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...
THE LEGAL FRONT Justice Arturo D. Brion The election period has hardly started but its intensity at the national level is already palpable. One indicator is the developing tension between the Executive and the Legislature due to the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee investigation of the purchase of...
Senators on Thursday welcomed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) move to review the Duterte government’s infamous war on drugs following indications of foul play and the involvement of policemen. This was after the DOJ announced it will review the 52 cases of summary killings under that happened...
THE LEGAL FRONT Justice Arturo D. Brion Under A.M. No. 18-01-05-SC, the Supreme Court recently established the Judicial Integrity Board and the Corruption Prevention and Investigation Office “to promote integrity and curb corruption” within the judiciary. These are brand new high-level offices...
Juvenile delinquency has always been a problem plaguing the country and calls to change the juvenile justice law in Congress have started these past few years. Village watchmen in Parañaque City apprehend nine youths after they were caught in a computer shop past curfew on Sept. 5, 2021. (Photo...
THE LEGAL FRONT Justice Arturo D. Brion (In Parts I and II of this series under Philja’s column “ Views from the Ridge,” I outlined the constitutional and statutory foundations and background of Philja’s new Pre-Judicature Program (PJP) – its contribution in assessing the qualifications...
