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Moro, indigenous, civil society leaders join forces in petition vs Anti-Terrorism Act

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 07 05:57 PM

Three female indigenous leaders who were previously labeled as terrorists in an unverified government proscription list have joined forces with Moro and civil society leaders in a bid to nullify and stop the implementation of the Anti-Terrorism Act. Read more »

Cebu organizations file petition vs Anti-Terrorism Act

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 28 06:52 PM

Lawyers and representatives of different Cebu-based student organizations file a petition against the implementation of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 at the Supreme Court in Manila on Tuesday. A total of 20 petitions have already been filed at the high court, questioning the constitutionality of the new law.  Read more »

Lawyers, church leaders, women's group file new petitions vs Anti-Terrorism Act; total now at 19

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 24 11:13 PM

Three more groups on Friday filed new petitions contesting the constitutionality of the Anti-Terrorism Act before the Supreme Court, raising the total number of petitions against the law to 19. Read more »

READ: Full text of petition filed by UP Law professors, alumni vs Anti-Terrorism Act

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 22 10:37 PM

Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice and former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales, retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio and several lawyers filed a petition before the high court Wednesday seeking to declare the entire law unconstitutional and stop its implementation -- the 11th group to challenge the measure.   Read more »

Ex-justices Morales, Carpio, law experts question anti-terror law at Supreme Court

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 22 01:38 PM

MANILA - Two former Supreme Court justices and law experts from the University of the Philippines College of Law were the latest to question the constitutionality of the recently passed Anti-Terrorism Act, citing provisions dangerous to the innocent.    Read more »

Anti-terror law faces first Supreme Court challenge

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 04 02:27 PM

MANILA - Several groups on Saturday filed a petition before the Supreme Court questioning the just signed Anti-Terrorism Law, saying the measure breaches the constitution. Read more »

SC urged to compel gov't to conduct free COVID-19 mass testing

Mike Navallo and Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 03 03:50 PM

 Eleven petitioners led by former Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo asked the Supreme Court on Friday to compel the Philippine government to conduct free coronavirus mass testing as the country continues to battle the pandemic.   Read more »

Lawyer asks SC: Define SolGen's powers amid ABS-CBN shutdown issue

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 06 04:31 PM

A lawyer has filed a separate petition urging the SC to bring ABS-CBN back on air and define the role of the Solicitor General's Office Read more »

Higit 1.2-M lumagda sa ABS-CBN online petition

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 24 06:44 PM

Sa loob lamang ng 2 araw, higit 1.2 milyon na ang lumagda sa petisyon na binuo ng mga empleyado ng ABS-CBN para ma-renew ang prangkisa at makabalik sa ere ang network.  Read more »

READ: ABS-CBN’s Urgent Reiterative Motion for TRO vs. the NTC’s broadcast shutdown order

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 21 12:35 PM

ABS-CBN Corp. is publishing in full its Urgent Reiterative Motion for the Issuance of a Temporary Restraining Order and/or a Writ of Preliminary Injunction against the May 5, 2020 cease-and-desist order of the National Telecommunications Commission. The reiterative petition was filed at the Supreme Court last May 18, 2020. Read more »

READ: ABS-CBN’s TRO petition vs. the NTC’s broadcast shutdown order

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 21 12:26 PM

ABS-CBN Corp. is publishing in full its Petition for Certiorari and Prohibition (With Urgent Applications for the Issuance of a Temporary Restraining Order and/or a Writ of Preliminary Injunction) against the May 5, 2020 cease-and-desist order of the National Telecommunications Commission. The petition was filed at the Supreme Court last May 7, 2020. Read more »

SC junks plea seeking disclosure of Duterte health records - sources

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 08 02:28 PM

Voting 13-2, the high court dismissed the petition filed by lawyer Dino de Leon without requiring the respondents to comment. Only Supreme Court Associate Justices Marvic Leonen and Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa dissented. Read more »

SC seeks Ombudsman, NBI comment on release plea of ex-cop in bribe scandal amid COVID-19 threat

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 19 09:20 AM

MANILA – The Supreme Court on Tuesday required the Office of the Ombudsman and the National Bureau of Investigation to comment on the motion of former police official Wally Sombero to be provisionally released from detention amid the threat of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Read more »

Lawyer asks Supreme Court to compel Duterte to disclose medical, psychological health records

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 13 10:28 PM

The mandamus petition is anchored on section 12, Art. VII of the 1987 Constitution requiring the President to inform the public of the state of his health in case of serious illness. Read more »

Supreme Court grants bail to ex-NPA chief 'Kumander Bilog'

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 17 08:08 AM

The Supreme Court said Monday it had granted a plea for the temporary release of former communist New People’s Army leader Rodolfo Salas alias Kumander Bilog.    Read more »

ABS-CBN franchise: Calida mum on NTC provisional authority, Gadon petition

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 12 04:50 PM

Solicitor General Jose Calida refused to comment Thursday on the NTC's plan to grant ABS-CBN Corp a provisional authority to operate once its franchise expires on May 4. Read more »

SolGen replies to ABS-CBN comments on quo warranto petition

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 28 12:18 AM

The Office of the Solicitor General responds to ABS-CBN's comments on a petition he filed with the Supreme Court, seeking to invalidate the network's existing franchise. Read more »

IBP: Sub judice rule sakop lang ang mga opinyon, pahayag na makasisira sa SC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 19 03:42 PM

Hindi umano sakop ng sub judice rule ang lahat ng komento hinggil sa inihaing quo warranto petition laban sa ABS-CBN, ayon sa Integrated Bar of the Philippines. Read more »

Gag order petition vs ABS-CBN 'absurd on specious grounds' - watchdog

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 03:31 PM

A global watchdog on Tuesday slammed the Office of the Solicitor General's petition for gag order against ABS-CBN, saying it is "absurd on specious grounds." Read more »

SolGen asks Supreme Court to issue gag order vs ABS-CBN

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 18 12:25 PM

 The Office of the Solicitor General has asked the Supreme Court to issue a gag order against ABS-CBN Corp. after his office filed a quo warranto petition to forfeit the legislative franchises of ABS-CBN Corporation and its subsidiary, ABS-CBN Convergence, Inc. Read more »