Duterte, Sereno, and the TRO
President Rodrigo Duterte’s second State of the Nation Address dealt with the delays in the implementation of the Reproductive Health ...
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Leni, Pimentel ratings go up; Alvarez, Sereno remain steady
Vice President Leni Robredo and Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III received “good” ratings for their performance in the second quarter ...
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Martial law, unconstitutional acts
We are living in uncertain times, whether one is from Mindanao or Manila, or anywhere in the Philippines. Today, it ...
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Reforming the Bar and legal education
Yesterday, May 22, the country gained a few thousand more lawyers—nearly 4,000 in fact. They were so many that their ...
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Hope in the rule of law
Continuing her discussion on the rule of law and the present state of impunity in her speech at the 16th ...
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Sereno, the law, and creeping impunity
In her speech delivered during the 16th National Convention of Lawyers of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, which I ...
Read moreSereno to SolGen: Explain active role
THE Supreme Court has required Solicitor General Jose Calida to justify his active role, particularly in helping the private complainants ...
Read moreSC chief opposes Cha-Cha
THE Supreme Court has vowed to defend the 1987 Constitution following the moves by the allies of President Rodrigo Duterte ...
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SC chief bewails ‘killings’
THE perception of the rule of law in the country has suffered due to the unresolved killings of drug suspects, ...
Read moreSpecial courts to try EJK cases proposed
AN ANTI-CRIME group has asked the Supreme Court to create special courts to exclusively hear cases involving collateral victims of ...
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