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Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo has reminded lawyers “not to exploit a person’s ignorance.”
On the contrary, Gesmundo said that lawyers “should look after the disadvantaged and the marginalized, in order to give them a voice, to give them the chanc
THE Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed the petition seeking to compel the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to strictly enforce the term limits on elective officials, particularly those in Congress, and to declare as unconstitutional the reelection of termed out senators and congressmen. In an 18-page en banc decision penned by…
A total of 8,241out of 11,402 examinees passed the2020-2021 bar examinations, or 72.28 percent.This surpassed the 59.06 percent passing rate recorded in 2016 in which there were 6,344 examinees.
The manner in which the 2020-2021 bar examinations was conducted offers many lessons in governance and ma
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May 27, 2021 | 8:13 pm
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SUPREME Court Associate Justice Marvic Mario Victor F. Leonen did not celebrate the dismissal of the impeachment complaint against him by the House of Representatives on Thursday, saying it was a waste of time and was ill-motivated to begin with.
âThere is no victory to be celebrated by anyone. If anything, it should remind some not to waste our time and resources for narrow parochial selfish gains,â Mr. Leonen said in an e-mailed statement on Thursday.
âA dismissal on the basis of the mere face of the impeachment complaint affirms the baselessness of the grounds raised. It is an act that powerfully speaks for itself,â he added.