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SC upholds indictment of mayor, cops over threats, detention of 2016 mayoralty bet

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 13 06:21 PM

The Supreme Court en banc on Tuesday dismissed the petition filed by an incumbent mayor, police officers and several others questioning the Commission on Election’s (Comelec) decision to indict them for election offenses committed during the 2016 elections. Read more »

Programang K to 12 konstitusyonal ayon sa SC

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 10 07:43 PM

Ibinasura ng Korte Suprema (SC) ang mga petisyon ng mga paaralan, guro, at mga mambabatas laban sa pagpapatupad ng K to 12 program sa Pilipinas.  Read more »

SC honors 8 judges, clerk of court for judicial excellence

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 08 11:54 PM

The Supreme Court on Thursday honored 8 judges and a lawyer for judicial excellence, in a ceremony at the Manila Hotel. Read more »

SC to decide on Calida’s petition vs. Senate probe into family's security firm

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 09 10:05 AM

The Supreme Court en banc has given due course to Solicitor General Jose Calida’s petition seeking to stop the senate probe into his and his family’s security contracts with the government. Read more »

20 vying for SC associate justice post

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 07 04:12 AM

Twenty applicants are vying for the Supreme Court associate justice position to be left vacant by Associate Justice Noel Tijam when he retires next year, Judicial and Bar Council ex-officio member Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Tuesday. Read more »

SC upholds HRET rule requiring magistrate's presence to call quorum

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 31 07:11 PM

The Supreme Court en banc has upheld the constitutionality of the 2015 Revised Rules of the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal (HRET), particularly the provision requiring the presence of a Supreme Court justice in order to constitute a quorum. Read more »

Sulu asks SC to void Bangsamoro Organic Law, stop plebiscite

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 31 04:49 AM

Sulu questioned the constitutionality of Republic Act No. 11054 before the Supreme Court and is asking it to halt efforts to conduct a plebiscite to ratify it. Read more »

SC junks Gatchalian's appeal over LWUA case

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 30 04:34 AM

MANILA - Only the Supreme Court can review the findings of the Ombudsman in criminal cases. Read more »

SC junks petition vs 2016 QC fair market value ordinance

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 24 06:23 PM

More than 3 million residents of Quezon City are set to see their real property taxes increase after the Supreme Court junked a petition questioning a 2016 QC ordinance raising the fair market value of land and basic unit construction cost for buildings in the city. Read more »

SC urged to compel gov't agencies to issue rules on fishing vessel monitoring

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 19 06:43 PM

MANILA- Three Navotas fishermen and an international NGO on Friday asked the Supreme Court to compel government to issue rules on the monitoring of commercial fishing vessels, saying unregulated fishing has diminished their catch, hence, their income. Read more »

Duterte appoints CA justice Ramon Hernando to Supreme Court

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 10 06:54 PM

Hernando is Duterte's seventh appointee to the 15-member Supreme Court after assuming the presidency in mid-2016.  Read more »

Carpio: No more reason to decline chief justice nomination

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 03 09:05 PM

Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio hinted Wednesday that he is inclined to join the search for the next chief justice. Read more »

PAO asks SC to designate special courts for Dengvaxia cases

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 02 02:12 AM

MANILA - The Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) on Monday urged the Supreme Court (SC) to designate special courts to try civil and criminal cases arising from the massive school-based inoculation of the controversial Dengvaxia vaccine. Read more »

Chief Justice De Castro designates senior magistrates to SET, HRET

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 30 03:10 PM

Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo-de Castro ordered the designation of the most senior Supreme Court magistrates as representatives to the Senate and House electoral tribunals. Read more »

SC affirms new wage scheme for bus drivers, conductors

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 01:58 AM

The Supreme Court (SC) has affirmed the legality of implementing a part-fixed-part-performance-based wage system for public utility bus (PUB) drivers and conductors to ensure road safety. Read more »

Sara Duterte inalmahan ang nominasyon ni Midas Marquez bilang SC justice

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 26 09:16 PM

Depensa ni Supreme Court Administrator Midas Marquez na nominado para maging associate justice, mga kaibigan niya ang kumausap sa partidong nagsampa ng disbarment case laban kay Davao City Mayor Sarah Duterte.  Read more »

Sara Duterte opposes Midas Marquez's SC associate justice bid

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 26 04:26 PM

MANILA- President Rodrigo Duterte's daughter Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio has formally opposed Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez’s bid for Supreme Court Associate Justice. Read more »

SC junks BIR bid to collect P3 billion from Shell, Petron

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 19 03:56 AM

MANILA - The Supreme Court (SC) has thumbed down a petition filed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) that seeks to collect around P3 billion in alleged tax liabilities from oil giants Pilipinas Shell Corp. and Petron Corp.    Read more »

SC pinaubaya sa Makati RTC ang pagdedesisyon sa Trillanes amnesty

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 11 08:45 PM

Bigong makakuha ng temporary restraining order (TRO) sa Supreme Court (SC) ang kampo ni Senador Antonio Trillanes IV kaugnay sa petisyon niya laban sa proklamasyong nagpapawalangbisa sa kaniyang amnestiya. Read more »

ICC withdrawal not an exclusive decision of Duterte: minority senators

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 04 04:49 PM

The senators argued that the withdrawal should be invalidated as the Senate did not concur through a two-thirds vote. Read more »