The Federation of Philippine Industries (FPI) is escalating its fight against substandard goods, petitioning the Supreme Court to strip lower courts of their power to freeze the enforcement of mandatory product standards. In a letter-petition addressed to the high tribunal, the country’s largest...
Malacañang said it will comply with the directive of the Supreme Court requiring President Marcos to comment on a petition seeking the disclosure of his medical examination report. Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire Castro said this after the Supreme Court directed...
A congressman-endorser of one of the two active impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte in unfazed by the mounting number of Supreme Court (SC) petitions against the proceedings. “Hindi kami naaapektuhan ng mga petisyon. Tuloy ang proseso hangga’t walang utos na pumipigil...
The Supreme Court’s intervention in the impeachment case involving Vice President Sara Duterte now puts the Supreme Court’s powers under trial. Former Senate President Franklin Drilon pointed this out as he believes Duterte’s impeachment case would be a major test of the extent of the Supreme...
Lawyer-legislator Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon argued on Saturday, April 11 that the claims of anti-impeachment petitions filed before the Supreme Court (SC) by both the legal team and the supporters of Vice President Sara Duterte simply do not hold water. Ridon, a member of the House...
The supporters as well as the legal team of Vice President Sara Duterte are just "wasting paper" at this point. House Committee on Justice member, Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon gave this retort on Friday night, April 10 on the fresh petition filed before the Supreme Court (SC) to halt the...
The impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte are increasingly being framed not just as a political battle, but as a defining constitutional test, following a new petition-in-intervention filed before the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Lawyers and Mindanao-based leaders...
Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville "Jinky Bitrics" Luistro insisted that the House of Representatives ' impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte were faultless following the Supreme Court 's (SC) non-issuance of a temporary restraining order (TRO) agaisnt it. “We...
House Speaker Faustino "Bojie" Dy III has welcomed the Supreme Court 's (SC) apparent non-issuance of a temporary restraining order (TRO) on the Committee on Justice 's impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte. Dy, in a statement on Wednesday night, April 8, said: "We...
House of Representatives members ridiculed Vice President Sara Duterte 's camp on Wednesday, April 8 following its latest attempt to have the Supreme Court (SC) stop the chamber’s impeachment proceedings against the lady official. One of them, Senior Deputy Minority Leader Mamamayang Liberal...
An official who can 't follow the Constitution has no right to vie for the highest position in government. Thus, said House Deputy Minority Leader Akbayan Party-list Rep. Perci Cendaña on Wednesday, April 8, in reference to presidential aspirant Vice President Sara Duterte, who was the...
Vice President Sara Duterte has taken her legal battle to the Supreme Court (SC) of the Philippines, with her defense team confirming the filing of a petition questioning ongoing proceedings at the House of Representatives of the Philippines. In a statement released on Wednesday, April 8,...
