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The Supreme Court (SC) is set to tackle anew during its full court session on Tuesday, Oct. 4, the administrative case it initiated on its own on “threats” against Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) Judge Marlo A. Magdoza-Malagar aired in social media posts by Loraine Marie T
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More than 170 lawyers on Tuesday, Sept. 27, asked the Supreme Court (SC) to take “firm action” against former National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) Spokesperson Lorraine Marie T. Badoy for her “tirades and threats” against Manila Regional Trial Cou
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Prominent lawyers belie Duterte’s VP immunity claim, assail ‘self-serving interests’
MANILA Prominent Filipino lawyers debunked President Rodrigo Duterte’s claim during his party assembly on July 17 that his possible vice presidential bid for the 2022 elections will give him immunity against suit.
“The people should not allow a person to become our vice-president, not to serve the country, but for self-serving personal interest,” former Bayan Muna lawmaker and human rights lawyer Neri Colmenares said.
Colmenares and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate described his plans to run for the vice presidency and escape accountability as “legally insane” and “shameless.”
Choking back her tears, Llore Pasco still wonders if she did enough to protect her sons, Crisanto, a father of four and a security guard, and Juan Carlos, a bachelor and part-time electric bill collector and former janitor.
It has been more than four years since the brothers went missing from their village in Metro Manila on May 11, 2017. That morning, Crisanto had left early to apply for a security guard’s licence, never to return. By noon, Llore’s family started to grow anxious when they realised Juan Carlos was not to be found either.
Their worry turned to shock and grief after learning on television the following day that the brothers had died. Reports said they were killed in a police operation following an alleged robbery not far from where they lived in Quezon City, part of the Philippines’ sprawling capital.