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SC justice tests positive for COVID-19; Anti-Terror law oral arguments suspended

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 22 03:29 PM

A Supreme Court justice has tested positive for the coronavirus prompting the high court to suspend Tuesday’s oral arguments on the petitions challenging the Anti-Terrorism Act, multiple sources told ABS-CBN News. Read more »

SC defers oral arguments on anti-terror law after SolGen says staffers have COVID-19

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 15 11:55 PM

MANILA (UPDATED)— The Supreme Court on Friday postponed oral arguments on the controversial Anti-Terrorism Act after Solicitor-General Jose Calida told the High Court that some of his staff tested positive for COVID-19. Read more »

SC denies SolGen’s last-minute bid to cancel anti-terror law oral arguments

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 04:33 PM

MANILA - The Supreme Court has denied the last minute plea of the Office of the Solicitor General to cancel the oral arguments on the petitions against the Anti-Terrorism Act scheduled on Tuesday, January 19.   Read more »

Carpio: No impeachable offense in grounds cited to oust Justice Leonen

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 10 08:20 PM

Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has spoken on the impeachment complaint filed against Associate Justice Marvic Leonen, saying no impeachable offense was cited in the grounds raised in the impeachment complaint before the House of Representatives. Read more »

Petitioners band together to urge SC to halt enforcement of anti-terror law

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 27 02:19 AM

Twenty-three groups of petitioners out of the 37 who petitioned against the Anti-Terrorism Act before the Supreme Court came together on Thursday to reiterate their plea for the high court to stop the implementation of the new law.   Read more »

SolGen backs Bongbong Marcos anew in vice president poll protest

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 03 03:10 PM

The Office of the Solicitor General has backed yet again the election protest of defeated vice presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr., telling the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) it can annul the elections or declare a failure of elections. Read more »

Ex-justices Carpio, Morales reject Estelito Mendoza’s 'expertise' in anti-terror law petitions

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 10 09:02 AM

Former Solicitor General Estelito Mendoza may have had a storied legal career but that’s not enough for former Supreme Court justices and other legal luminaries to qualify him as an amicus curiae or “friend of the court” in the petitions challenging the Anti-Terrorism Act. Read more »

SolGen moves to cancel oral arguments on petitions vs Anti-Terrorism Act

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 04:14 PM

The OSG has moved to cancel oral arguments on the petitions questioning the constitutionality of the Anti-Terrorism Act. Read more »

Lawyer to SC: Put Duterte health rumors to rest by compelling him to disclose medical records

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 20 04:37 AM

MANILA – The lawyer seeking the disclosure of President Rodrigo Duterte’s health records is not stopping just yet, despite the Supreme Court’s outright junking of his petition. Read more »

Ex-OGCC head: Gov't lawyers should not receive excessive allowances

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 30 09:21 PM

Former government corporate counsel Philip Jurado said Thursday government lawyers should not aspire to get rich while in public service and be modest when receiving allowances and honoraria.    Read more »

READ: Statement of Solicitor-General Jose Calida on the denial of the renewal of ABS-CBN’s franchise

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 11 06:12 PM

And now, the end has come. Read more »

SolGen, NTC can no longer refuse to answer questions on ABS-CBN franchise, says solon

Rose Carmelle Lacuata, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 23 10:59 PM

Minority congressmen "will be more direct" in questioning the Solicitor General and the NTC after the high court threw out the OSG's quo warranto petition against ABS-CBN, a lawmaker said on Tuesday. Read more »

Supreme Court junks SolGen's quo warranto petition vs ABS-CBN

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 23 10:04 PM

The Philippine Supreme Court dismissed the quo warranto petition filed by the government's top lawyer against ABS-CBN Corporation. Read more »

Supreme Court junks SolGen's quo warranto plea vs ABS-CBN Corp

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 23 04:12 PM

The Supreme Court en banc on Tuesday dismissed Solicitor General Jose Calida's petition questioning ABS-CBN Corp's franchise, ruling that the issue was "moot and academic." Read more »

Calida, NTC chief refuse to answer questions on ABS-CBN petitions

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 02 12:20 AM

A framer of the 1987 Constitution called out Solicitor General Jose Calida and the country's telecommunications regulator for declining to answer questions that relate to pending petitions against ABS-CBN before the Supreme Court. Read more »

Calida warned of contempt for skipping House hearing on ABS-CBN franchise

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 26 10:58 PM

Solicitor General Jose Calida, who had challenged ABS-CBN before the high court and regulators, has been warned of contempt after skipping Tuesday's House hearing on the network's franchise. Read more »

NTC moves to block ABS-CBN's TRO plea vs. closure order

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 26 05:53 PM

The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday to deny ABS-CBN Corp.'s petition for a temporary restraining order against the cease and desist order (CDO) it issued early this month.   Read more »

Calida 'expected' to attend House hearing on ABS-CBN franchise renewal: lawmaker

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 25 05:03 PM

Solicitor General Jose Calida is expected by congressmen to attend the House Committee on Legislative Franchises hearing on ABS-CBN's franchise renewal to give "a general overview" of why he is against the Philippines' largest media corporation's bid for a fresh 25-year mandate, a lawmaker said Monday. Read more »

Calida denies meddling in 'advising' NTC to issue closure order vs ABS-CBN

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 19 03:22 PM

Solicitor General Jose Calida on Tuesday denied allegations he meddled with Congress' instructions to the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to grant ABS-CBN Corp. a provisional authority when he told the regulatory body to instead issue a cease and desist order. Read more »

Angel Locsin, naglabas ng saloobin tungkol sa pagpapasara sa ABS-CBN

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 12 10:04 PM

Ayon sa aktres, dapat bigyan ng pagkakataon ang network na sagutin ang mga akusasyon laban sa kanila.  Read more »