations

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 23 03:07 PM

Two labor unions from the Supreme Court have asked the high court for a two-week work timeout while a Quezon City court asked to close the Hall of Justice buildings for 2 weeks due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases. Read more »

PNP applied for 72 search warrants for ‘Bloody Sunday’ - SC official

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 16 08:43 PM

Of the 72 applications, 63 were filed before the regional trial court (RTC) of Manila and the other 9 were filed before the Antipolo regional trial court, according to a Mar. 12, 2021 report by Court Administrator Midas Marquez to Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta. Read more »

Court of Appeals upholds dismissal of Tolentino’s libel case vs Failon

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 10 10:47 PM

The Court of Appeals has stood by its earlier ruling junking the libel case filed by Senator Francis Tolentino against former ABS-CBN broadcaster Ted Failon, finding “no merit” in the senator’s motion for reconsideration. Read more »

Supreme Court urged to mandate use of body cameras when serving warrants

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 10 12:33 PM

Police and law enforcement agents must wear body cameras in serving search warrants, human rights lawyers urged the Supreme Court Wednesday, following the "Bloody Sunday" killings of 9 activists in the Calabarzon region. Read more »

Bacolod court voids more search warrants issued by a QC judge

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 09 05:49 PM

A Bacolod City court has quashed more search warrants issued by a Quezon City judge against trade unionists, this time, against members of the Kilusang Mayo Uno who were arrested in Bacolod City in 2019. Read more »

‘Weaponized’ search warrants in ‘Bloody Sunday’ killings put pressure on Supreme Court to act to prevent bloodshed

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 09 09:12 AM

The recent killings have put a spotlight on the issuance of search warrants by judges, which had become instrumental in the government’s efforts to go after left-leaning activists accused of being communist rebels. Read more »

Dumaguete court issues arrest warrants vs 5 PDEA agents over fake drug buy-bust

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 23 09:54 PM

A Dumaguete court has issued warrants of arrest against 5 Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agents found guilty of indirect contempt over a fake buy-bust operation in June last year. Read more »

De Lima appeals court denial of bail bid, dismissal of 2nd drug case

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 23 08:06 PM

Detained Sen. Leila de Lima has asked a Muntinlupa court to reconsider its earlier ruling denying her bid to post bail and junk a second drug case against her, calling the ruling “clearly lopsided and logically challenged.” Read more »

Lawyers press for 'acquitted' journalist’s release amid opposition from prosecutor

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 03:32 PM

Lawyers of journalist Lady Ann Salem, who was accused but later cleared of gun-running, on Thursday pressed for her release, more than a week since a Mandaluyong court junked the case against her. Read more »