This year’s Bar examinations will proceed as scheduled this month, the Supreme Court said yesterday, rejecting calls to have it postponed due to the damage caused by Severe Tropical Storm Paeng in several parts of the country.
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"There s a lot we need to find out, whether or not we should intervene in the petition. So we re going to be asking for advice on our next steps first," he said in mixed Filipino and English.
The Supreme Court has issued an order temporarily stopping the implementation of the No Contact Apprehension Policy and set the two petitions questioning the program’s legality for oral debates.
ABS-CBN Corp. stopped broadcasting on its TV and radio stations on May 5, 2020 after the National Telecommunications Commission issued a cease and desist order. The network's franchise had lapsed on May 4 without action by the House of Representatives.