House Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez on Monday commended the Supreme Court (SC) for taking the lead in issuing the rules and regulations on the use of body cameras by law enforcers, saying the the high court's "judicial activism" is “a breath of fresh air.” House deputy speaker and Cagayan de...
VIEWS FROM THE RIDGE In March 2020, before COVID-19 came, the Court cautiously tiptoed in using video conferencing to secure the testimonies of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs). Potential legal issues lurked, among them, those arising from the right of the accused “to meet the witnesses face to...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has scrapped the P78-million deficiency tax assessment slapped by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) against a major supplier of commercial kitchen equipment for failure of the former to indicate in the assessment notices when the liabilities should be paid. The...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Saturday, July 10, the creation of a Technical Working Group (TWG) that will study and incorporate the rules on the use of the body-worn cameras issued by the Supreme Court to the existing protocols of the...
Former Senator Jinggoy Estrada said on Wednesday that he is hopeful that the Supreme Court will decide on his alleged involvement in the anomalous Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) scam before the filing of the certificates of candidacy for next year's elections in October. Former Senator...
Senator Grace Poe said Wednesday, July 7, that she is counting on the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Supreme Court (SC) to assure the proper use of body-worn cameras and footages of police operations. Philippine National Police chief General Guillermo Eleazar shows how to wear the body...
The enactment of the new baselines law is the “most inexpensive and effective means” to enforce the South China Sea Arbitral award won by the country against China, retired Supreme Court associate justice Francis Jardeleza said on Monday, July 5. Jardeleza has submitted a letter to President...
A total of 83 policemen were dismissed from the service while 128 others were penalized for failure to attend court hearings on various cases filed by the Philippine National Police (PNP) that include drugs charges in the past few years. PNP Chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar said the penalties...
Senator Leila de Lima on Thursday branded the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) full-blown investigation into the thousands of killings under the Duterte administration’s war on drugs as an “extraordinary remedy” for the Philippines. De Lima said that since the domestic justice system...
The government is unfazed by the move of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to seek the views of victims of alleged crimes linked to the war on drugs. President Spokesman Harry Roque (File photo/Malacañang) According to Presidential spokesman Harry Roque, it would be difficult to build a...
Families of victims of the bloody war on drugs (WoD) campaign under the Duterte administration will have until August 13, 2021 to submit before the International Criminal Court (ICC) their “representations” following the recent request made by former Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda for authorization...
MEXICO CITY, Mexico – Mexico's Supreme Court on Monday decriminalized recreational marijuana use for adults, declaring its prohibition under the health law to be unconstitutional, after a legalization bill stalled in Congress. "Today is a historic day for liberties," court president Arturo...
