Congressmen and health experts moved on Wednesday, July 21 to ask the Supreme Court to step into the Ivermectin controversy as they stressed that the medicine could help address the grave threat brought by the Delta variant to public health. Ivermectin2 However, bad weather prevented the...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has advised delinquent taxpayers to amicably settle their tax liabilities in order to avoid costly and lengthy court battles. (Photo from CTA) Top revenue officials made this appeal after the first division of the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) approved the judicial...
Far Eastern University (FEU) law dean Atty. Mel Sta. Maria has rebuked President Rodrigo Duterte for saying he will run for vice president to have immunity from lawsuit. President Rodrigo Duterte (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) In a Facebook post, Sta. Maria said the Constitution does not guarantee the...
President Rodrigo Duterte will be clothed with immunity from legal prosecution if he wins the 2022 vice presidential race but this protection applies only in local setting and not in international courts of justice. President Rodrigo Duterte Duterte’s announcement that he would seek the vice...
President Duterte intends to seek help from the Supreme Court in case he is unfairly haled into the International Criminal Court (ICC) over his controversial war on drugs. President Rodrigo Duterte attends virtual Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) informal leaders' retreat on July 16, 2021....
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Saturday, July 17, welcomed the Supreme Court requiring policemen to use body-worn cameras when serving arrest and search warrants. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian during a special session in the Senate. (Henzberg Austria/Senate PRIB file) Gatchalian said the rules...
Malacañang was not surprised after China rejected anew the historic July 12, 2016 ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, saying the ruling was already part of international law. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque and Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian...
Environmental groups are set to challenge before the Supreme Court (SC) a 2019 order from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) that sets the rules on the establishment and operation of waste-to-energy (WTE) facilities for the treatment of municipal solid waste (MSW) in the...
For China, the historic July 12, 2016 ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague that rejected its excessive claims in the South China Sea is nothing but a piece of “waste paper.” Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian (via Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China) “The...
House Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez has filed a resolution asking Congress to declare July 12 as the National West Philippine Sea Victory Day, in commemoration of the country’s historic win in the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) at The Hague. “This declaration will celebrate our...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has nullified the closure order issued by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) against a software company for its failure to apply the appropriate procedure in implementing its "Oplan Kandado" program. (Photo by John Salvino/ Unsplash) In a 28-page decision, the...
As the world commemorates the fifth anniversary of the Arbitral Tribunal ruling on the South China Sea, Canada has expressed its concern over China’s “escalatory and destabilizing actions” in South China and the East China Sea as it called on all parties to comply with the international...
