Beyond words: When gestures constitute grave threats
The Court ultimately acquitted Israel. It found that the prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that he intended to intimidate or threaten Navez.…
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The Court ultimately acquitted Israel. It found that the prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that he intended to intimidate or threaten Navez.…
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‘Words matter. Legal distinctions matter. Truth matters.’
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The Supreme Court (SC) has acquitted a woman of bigamy, ruling that a person accused of the crime can argue that a previous marriage was void from the…
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Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano is facing separate complaints before the Senate Committee on Ethics and Privileges and the Office of the Ombudsman over…
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When wisdom is paid only lip service while the substance of a decision is demonstrably unwise, it ceases to be wisdom at all.
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A woman accused of bigamy has been acquitted by the Supreme Court (SC) after it ruled that an accused may invoke the void nature of a marriage as a defense in…
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The Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the validity of the redundancy program implemented by Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines in 2008, affirming the dismissal of 610…
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Evidence adduced must be closely examined under the lens of a judicial microscope to ensure that conviction only flows from moral certainty that guilt has been…
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Applying the Dominancy Test, the Court found that the dominant feature of both marks was the word ‘NIKON.’
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The SC ordered the case returned to the RTC for the dissolution and division of the couple’s property.
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The Supreme Court (SC) has ruled that acts creating a hostile and intimidating environment for a spouse may be considered “grossly abusive conduct” under the…
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The law affirms an important constitutional principle: that the promise of justice must be meaningful, accessible, and inclusive for all.
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Under the doctrine of qualified political agency, Cabinet secretaries act as the President and are subordinate to him, not independent from him.
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The Senate minority bloc threatened to escalate the dispute over remote sessions and online voting to the Supreme Court if they lose the Monday poll against…
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The Supreme Court (SC) is set to resume oral arguments on the consolidated petitions questioning the constitutionality of unprogrammed funds and Special…
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The Department of Migrant Workers welcomed the recent ruling of the Supreme Court of the Philippines affirming the conviction…
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If we have the power to choose our goals, we can also choose to value others in our means rather than simply using them as sacrificial pawns for the ‘greater…
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Hernando’s dissent threaded multiple needles, grounding everything in the supremacy of the Constitution over foreign or international processes.
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