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SC junks 2 Aetas’ bid to intervene in anti-terror law petitions

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 09 08:29 PM

MANILA — The Supreme Court has denied the bid of 2 Aetas, who are accused of terrorism, to intervene in the petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Anti-Terrorism Act, Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta revealed during Tuesday’s oral arguments on the petitions challenging the Anti-Terrorism Act. Read more »

All universities should have pact regulating campus access of state forces: UP exec

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 04 04:52 PM

All universities should have an agreement that regulates police or military operations inside their campuses to ensure the protection of academic freedom, an official from the state university said Thursday. Read more »

Unilateral abrogation of UP-DND accord now a legal question, says lawyer

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 20 11:42 AM

The unilateral abrogation of the defense ministry's pact with the University of the Philippine (UP) on the entry of state forces into campus grounds has become a legal question on whether it is valid or not, a faculty member said Wednesday. Read more »

Ex-SC spox questions Pemberton pardon as freed convicts remain in prison

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 15 12:08 PM

The Supreme Court's former spokesman on Tuesday questioned the "imbalance" between President Rodrigo Duterte's grant of absolute pardon to an American convict while thousands of Filipinos were returned to prisons after government recalled the implementation of good conduct time allowance law. Read more »

‘It just doesn’t stop’: Maria Ressa fights off 2nd cyber libel complaint

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 30 08:40 PM

Ressa on Thursday moved to dismiss a new cyber libel complaint against her filed by the same businessman who secured a conviction in a Manila court in June. Read more »

Diokno disputes anti-terror law's date of effectivity

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 18 02:56 PM

Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno on Saturday disputed the date of effectivity of the controversial anti-terror law, which, according to Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, is today, July 18.   Read more »

How correcting a typo got Maria into trouble: The cyberlibel case vs Rappler

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 14 09:56 PM

Here is everything you need to know about the cyberlibel case versus Rappler, Maria Ressa and Reynaldo Santos, Jr. Read more »

Congress can intervene in ABS-CBN franchise challenge before SC: ex-spokesman

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 20 09:08 AM

Congress can intervene in the Solicitor General's petition questioning ABS-CBN Corp's franchise before the Supreme Court, a former spokesman of the high court said Thursday. Read more »

Why Congress can be the best—and worst—place for broadcast franchise renewal

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 18 09:10 PM

The Philippine government’s attempt to shut down the largest media network in the country has placed under scrutiny the process of granting broadcast franchises, a power wielded by Congress. Read more »

Conviction of all accused in Maguindanao massacre remote, says ex-SC spokesman

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Updated as of Dec 19 12:00 PM

"Realistically, the judge may not be able to find proof beyond reasonable doubt of the guilt of everyone," says former SC spokesman Ted Te.  Read more »

'Culture of impunity' won't end with Maguindanao massacre decision, says UP law prof

Aleta Nieva-Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 19 11:17 AM

"...One decision by itself cannot do it," University of the Philippines law professor Theodore Te said on Thursday. Read more »

Otso Diretso bets move to disqualify OSG from DOJ sedition probe

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 19 03:43 PM

Three Otso Diretso senatorial candidates and a former Supreme Court spokesperson implicated in the sedition complaint against Vice President Leni Robredo and more than 30 others have asked the panel of prosecutors investigating the complaint to disqualify the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) from appearing in the probe. Read more »

Lawyers' group denounces raps against members

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 20 12:41 AM

MANILA - The Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) on Friday denounced the filing of criminal charges against its members Chel Diokno and Theodore Te, as well as opposition figures, saying the raps were "baseless and means of intimidation."   Read more »

Te returns to high court to argue vs Mindanao martial law extension

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 30 05:20 AM

MANILA - Former Supreme Court spokesperson Theodore Te made his way back to the high court on Tuesday, more than 4 months after his resignation, to argue before the magistrates he once spoke for. Read more »

Money laundering report sa yaman ni Revilla, binalewala ng Sandiganbayan?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 17 03:00 PM

Ipinagtataka ng dating tagapagsalita ng Korte Suprema na tila di binigyang bigat ng Sandiganbayan sa plunder case ni dating senador Ramon "Bong" Revilla ang ulat tungkol sa perang pumasok sa bank account nito.  Read more »

Did Sandiganbayan ignore AMLC report on Revilla wealth?

Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 10 12:11 PM

Differing opinions sprouted on Monday regarding the appreciation of the Sandiganbayan of an audit report on former Sen. Bong Revilla's wealth from 2007 to 2010 in the court's decision to acquit him of plunder. Read more »

Sa paglaya ni Bong Revilla, ano ang epekto nito sa ibang kasong plunder?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 08 01:43 AM

Inabsuwelto ng Sandiganbayan si dating Senador Bong Revilla sa kasong plunder kaugnay ng pork barrel scam. Read more »

'Pagiging miyembro ng makakaliwang grupo, hindi krimen'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 05 12:50 AM

'Yan ang nilinaw ng isang human rights lawyer sa harap ng patuloy na 'red tagging' ng Malacañang at militar sa ilang grupo at indibidwal. Read more »

Red membership not a crime, lawyer reminds military

Jorge V. Cariño, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 04 12:42 PM

Membership in communist organizations is no longer illegal, a former spokesperson of the Supreme Court reminded the military on Tuesday, calling on the latter to refrain from Red-tagging government critics. Read more »

SC could've restrained itself in Sereno case: ex-spokesman

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 23 01:13 PM

Issues that hounded the Supreme Court at that led to the ouster of former Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno were 'family matters' that could have been resolved internally, the high court's former spokesperson said Tuesday. Read more »