Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Wednesday, Nov. 17 supported a proposal to increase the 2022 budget of the Department of Justice (DOJ) in order to improve the justice system in the country. Pimentel, a former Senate President, also lauded the decision to fast track the modernization of...
Administration and opposition congressmen hailed on Tuesday, Nov. 16 the appointment to the Supreme Court of Associate Justice Midas Marquez, saying that it was a well-deserved promotion for possibly the most popular SC member in the country. Justice Midas Marquez Senatorial aspirant and Makabayan...
President Duterte has appointed Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez as the new Supreme Court (SC) associate justice, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea told Palace reporters on Tuesday, Nov. 16. (Jose Midas Marquez/Office of the Court Administrator) Marquez, who is the High Court’s...
Senatorial aspirant and human rights lawyer Jose Manuel 'Chel' Diokno on Monday, Nov. 15, assured families of the victims of President Duterte’s bloody war on drugs campaign that he will “stand” by them in fighting for justice and achieving healing. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno attends the...
Editorial The time to do some actual work on the ground and build a framework for climate justice is now. That was the call made by Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III at the 26th United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, which is closing today,...
House Deputy Speaker and Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez on Wednesday, Nov. 3 said he respects the Supreme Court decision that junked his petition questioning government’s failure to accord him due process as it investigated allegations of misuse of the Priority Development Assistance...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Monday called on Filipinos to continue to pray for justice for all the victims of violence and senseless killings in the country. In her message for All Saints’ and All Soul’s Day or Undas, the detained senator said she constantly prays for strength and...
THE LEGAL FRONT Justice Arturo D. Brion A legal reality that many fail to realize is that our Constitution is an ever-present moderating force that applies to all of us in our everyday lives as citizens. It is the legal instrument that defines and, many times, compels the balanced arrangement...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has affirmed the findings of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by recommending the filing of criminal charges against Organico Agribusiness Ventures Corporation and its officers for unauthorized solicitation of investments. In a resolution on September 3,...
The House Committee on Justice has endorsed the passage of a bill for the segregation of high-level convicts from other prisoners through the establishment of a separate facility for the former. Prison cell Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, one of the principal authors of...
President Duterte has appealed for "climate justice" for the Philippines during the 16th East Asia Summit (EAS), which was attended by United States (US) President Joe Biden and Japan Prime Minister Kishida Fumio. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) "Competition for domination is a futile...
Malacañang said the report of the Department of Justice (DOJ) on the Duterte administration's infamous war on drugs proves that the Philippines is willing to fulfill its obligations to protect the people's right to life. File photo of several men carrying the body of an illegal drug suspect...
