Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Screenshot from Zoom) Independent minority congressman and Liberal Party (LP) President Edcel Lagman says the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) Bill is constitutionally sound, but that still doesn't make it a good idea. Lagman, Albay's 1st district...
Imposing a drug test for candidates of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) is not a requirement that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) can carry out, its top official said on Thursday, May 25. "No. Unconstitutional. No such requirement," Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Thursday, May 11, that it will be abide by the Status Quo Ante Order (SQAO) issued by the Supreme Court (SC) in the disqualification case of Legazpi City Mayor Carmen Rosal. "As we have consistently committed, the Comelec will abide and comply with any...
“Good lawyers must know that there truly are heavenly proportions to the toil that we do on this side of life, and in so knowing are moved to submit to Him every outcome, even as we must presently apply ourselves to approximating, albeit faintly, what peace and justice on the other side of...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) A Makabayan lawmaker believes that the alleged "quota system" being practiced in the Philippine National Police (PNP) could used as "evidence" by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against former president Rodrigo Duterte in connection with...
WASHINGTON, United States- The US Supreme Court was poised Friday to wade into the legal battle over the abortion drug mifepristone with a ruling on lower court-ordered restrictions on the widely used pill. The nation's highest court has until midnight Friday (0400 GMT Saturday) to decide how it...
BACOLOD CITY – An alleged leader of the New People’s Army (NPA) was killed in a clash with the government forces at Sitio Lower Tiyos, Barangay Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, April 18. The Army, through the help of former NPA rebels, identified the fatality as Jose...
The Senate plenary hall (Senate PRIB) The Senate Justice and Human Rights Committee has invited the International Criminal Court (ICC) to its hearing on a resolution of the Senate objecting to an ICC probe on the controversial drug war of former president Rodrigo Duterte. The ICC has not yet...
The Senate plenary hall (Senate PRIB) Senators brushed off the rejection by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of a Philippine government appeal against its investigation into alleged human rights violations by the previous Duterte administration in connection with its anti-illegal drug...
The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the dismissal of 22 counts of graft and malversation charges involving P143.2 million in 2012 against Negros Oriental Gov. Roel R. Degamo last Feb. 22 or 10 days before he was killed in his residence in Pamplona town last March 4. The SC’s resolution, which...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has rejected the Philippine government's request to suspend its ongoing investigation into former president Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs. In a decision dated March 27, 2023, the ICC Appeals Chamber denied Manila's plea "in the absence of persuasive reasons in...
The House Committee on Ethics and Privileges handling of Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr.'s ethics case will pass the Supreme Court's (SC) scrutiny, if it ever comes to that point. Committee Senior Vice Chairperson and Nueva Ecija 3rd district Rep. Ria Vergara is confident...
