No first marriage license, no bigamy
One of the essential elements of bigamy is a prior valid marriage. If the supposed first marriage was void ab initio, it is nonexistent from the beginning.
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One of the essential elements of bigamy is a prior valid marriage. If the supposed first marriage was void ab initio, it is nonexistent from the beginning.
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NAMFREL is considering a Supreme Court challenge against RA 12326, which sets five-year terms for barangay and SK officials and moves the next elections to…
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Numerous studies show political dynasties, optimizing their power and wealth, are superbugs in our body politic, doing things they are supposedly forbidden to…
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The State, the ruling made plain, was not in the business of profit-farming for suspects
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The CBCP backs an anti-political dynasty law after the Supreme Court directed Congress to enforce the constitutional ban on political dynasties.
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A lawyer asks the Supreme Court to overturn the Senate impeachment court’s ruling on the votes needed to convict Vice President Sara Duterte, arguing that 16…
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Senate President Win Gatchalian said Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial will proceed as long as there is no Supreme Court TRO, even if her defense…
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A legal advice column examines whether parents may be held civilly liable after their minor son brought an unsecured firearm to school and injured a classmate,…
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Congress failed to pass such a law for 39 years, which the Supreme Court said constituted a grave abuse of discretion.
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Former Executive Secretary Vic Rodriguez asked the Supreme Court to issue a TRO against the Senate impeachment court's decision revising the voting threshold…
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The Supreme Court, DOJ and DILG are strengthening coordination among justice agencies as criminal cases continue to account for nearly three-fourths of trial…
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The Supreme Court upholds the dismissal of former police official Amador Hernandez for grave misconduct after extorting P5,000 from an airport passenger.
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‘Justice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen is the most senior among all the justices of the Court.’
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The Supreme Court affirmed the dismissal of an aviation security officer found guilty of extorting P5,000 from a passenger, stressing that public office is a…
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Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo said the Supreme Court is considering house arrest, medical confinement and community-supervised release to help reduce jail…
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WHETHER BY DESIGN OR ACCIDENT, THE OPTICS HAVE DAMAGED A SUPPOSEDLY INDEPENDENT INSTITUTION THAT THRIVES ON PUBLIC TRUST
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The Supreme Court has received a new 1,640-square-meter courthouse in Imus City, Cavite, which will house eight trial courts and the Office of the Clerk of…
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