Justice

by Kristine Joy Patag – Philstar.com, 20 Oct 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Information released by the Department of Justice from its review of 50 “war on drugs” operations that resulted in deaths showed that most police officers involved were only suspended for lapses, with cops in one case only getting a reprimand.

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by Kristine Joy Patag (Philstar.com), 11 Aug 2021 MANILA, Philippines (Updated 6:27 p.m.) — The Supreme Court’s highly anticipated ruling on challenges against the executive branch’s withdrawal from the International Criminal Court gave President Rodrigo Duterte what “he wanted” and added another victory to his so far “spotless” record at the high court, a law…

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Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno is appealing for more funds to reform the judiciary, stating that the budget appropriated to the Justice department is inadequate. This pronouncement came after she refused to comment on the President’s remark that the judiciary was guilty of too much meddling of political issues.

The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill expanding the rights and benefits of prospective witnesses to help the authorities prosecute criminals and strengthen the administration of justice.

THE Department of Justice (DOJ) has endorsed a bill in the House of Representatives that seeks to amend Republic Act 8504, otherwise known as the Philippines AIDS Prevention Control Act of 1998, to strengthen the country’s comprehensive policy on the prevention and control of the disease.

THE Supreme Court may step in to stop any abuse of discretion during the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona, noted constitutional expert Joaquin Bernas said Thursday.

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Case #4: Temporary restraining order (TRO) on the travel ban on ex-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Eight Arroyo Supreme Court justices voted within a day for the issuance of the temporary restraining order (TRO) on the travel ban. They are: Corona, Velasco, Brion, Peralta, Bersamin, Abad, Villarama, and Perez. Dissenters were Carpio, Mendoza, Reyes, Bernabe, and Sereno.

MANILA, Philippines – A draft impeachment complaint against Chief Justice Renato Corona is awaiting signatures of members of the House of Representatives. The draft complaint obtained by abs-cbnNEWS.com  cites eight grounds for impeaching the chief justice, including betrayal of public trust and culpable violation of the Constitution.

First of two parts You only respect an institution if it deserves respect, you do not respect it of itself. An institution is made up of men and women so is only as good as those men and women are. As this report shows the Philippine court system is severely dysfunctional. It’s quite simply, a…

Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago yesterday demolished arguments coming from fellow senators and allies of President Aquino in their bid to have Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona recuse from participating in all the cases involving former President Gloria Arroyo.

SOLGEN FAILED TO SHOW FROM WHICH LAW DE LIMA’S WLO GETS ITS POWER Power won’t last forever, Chief Justice Renato Corona seemed to caution government lawyers yesterday during the oral arguments into the suit filed by the Arroyo camp challenging the travel ban imposed on them by the Department of Justice (DoJ).

SAYS TRUTH, MORAL RIGHT AND PEOPLE ARE BEHIND HIM All signs and presidential speeches point to moves being made by President Aquino to ensure worsening the ongoing constitutional crisis and bringing it to a head in his bid to establish a dictatorship.

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MALACAÑANG REJECTS DIALOG WITH JUSTICES A heated exchange erupted anew between the Palace and the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday as SC administrator Midas Marquez indicated the Palace was shooting from the hip without knowing the details of the case when it commented on the tribunal’s order to recall an earlier ruling for the reinstatement of…

Presidential spokesman dismisses chief justice’s warning, says it’s a smokescreen for Court’s mistake in recalling its own ‘final’ decision in PAL case. CHIEF Justice Renato Corona on Thursday accused the Palace of “insidious attempts to undermine [and] destroy the independence of the Judiciary,” which he said had never been subjected to “so much disrespect and…

It is just too bad that our Supreme Court (SC), the last bastion of truth and justice and the court of last resort in upholding the peoples’ legally demandable and enforceable rights, has issued a resolution in the PAL flight attendants’ and stewards’ case generally perceived as dubious and irregular enough as to seriously dent…

‘Never before has judiciary been subjected to lack of respect’ THE Chief Justice has had it. Saying enough is enough, Chief Justice Renato Corona on Thursday slammed Malacañang and some legislators for disrespecting and undermining the independence of the judiciary by attempting to slash its budget and threatening to impeach justices.

Malacañang virtually backtracked from its plan to impound billions worth of budgetary allocations for unfilled positions in government in the Judiciary and constitutional bodies in the proposed 2012 national budget.

MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang will release P2 billion in judiciary funds transferred to a new item in the budget called the miscellaneous personnel benefits fund (MPBF) once vacant positions in government are filled, Budget Secretary Florencio Abad yesterday said.

PALACE SCRAMBLES, VOWS DIALOG The hostile relationship between the Judiciary and the Executive is expected to come to a head today as court employees hold a “Black Monday” protest today against plans of the Palace to dip its hands into the budget of the judicial branch under the miscellaneous personnel benefit fund (MPBF) item in…

President Aquino’s fiscal managers’ move to effectively impound more than P2 billion funds of the judiciary as a result of unfilled positions in the proposed 2012 national budget is seen to put the Executive in a clash, not only with the Judicial branch but also with the Legislature due to its apparent unconstitutionality.

Law school courses need to upgrade to clinicial rather than a theoretical study of core subjects, Chief Justice Renato Corona yesterday urged.

This is the last of a four-part series, although given the importance of the topic, it should continue to be debated and discussed in the days to come. More than “erroneous” court decisions, I dare say that more problematic are “delayed” decisions: at least the former can be appealed, subjected to media and academic scrutiny,…

As a popular saying goes, “better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.” In two previous columns, I endeavored to provide a macro perspective on the “dragon of delay our Courts have yet to slay” with loose analogies made between our Courts and the business sector. Let us now take a quick survey…

CIVIL conflict and political violence have dragged down the Philippines in the global ranking of economies in terms of providing justice to its citizens, the World Justice Project says.

MANILA, Philippines –  The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday denied the bid of the daughters of slain publicist Salvador Dacer to hold Sen. Panfilo Lacson liable for the killings of their father and his driver Emmanuel Corbito in November 2000.

MANILA, Philippines — Consistent with his promise for the Court to protect the rights of every man, woman, and child, the Corona Court directed the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to conduct appropriate investigative proceedings to identify the perpetrators and determine the other circumstances surrounding the 2007 abduction and disappearance of Jonas Burgos, son of…