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Peralta: No basis to probe QC judge over search warrants vs progressive groups

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 08 04:29 PM

MANILA - Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta on Friday defended a Quezon City Regional Trial Court judge’s decision to issue search warrants that led to raids of offices of progressive groups and the arrest of dozens of activists.   Read more »

Supreme Court extends deadline for Maguindanao massacre verdict

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 08 12:00 PM

The Supreme Court has extended the deadline for the ruling on the cases against Datu Andal “Unsay” Ampatuan Jr. and nearly 200 others tagged in the massacre of 58 people in Maguindanao province nearly a decade ago, Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta said Friday.  Read more »

'Unacceptable,' lawyer of Maguindanao massacre victims' kin says of delay in verdict

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 07 01:34 PM

It is "unacceptable" that the loved ones of 58 people killed in the Maguindanao massacre have yet to get justice nearly a decade after one of the world's worst election-related incidents of violence, their lawyer said Thursday.  Read more »

16 sentenced to death for burning alive Bangladesh teen

Sam Jahan, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 24 04:20 PM

FENI, Bangladesh – Sixteen people were sentenced to death Thursday for burning alive a Bangladeshi teenager who refused to withdraw sexual assault charges against her head teacher. Read more »

8 Coast Guard men set to appeal homicide conviction over Taiwanese fisher's death

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Posted at Oct 03 01:06 PM

MANILA - Eight members of the Philippine Coast Guard found guilty of homicide over the death of a Taiwanese fisherman in 2013 have notified a Manila court that they would appeal their conviction. Read more »

Panay power firm accuses rival of pursuing takeover despite court ruling

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 25 04:10 PM

Iloilo-based Panay Electric Company (PECO) has accused rival MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE) of pursuing its takeover of PECO assets despite a court ruling declaring it unconstitutional. Read more »

Saudi princess gets suspended jail in France over beaten workman

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 12 09:50 PM

A French court on Thursday handed a 10-month suspended sentence to a sister of the Saudi crown prince over the beating of a workman at a luxury residence in Paris in 2016. Read more »

De Lima says witnesses against her transferred to 'prepare' for court testimony

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 09 03:33 PM

Sen. Leila de Lima claimed Monday that President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the transfer of high-profile convicts to a detention facility of the Philippine Marines to "prepare" them for their impending court testimony against her, which Malacañang denied. Read more »

J&J ordered to pay $572 million for opioid addiction crisis

Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 27 07:40 AM

An Oklahoma judge on Monday ordered US health care giant Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million in damages for its role in fostering the state's opioid addiction crisis. Read more »

Manila court denies bid to recommit Satur Ocampo for murder charges

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Updated as of Aug 19 07:43 PM

MANILA - (UPDATE) The Manila Regional Trial Court denied the bid to recommit former Rep. Satur Ocampo for murder charges. Read more »

US rapper A$AP Rocky gets suspended sentence for assault

Agence France Presse
Posted at Aug 14 09:11 PM

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - A Stockholm court on Wednesday convicted US rapper A$AP Rocky of assault and handed him a suspended sentence over a street brawl in June, a case that outraged fans and stoked diplomatic tensions. Read more »

DOJ insists on judge's inhibition for bail grant on Jee Ick-joo kidnap-slay prime suspect

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 13 05:36 PM

State prosecutors have reiterated their plea for the inhibition of the Angeles City judge who allowed the prime suspect in the kidnap-slay of South Korean businessman Jee Ick Joo to post bail. Read more »

Sytin fights arrest warrant over bro's slay

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 07 08:52 PM

MANILA – Dennis Sytin, the businessman accused of masterminding the killing of his own brother, has asked an Olongapo court to cancel or suspend the implementation of an arrest warrant issued against him in connection with the murder and frustrated murder charges he is facing. Read more »

Despite court halt, EDSA provincial bus ban dry run to push through Aug. 7: MMDA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 06 05:56 PM

MANILA – The proposed dry-run of the ban on provincial buses on EDSA will push through on Aug. 7, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said Tuesday, despite a halt order issued by a Quezon City court. Read more »

QC court halts provincial bus ban

Mike Navallo and John Gabriel Agcaoili, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 03 02:21 PM

MANILA (UPDATE)—Provincial buses may continue to ply EDSA as a Quezon City court has issued a preliminary injunction against the ban on buses from outside Metro Manila at the major thoroughfare. Read more »

Court orders Sytin arrest for bro's slay

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 30 05:58 PM

MANILA - An Olongapo court has ordered the arrest of slain businessman Dominic Sytin's younger brother and another suspect for his November 2018 murder. Read more »

DOJ indicts Sytin brother, 2 others for trader's slay

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Updated as of Jul 25 09:43 PM

MANILA - State prosecutors have filed murder and frustrated murder charges against Alan Dennis Sytin and two others for the 2018 slay of his elder brother, businessman Dominic Sytin. Read more »

Trial to open for Duterte critic Maria Ressa

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jul 23 12:04 PM

High-profile Philippine journalist Maria Ressa's libel trial opens Tuesday in a case that press freedom advocates see as government retaliation for her news site's critical reporting on President Rodrigo Duterte.   Read more »

RTC judge natangayan ng P40,000 cash, singsing sa Pasay gym

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 17 01:59 PM

Kabilang sa mga natangay sa judge ang kaniyang wallet, P40,000 cash, diamond ring na nagkakahalagang P275,000, driver's license, credit card, at Integrated Bar of the Philippines card. Read more »

Utos na paghimay sa presyo ng petrolyo pinigil ng korte

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 30 04:12 PM

Pansamantalang pinahinto ng korte ang utos na idetalye ang presyuhan ng mga produktong petrolyo.  Read more »