The Sandiganbayan Fifth Division has denied Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada’s bid to attend the Senate impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, ruling that his request to repeatedly leave detention to serve as a senator-judge would defeat the purpose of preventive detention. In a...
The Sandiganbayan Third Division has scheduled a hearing on Friday, July 10, to take up the manifestation filed by the Philippine National Police (PNP) Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) and the compliance submitted by the PNP General Hospital regarding the hospitalization of...
A power outage struck the Sandiganbayan on Tuesday morning, July 7, forcing those attending the trial of former lawmaker Zaldy Co before the Sixth Division to briefly leave the courtroom. Meanwhile, businessman Aristotle Baluyot Viray, co-accused of Senator Rodante Marcoleta in a plunder case, was...
The Supreme Court (SC) will celebrate its 125th anniversary tomorrow, June 11, with a whole-day activities starting at 9 a.m. Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo will lead the celebration that will start with a mass at the SC’s quadrangle on Padre Faura Street in Ermita, Manila. President Marcos...
The Supreme Court (SC) has launched its commemorative Beep Cards and opened a Gift Shop at its main building in Ermita, Manila in celebration of its 125th anniversary on June 11. President Marcos had earlier declared that the month of June starting this year will be celebrated as “Judiciary...
Starting this year, the month of June will be celebrated as “Judiciary Month” in commemoration of the founding of the Supreme Court (SC) 125 years ago on June 11, 1901. The month-long celebration is mandated under President Marcos’ Presidential Proclamation (PP) No. 1265 which amended the...
To understand the Philippines today is to understand the systems that keep the country running. For many young Filipinos navigating rising prices, heated political debates, and an increasingly uncertain future, the government can often feel distant and intimidating. Words like “judiciary,”...
President Marcos on Thursday, Aug. 14, signed Republic Act No. 12233, or the Judiciary Fiscal Autonomy Act, which he said will strengthen the independence, efficiency, and accountability of the country’s courts. In his ceremonial signing in Malacañan on Thursday, Aug. 14, Marcos said the...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The judiciary's proposed 2025 budget worth P82.4 billion is justified, if only to help it address the serious issues of case delays and court congestion. Thus, said House Committee on Appropriations...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte (Keith Bacongco/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and the judiciary are well-equipped to perform their mandates independently as far as the human rights violations during the Duterte...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The judiciary is seeking an additional P6.7 billion for its budget next year, members of the House Committee on Appropriations learned on Thursday, Aug. 31. The judiciary made its...
Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte (Facebook) Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte is pushing for the passage of a measure that ensures the uniform grant of retirement benefits to officials in the judiciary. This, as Duterte noted that...
