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Remulla thinks no need to respond to ICC prosecutor

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 29 11:41 AM

The government is assessing the next step following the ICC Prosecutor’s reiteration of its request to resume the probe on drug-war killings. Read more »

Task force binuo para suriin ang nabuhay na isyu ng Sabah

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Posted at Aug 14 08:38 PM

Muling nabuhay ang isyu ng Sabah na kapuwa inaangkin ng Pilipinas at Malaysia. Read more »

Comelec pinagkokomento na sa petisyon ng SolGen vs Rappler

Johnson Manabat, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 15 07:19 PM

Muling isinalang sa deliberasyon ng Supreme Court En Banc ngayong Martes ang petisyon ng Office of the Solicitor General laban sa fact-checking agreement ng Commission on Elections at Rappler. Read more »

SC junks challenge to ex-AFP comptroller Garcia plea bargain deal

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 02 02:22 PM

The Supreme Court has junked the Office of the Solicitor General’s petition challenging the plea bargaining agreement entered into by the Ombudsman's Office of Special Prosecutor and retired Major General Carlos Garcia who was accused of plunder.  Read more »

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

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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 »

How ‘red-tagging’ became front and center, as SC oral arguments on Anti-Terrorism Act draw to a close

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 12 06:35 AM

“Red-tagging” has become front and center of magistrates’ interpellations of representatives of the Office of the Solicitor General defending the law. Read more »

Former congressman slams red-tagging by SolGen

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Posted at Apr 27 10:47 PM

Philippine Solicitor General Jose Calida red-baited a former lawmaker during the resumption of oral arguments at the Supreme Court on the Anti-Terrorism Act.  Read more »

Mga lalahok sa oral arguments ng Anti-Terrorism Law handa na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 31 06:46 PM

Kasado na ang oral arguments sa mga petisyon kontra Anti-Terrorism Act sa Korte Suprema sa Martes. Read more »

Chief Justice Leonen? Magistrate says 'not cut out' for top SC post at this time

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 30 12:39 AM

Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen on Friday said he is "not cut out” to be the next top magistrate at this time. Read more »

SC appoints ex-Justice Jardeleza as amicus curiae in anti-terror law oral arguments

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 29 01:51 PM

The Supreme Court has appointed retired SC Associate Justice Francis Jardeleza as amicus curiae in the oral arguments on the petitions against the Anti-Terrorism Act but did not act on a similar bid by former Solicitor General Estelito Mendoza. Read more »

Supreme Court chides SolGen for intervening in Marcos’ private election protest

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 22 01:20 AM

In a resolution denying Marcos’ bid to have SC Associate Justice Marvic Leonen inhibit from the case, the PET said the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) could not just invoke its mandate as the “people’s tribune” to justify involvement in the case.   Read more »

SolGen confirms hacking of website, vows to go after hackers

MIke Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 03 10:54 AM

The Office of the Solicitor General on Thursday confirmed the hacking of its website on Tuesday by a group of hackers who call themselves “Phantom Troupe.” Read more »

'Stop blackmailing NTC': Hackers deface Office of SolGen website

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 01 11:07 AM

The Office of the Solicitor General’s online application database was hacked on Tuesday morning. Read more »

PET withdraws show cause order vs SolGen, reporter in Marcos election protest

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 24 05:42 PM

The Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, on Tuesday has withdrawn its earlier order requiring the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) and a newspaper reporter to show cause why they should not be cited in contempt of court, sources said.   Read more »

Robredo asks PET to probe alleged collusion between Bongbong Marcos, OSG in poll protest

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 18 04:43 PM

MANILA— The legal team of Vice President Leni Robredo has urged the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) to investigate possible collusion between defeated vice presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) on the electoral protest against her 2016 victory.   Read more »

PET junks Marcos inhibition plea vs Justice Leonen in VP poll protest

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 17 04:34 PM

The Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), on Tuesday junked motions seeking to inhibit Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen from the election protest filed by defeated 2016 vice presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr.  Read more »

OSG backs Bongbong in seeking Justice Leonen’s inhibition from VP election protest

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 07:37 PM

Hours after defeated 2016 vice presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. filed a motion seeking to inhibit Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen from his election protest against Vice President Leni Robredo, the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) on Monday filed its own motion raising similar arguments. Read more »

Failure of elections petitions in 3 Mindanao provinces Marcos is contesting were junked - Comelec

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 04 08:15 PM

The Commission on Elections has said all pleas to declare failure of elections in three Mindanao provinces that defeated vice presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. is contesting have been dismissed. Read more »

Panukalang foreign trip funds ng SolGen, sahod ni Calida sinita sa Senado

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Posted at Oct 05 06:31 PM

Tinanong ni Sen. Francis Tolentino kung bakit ang laki ng pasahod kay Jose Calida kumpara sa mga dating SolGen.  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 »