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Three more party-list groups got their temporary relief from the Supreme Court (SC) which stopped the Commission on Elections (Comelec) from dismissing their petitions for registration for the 2022 elections.
Granted temporary restraining orders (TROs) in resolutions iss
THREE more party-list groups were able to secure a temporary restraining order (TRO) from the Supreme Court enjoining the Commission on Elections (Comelec) from denying their petitions for registration as party-list groups for the coming May 2022 elections. In three separate orders, the SC issued TROs in favor of Ang Tinig ng Senior Citizens sa Pilipinas…
Supreme Court For the third time during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Supreme Court (SC) extended until June 30, 2022 the validity of notarial commissions issued to lawyers who act as notary public and whose job, among other legal work, are to witness the signing of documents and verify their au
Supreme Court (File photo) MANILA - The Supreme Court (SC) has extended until June next year all notarial commissions which would expire by the end of 2021. It was the third extension granted by the SC since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic last year. In a statement on Tuesday, the high court said that due to the continuing difficulties imposed by the health crisis, all notarial commissions set to expire will remain valid until the first half of 2022. "All notarial commissions granted in 2019 and whose validity had been previously extended until December 31, 2021 pursuant to the Court's December 1, 2020 and June 22, 2021 Resolutions are deemed further extended and shall thus remain valid for an additional period of six months beginning January 1, 2022 until June 30, 2022," the SC stated in a two-page resolution signed by en banc Clerk of Court Marife Lomibao-Cuevas. During the six-month period, notaries public whose terms are deemed extended pursuant to the latest resol
Supreme Court All judiciary officials and employees, even justices and judges, have been allowed “special privileged leave” during their vaccinations against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This means that all of them will have a two-day leave of absence which would not be deducted from the