Robbed twice over
The SC’s language on the ruling was blunt: the sweep undermined the very nature of PhilHealth funds as pooled resources for social health insurance and…
DT · · 3 min read
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The SC’s language on the ruling was blunt: the sweep undermined the very nature of PhilHealth funds as pooled resources for social health insurance and…
DT · · 3 min read
The Supreme Court has struck down a Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) rule that barred secondary beneficiaries from receiving survivorship benefits…
Alvin Murcia · · 2 min read
The International Criminal Court (ICC) Trial Chamber III reminded counsel of the parties in the case of former President Rodrigo Duterte to refrain from making…
Edjen Oliquino · · 3 min read
The Supreme Court has struck down a Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) rule that restricted survivorship benefits for secondary beneficiaries, ruling…
Alvin Murcia · · 2 min read
A man was acquitted by the Supreme Court (SC) over illegal possession of firearms and ammunition after it ruled that the police failed to immediately mark the…
Alvin Murcia · · 2 min read
The case stemmed from the BIR’s complaint for willful failure to supply correct and accurate information in the respondents’ 2010 income tax return.
Alvin Murcia · · 2 min read
Thirteen years. That’s how long a domestic miner fought for a tax exemption it already had on paper. The Supreme Court just told the Bureau of Internal Revenue…
DT · · 2 min read
The sudden change in the Senate leadership struck us with disbelief, thus disturbing, at least for a brief but painful moment, our collective psyche.
Primer Pagunuran · · 3 min read
The children of pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim Napoles were acquitted by the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) en banc of tax evasion charges filed by the…
Alvin Murcia · · 2 min read
The Supreme Court has acquitted a man convicted of illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, ruling that police officers failed to properly preserve the…
Alvin Murcia · · 2 min read
PARIS, France (AFP) — An Iranian court sentenced a prominent singer named Parastoo Ahmadi and a group of seven fellow artists to 74 lashes each after they…
Agence France-Presse · · 1 min read
Homeowners associations (HOAs) cannot deprive delinquent members of their right to use common areas like subdivision roads, the Supreme Court has ruled, noting…
Alvin Murcia · · 2 min read
Leonen accurately expounded that it is imperative for law enforcement to conduct a comprehensive search of the premises to guarantee the confiscation and…
Eduardo Martinez · · 3 min read
Delinquent homeowners association members cannot be deprived of their right to use common areas, such as subdivision roads, as homeowners associations' (HOAs)…
Alvin Murcia · · 3 min read
Even constitutionalists have conflicting opinions on the number of votes needed for the Senate impeachment court to convict Vice President Sara Duterte,…
Alvin Murcia · · 2 min read
Among the issues the SC is asked to resolve is the nature of Unprogrammed Appropriations and how far Congress and the executive can stretch it.
DT · · 2 min read
The Supreme Court (SC) has updated the rules governing when the processing period begins for value-added tax (VAT) refund claims, clarifying procedures that…
Alvin Murcia · · 1 min read
The House of Representatives and the Senate was directed by the Supreme Court to submit supporting documents to explain the changes introduced by the bicameral…
Alvin Murcia · · 2 min read