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By Mark Merueñas GMA News Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has said that even if the Philippines wins in the arbitral dispute it has lodged against China on the West Philippine Sea, the decision would most likely go unenforced. In a speech he delivered before graduating law students of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, Carpio noted that under the United Nations Charter, Read More …
By AMADO P. MACASAET MALAYA “Again it must be said that the Court voted on its best lights. But the voting shows the deep division in the Tribunal.” A President with a hardly changed high popularity rating in the middle of his term usually commands the respect of co-independent institutions like the Supreme Court. Apart from widening the poverty gap as a result of its Read More …
But OSG assails takedown powers By EVANGELINE DE VERA MALAYA A SIMPLE “Like” or “Share” of a Facebook post, or a “Retweet” in Twitter, of a libelous statement is already an expression of an opinion, and this constitutes a violation of the controversial anti-cybercrime law, the government’s chief lawyer said yesterday. At the continuation of the oral arguments at the Supreme Court, Solicitor General Francis Read More …
By Edu Punay The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines – Despite his absence in flag ceremonies at the Supreme Court (SC) led by Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno, Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said he and fellow justices fully support her leadership. “(The absence) depends on the predisposition of the individual justices, (but) it doesn’t mean anything,” Carpio told reporters in a chance interview during the Read More …
Source: Sun Star MANILA (3rd Update, 3:40 p.m.) — President Benigno Aquino III has two weeks or until August 27 to pick the successor of ousted Chief Justice Renato Corona after the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) finally came up with a shortlist of eight nominees on Monday. The shortlist submitted on the same day to Malacañang culminates the JBC’s two-month search, which was saddled Read More …
BY AMADO P. MACASAET MALAYA ‘The lesson learned here is that the JBC, being a constitutionally independent body, never had any problem maintaining its independence.’ THE Judicial and Bar Council “shamed” President Aquino by not including Justice Secretary Leila de Lima in the short list for chief justice in spite of pressure he exerted. In the final voting held yesterday, the eight members of the Read More …
By Benjamin B. Pulta The Daily Tribune SC en banc clears Carpio on disbarment raps Insistence that presidential allies in the Judicial and Bar Council ensure that President Aquino’s favorite candidate for the top judicial post whom he is to appoint be included in the shortlist has resulted in the body’s fourth postponement on voting for the shortlisted candidates, with the consequence of sparking a Read More …
By KIMBERLY JANE TAN GMA News (Updated 4:14 p.m.) The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) on Friday deferred for the fifth time its voting on who will be included in the shortlist of nominees for the chief justice post, Rep. Niel Tupas Jr., a member of the JBC, said. The JBC made the decision after the Supreme Court dismissed the disbarment case filed against acting Read More …
Source: Rappler.com MANILA, Philippines – Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio faced the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) Thursday, July 26, and said his edge over an outsider is his knowledge and understanding of the reforms needed in the judiciary. Carpio also addressed questions related to the law firm he co-founded, the CVC Law, and how he can assure the public that, if appointed chief justice, Read More …
By Jomar Canlas, Reporter The Manila Times JUSTICE Secretary Leila de Lima on Tuesday admitted facing a dilemma regarding the disbarment cases filed against her with the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP). Her admission came as Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero let Rep. Niel Tupas Jr. of Iloilo province represent Congress in the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) and the Supreme Court junked a petition Read More …