
SC rules second placers can’t replace disqualified winners
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 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 Court of Appeals (CA) has invalidated the Office of the Ombudsman’s six-month preventive suspension order issued in August 2024 against eight Antique…
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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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According to Tongol, Duterte’s defense team is expected to submit a motion to dismiss the case before the impeachment court.
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‘If they were really ready, they should have received it. There should already be an office designated to handle such filings.’
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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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The military’s General Court Martial has now convened to hear the sexual assault case filed against a high-ranking official in the Philippine Air Force (PAF),…
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The decision of the Senate impeachment court to return the Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte to the House of Representatives is…
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Prosecutors like Gerville Luistro and Keith Flores have been all over the airwaves and the internet assailing the court’s remand order.
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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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A petition for mandamus filed by members of the Yanson family, ruling that the secretary of Justice cannot be compelled to act within a specific timeframe on…
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The Court of Appeals has dismissed a petition for mandamus filed by several members of the Yanson family, ruling that the Secretary of Justice cannot be…
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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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