Judicial and Bar Council opens application for next Supreme Court chief justice
Marcos will get to pick the next chief justice after Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo’s retirement in November
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[Newsstand] The strongest argument for determining two-thirds impeachment vote
Dean Mel Sta.Maria’s reasoning makes eminent sense—and does not need 16 votes in the Senate to become the rule
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Making sense of US firm KKR’s offer on Lopez family’s First Gen
The Lopez family now has two separate reasons to be careful about how its internal fight ends
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Blue ribbon panel can’t be ordered to release draft report on flood control probe – SC
‘In this case, the SC found no constitutional or legal obligation for the committee to release an unfinished draft report,’ the High Court says
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[Puso at Diwa] Foreign currency deposit secrecy: Time for a constitutional rethink
The uncertainty surrounding the interaction between constitutional impeachment powers and statutory bank secrecy is itself a weakness in the country’s accountability framework
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When courts, agencies stepped in to block wage hikes
Other government bodies, apart from the NWPC and regional boards, blocked supposed wage hikes before
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What’s a precautionary hold departure order and when can it be issued?
A PHDO has the power to prevent a person from leaving the country. Here’s how it works.
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SC latest ruling: Bad news for Duterte’s impeachment battle
The Supreme Court recently junked Duterte’s petition questioning the initial process of her impeachment at the House level
