A total of 8,241 out of 11,402 examinees passed the 2020-2021 bar examinations, or 72.28 percent. This surpassed the 59.06 percent passing rate recorded in 2016 in which there were 6,344 examinees. The manner in which the 2020-2021 bar examinations was conducted offers many lessons in governance...
The Muntinlupa City government congratulated residents who successfully passed the 2020-21 Bar Exams. “Muntinlupa Pride. Congratulations to Muntinlupeños who passed the recently-concluded 2020-2021 Bar Examinations. We wish you success. Greetings from Mayor Jaime Fresnedi, Congressman Ruffy...
Retired Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio has disputed the claim that the heirs of the late President Ferdinand Marcos cannot be compelled to pay the now P203-billion unpaid estate tax. Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio (1Sambayan/Facebook) "Marcos heirs are liable...
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada on Sunday, April 3, banned in a decree the cultivation of opium poppy and trade of opium in Afghanistan, the Taliban-led caretaker government confirmed. Chief spokesman of Afghanistan's caretaker government Zabihullah Mujahid...
“Worst kind of black propaganda.” This was how retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio described the statement by former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s spokesman Vic Rodriguez, who said that the P203-billion estate tax debt by the Marcoses is still “pending in...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) assured on Wednesday, March 9, that it will abide by the temporary restraining order (TRO) issued by the Supreme Court (SC) against the implementation of the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) "Oplan Baklas". In an en banc resolution, the...
A poll lawyer said the temporary restraining order issued by the Supreme Court on "Oplan Baklas" of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is a welcome development. Romulo Macalintal In a statement, lawyer Romulo Macalintal described the said development as a victory of those candidates who "do not...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will answer the petition filed by the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) before the Supreme Court (SC) to defend its forged memorandum of agreement (MOA) with news website Rappler. Acting Comelec Chairperson Socorro B. Inting said the MOA entered into by the...
Vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio has underscored the need for income reclassification among local government units (LGUs) to strengthen the economic performance and operational capacities of towns across the country. Vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara...
Malacañang on Wednesday, Feb. 23, congratulated lawyer Antonio T. Kho Jr. on his appointment as an associate justice of the Supreme Court. Atty. Antonio T. Kho Jr. (Photo from Comelec website) "We wish Associate Justice Kho success in the Supreme Court," Cabinet secretary and acting presidential...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon has called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to refrain from engaging in partisan politics and warned election regulators that appearance of bias at partiality might pose serious threats to the integrity and credibility of the May 2022 national and...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Friday, Jan. 28, that the local government units (LGUs) can now better implement poverty alleviation and development programs with their bigger tax allotment share. (DILG logo) This was stressed by the DILG as the Community-Based...
