
Comelec to appeal SC ruling scrapping ‘second placer’ rule
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said it is set to appeal to the Supreme Court (SC) following its recent ruling that second placers in local elections…
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The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said it is set to appeal to the Supreme Court (SC) following its recent ruling that second placers in local elections…
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Supreme Court Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo has assured court stenographers they will not lose their jobs due to the Supreme Court’s full deployment of…
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Penal laws shall have retroactive effect if they are favorable to the accused, even if final judgment has not yet been rendered.
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The Supreme Court (SC) directed Camarines Norte Rep. Joefina Tallado to explain why she should not be held for indirect contempt of court, requesting a…
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The Supreme Court has ruled that second placers in local elections cannot be proclaimed as winners when the leading candidate is disqualified, reaffirming that…
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The Supreme Court has finalized the list of local testing centers for the 2025 Bar Examinations, confirming 14 sites across the country where aspiring lawyers…
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The Supreme Court has ruled that employers must prove salary payments made through banks by showing that payroll records were submitted to and received by the…
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The Supreme Court will begin transitioning to a fully digital filing system starting 1 July 2025, as it rolls out the initial phase of mandatory e-filing for…
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The United States Supreme Court has handed down a landmark decision upholding a Tennessee law that bans gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender…
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Melco Resorts Leisure (PHP) Corporation may have filed its value-added tax (VAT) refund claim on time, but the Supreme Court ultimately ruled that it was not…
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Is this principle a hard-and-fast rule? No exception? In the present case, the Supreme Court held that res judicata does not apply if the first judgment is…
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Atty. Israelito Torreon and other lawyers have filed a supplemental petition with the Supreme Court urging the tribunal to stop the impeachment proceedings…
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is expected to name Court Administrator Raul B. Villanueva as his first appointee to the Supreme Court (SC), replacing Justice…
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Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo administered the oath of Associate Justice Raul B. Villanueva, joined by his family, on 10 June 2025 at the Supreme Court…
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To strengthen digital reporting and safeguards, the Supreme Court has amended the 2024 rules on notarial practice to modernize and streamline notarial…
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. believes the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte will carry over into the 20th Congress, as there is not enough…
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Newly appointed Supreme Court Associate Justice Raul Villanueva took his oath of office before President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. at Malacañang Palace…
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Brazil's right wing former president Jair Bolsonaro and six co-accused appeared in the Supreme Court on Monday to undergo questioning on charges of trying to…
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