The Philippine Embassy to The Hague will dedicate next week a sitting room at the ground floor of the Chancery to honor the memory of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Cesar Bengzon. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs, the move aims to recognize Bengzon for his “unprecedented...
The Supreme Court (SC) showed its "balanced" views and "modesty" when it recognized the Energy Regulatory Commission’s (ERC) mandate to determine power rates, a former House of Representatives member said. (Kai Gradert/ Unsplash) “The SC decision balances industry stakeholders’ interests. It...
Present and former lawmakers of the Makabayan bloc ripped apart the Supreme Court’s (SC) decision that favored the implementation of the Manila Electric Company’s (Meralco) power price hikes. ACT Teachers Rep. France Castro and former Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate (photos from congress,gov.ph)...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in Northern Mindanao has recognized the accomplishments of the Lupong Tagapamahala (Council of Elders) in the region for their excellent performance of their duties in resolving neighborhood feuds at the barangay level. DILG 10 Regional...
BOCALA when she was freed by an Iloilo City court for the peace talks in Norway in 2016. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – A court in Metro Manila has sentenced a high-ranking official of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) to life imprisonment for a 1975 murder. A Taguig...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The United States made history on Thursday as Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Justice Stephen G. Breyer (Retired) administers the Judicial Oath to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, while her husband Patrick Jackson...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the government's key environmental agency cannot issue broad limits on greenhouse gases, sharply curtailing the power of President Joe Biden's administration to battle climate change. Climate activists, including members of...
Senator-elect Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Wednesday, June 29 took his oath of office before Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo at the Supreme Court. Returning Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero takes his oath as Senator Wednesday, June 29, 2022. The oath-taking was administered by Supreme Court...
Former Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Saidamen Pangarungan on Wednesday, June 29, hailed the decision of the Supreme Court upholding the poll body's resolution dismissing the petitions to disqualify and cancel the certificate of candidacy of President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos...
CEBU CITY -- President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is "very glad" with the Supreme Court (SC) decision junking the disqualification and cancellation of Certificate of Candidacy cases against him. Gracing the mass oath-taking of winning members of One Cebu party at the Marco Polo Hotel...
The camp of President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. welcomed on Tuesday night, June 28 the Supreme Court's (SC) decision to junk the disqualification cases filed against the former Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) standard-bearer in the May 9, 2022 polls. President-elect Bongbong Marcos...
Outgoing Senator Leila de Lima on Monday, June 27 hailed the decision of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to seek a reopening of the investigation into the killings and other suspected human rights abuses that were commited under President Duterte’s infamous anti-illegal...
