Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Monday, January 22, called on the Marcos administration to formally confirm claims investigators from the International Criminal Court (ICC) have already concluded their investigation against former President Rodrigo Duterte and other personalities linked to...
Malacañang said it will respond appropriately, if required by the Supreme Court, after three members of the House of Representatives filed a petition challenging the constitutionality of the P449.50 billion unprogrammed funds in the 2024 national budget. "The Executive Department will answer...
The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague, Netherlands has received and confirmed the appointment of four Filipinos as members of the court upon the recommendation of Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo. (Photos courtesy of Department of Foreign Affairs) ...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Thursday, January 4 expressed confidence that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. will follow through with his promise that no International Criminal Court (ICC) investigator will enter the Philippines. Dela Rosa pointed this out amid claims...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday, Jan. 3, welcomed the Supreme Court’s (SC) issuance of the Rules on the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020 and related terrorism laws. In a statement, DOJ Assistant Secretary Jose Dominic F. Clavano IV said that the rules "provide the mechanism to...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Facebook) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda expressed confidence that the Supreme Court (SC) would decide in Congress' favor in the event that the 2024 national budget's validity gets challenged. This, after...
Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla has doubted the presence in the Philippines of investigators of the International Criminal Court (ICC). If they are indeed in the country, said ICC investigators have the duty to inform the Philippine government, Remulla said. ...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has junked the petition filed by GHF PTY Ltd, a multinational corporation, which asked the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to refund P46.7 million in excess and unutilized creditable witholding taxes (CWT) paid in 2017. “Since taxes are the lifeblood of the...
The jurisdiction of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on resolving contractual disputes involving retail electricity suppliers (RES) has been affirmed in a ruling rendered by the Court of Appeals (CA), including its power to issue cease and desist orders. The decision of the 11th division of...
ILOILO CITY – The Court of Appeals (CA) has ordered the arrest of Emily V. Yanson for perjury and falsification of public documents after it ruled that she is not a stockholder of Ceres Transport Inc., one of the nine companies under the country’s largest bus conglomerate based in Bacolod City....
Former senator Leila de Lima believes that the Marcos administration is in the “right path” as it studies the possibility of rejoining the International Criminal Court (ICC), which is currently investigating the previous Duterte administration’s brutal war on drugs campaign. Former...
Former Office of the Vice President (OVP) spokesman Barry Gutierrez thinks it is time for Vice President Sara Duterte to consider stepping down as secretary of the Department of Education (DepEd), citing as reasons the country’s education crisis and her preoccupation with other issues outside her...
