Loud noises from a school such as those from drums and bugles, teachers speaking through microphones and megaphones, and students cheering and shouting are not considered nuisances that may subject a school to damages. In a decision, the SC ruled that academic noise and sounds from legitimate...
The Supreme Court (SC) has been asked to compel Executive Secretary Ralph G. Recto to disclose publicly the “true state of the physical and mental health” of President Marcos in line with the provision of the Constitution. The petition for a writ of mandamus was filed by the United People’s...
The Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed the petition filed by contractor Sarah C. Discaya who challenged the Office of the Ombudsman’s resolution that found probable cause to file graft and non-bailable malversation of public funds in the “ghost” P96.5 million flood control project in Davao...
The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered an immediate stop to quarrying activities within the Angat River-Bustos Dam Forest Reserve in Banaban, Angat, Bulacan. In a temporary environment protection order (TEPO) issued under the Writ of Kalikasan, the SC also ordered an immediate stop to excavation, earth...
The Supreme Court (SC) did not issue a temporary restraining order (TRO) that could have immediately stopped the ongoing impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte. Instead, the SC directed the filing of a comment from respondents within a non-extendible period of 10 days from...
Vice President Sara Duterte has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to stop the impeachment proceedings against her before the House of Representatives (HOR) on the ground of unconstitutionality. In her petition dated last March 30, Duterte told the SC: “The impeachment proceedings against the...
The Supreme Court (SC) will hold starting Tuesday, April 7, oral arguments on four consolidated petitions that challenged the constitutionality of the unprogrammed funds and special accounts in the 2024, 2025, and 2026 national budgets. The arguments will start at 9:30 a.m. at the SC’s full court...
Due to the mootness of the issue raised, the Supreme Court (SC) dismissed the petition filed by former presidential spokesperson Harry L. Roque who challenged the contempt citation and arrest order issued against him by the then House of Representatives’ (HOR) Quad Committee (Quad-comm). Roque...
When can a court dismiss a civil case for failure to state a cause of action? The Supreme Court (SC) said a cause of action exists when a legal right is violated. It stressed that courts cannot hear a civil case unless there is cause of action. In a decision written by Associate Justice Maria...
The Supreme Court (SC) suspended work in the trial courts in the National Capital Region (NCR) starting at 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 26, due to the ongoing transport strike. But the SC directed trial court judges to maintain “sufficient staff members to act on urgent requests for bail, orders of...
ILOILO CITY — The operator of Visayas-based Ceres buses welcomed the recent Supreme Court (SC) decision against a former board of director, who has fled the country and is a fugitive from justice. Vallacar Transit Inc. (VTI), the country’s biggest bus company, said the Nov. 25, 2025 decision of...
DAVAO CITY – Veronica “Kitty” Duterte, the youngest daughter of former President Rodrigo Duterte, has urged the Supreme Court to immediately rule on petitions challenging the legality of her father’s arrest and surrender. Veronica, through lawyer, Salvador Panelo, cited an “urgent and...
