THE LEGAL FRONT Problems appear to be knocking at the US Supreme Court’s door as senators take a dim view of negative Court developments that may potentially affect the Court’s integrity and the interests of the litigating public. One senator extended an invitation to Chief Justice John...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Pampanga Provincial Legal Officer and former Sangguniang Panlalawigan member Gerome Tubig was shot and wounded in front of a hospital in Barangay Santo Rosario, this city, on Monday morning, April 17. Police said Tubig had just arrived at the...
Technological advancement is at the core and forefront of the education sector and the legal profession in the Philippines, Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte said on Thursday, Feb. 16. Vice President Sara Duterte speaks at the fellowship night of the Integrated Bar of the...
Long time but flickering. This was what Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile thought as he turned 99 years old on Valentine's Day. Former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile (Malacañang photo) Enrile celebrated his birthday on Tuesday, Feb. 14, with a thought that his years of existence...
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Dr. Raymund W. Lo Recently, my equanimity was shattered by a development arising out of my medical practice. I have been performing paternity testing for the past 32 years and have had to testify in court as an expert witness in over 100 paternity cases so far. All my...
The House of Representatives' Legal Affairs Department has yet to respond to the questions raised against the House secretary-general's power to remove a duly-elected and proclaimed congressman from the chamber's official roster. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Congressman-elect Romeo Jalosjos...
The House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs has approved, subject to style and “enhancement”, on Wednesday, Jan. 25, a substitute bill that seeks to expand the legal fund provided for distressed overseas Filipinos. Overseas Filipino workers (Jansen Romero/File Photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) The...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva wants scholarships for aspiring lawyers. Villanueva, thus, filed Senate Bill No. 1639 which seeks to amend Republic Act No. 7662, or the Legal Education Reform Act of 1993 by including provisions for the establishment of a Legal Scholarship and Return Service...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. revealed Monday, Jan. 9, that radical measures are needed to cleanse government agencies associated with the government's anti-illegal drug campaign of personnel who are suspected to be linked to...
Malacañang has ordered the streamlining of the administrative structure of the Office of the President as part of the Marcos administration's efforts "towards efficiency and responsiveness in the delivery of its critical mandates to the Filipino people." Under Executive Order No. 11, the Office...
Photo: Shutterstock NEW YORK, United States – New York's first legal recreational marijuana dispensary opened on Thursday in the heart of Manhattan. More than 100 people crowded into the dispensary in New York City's East Village, run by the nonprofit Housing Works, a group dedicated to...
Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte believes that the potential enactment of Free Legal Assistance for Military and Uniformed Personnel (MUP) Bill will serve as a morale boost to members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine National Police (PNP) and other law enforcement...
