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'Contrary to law': Comelec asked to reverse pro-Marcos ruling

Mike Navallo and Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 24 07:59 PM

Civic leaders asked Comelec to reverse the ruling of its division that favored presidential frontrunner Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. Read more »

Duterte told: Vice President is not immune from suit

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 18 04:49 PM

The Vice President of the Philippines is not immune from suit, President Rodrigo Duterte was reminded after saying Saturday he would run for the post in next year’s elections if it means having legal immunity. Read more »

Mga abogado dapat maging mapagmatiyag kasunod ng mga banta, karahasan sa hanay nila

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 07 09:50 PM

Hinimok ngayong Miyerkoles nina dating Vice President Jejomar Binay at Atty. Theodore Te ang mga abogado na maging mapagmatiyag dahil sa dumarami raw na bilang ng insidente ng karahasan sa hanay nila.   Read more »

Technical glitches mar livestream of Gesmundo’s oathtaking as new Chief Justice

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 05 07:06 PM

Supreme Court Associate Justice Alexander Gesmundo officially took his oath on Monday as the 27th chief justice of the high court, in a ceremony that highlighted the need to improve the judiciary’s information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure. Read more »

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

ABS-CBN News
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 »