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Among the current members of the court, Fernanda Lampas-Peralta is the longest-serving associate justice, with a tenure of 7,617 days (20 years, 312 days) as of December 17, 2024; the most recent justice to enter the court are Marietta S. Brawner-Cualing, Mary Josephine P. Lazaro, Ferdinand C. Baylon AND Emilio Rodolfo Y. Legaspi III August 29 ...
The Supreme Court releases an August 7, 2023 decision ordering the Sandiganbayan to reopen a graft case involving the granting of two loans worth ₱660 million in 2009 by the Development Bank of the Philippines to a firm owned by businessman Roberto Ongpin. However, it upholds the dismissal of charges against Ongpin, DBP president Reynaldo ...
The hearing was conducted in aid of legislation to determine the effectiveness of the current laws of the Philippines against human trafficking that involved religion. Quiboloy's camp insisted that the Senate cannot determine liability for alleged crimes. The investigation concluded in October 2024. [1]
On May 24, 2024, the National Bureau of Investigation arrested a Pasay City Regional Trial Court, Branch 108, employee In flagrante delicto accepting a P6 million bribe for a favorable ruling in a civil case. The suspect confessed that his acts were upon the “Presiding Judge” Albert T. Cansino's [20] order.
In late April 2024, a peace rally intended to defend the Constitution and criticize the "excesses” made by the Marcos administration was planned by former President Rodrigo Duterte's supporters to be held in Bustos, Bulacan. Duterte called his supporters to attend the rally saying "If you are brave, for the country, defend the flag, and the ...
Facade in 2023. The Sandiganbayan (lit. ' Support of the nation ' [2]) is a special appellate collegial court in the Philippines that has jurisdiction over criminal and civil cases involving graft and corrupt practices and other offenses committed by public officers and employees, including those in government-owned and controlled corporations.
Cases involving the military are handled by civil courts, except when the offense is determined to be service-oriented by a civil court. In that case, it shall be tried by court-martial. [26] Under martial law, military courts may try civilians if no civilian courts are functional. [27]
Thus, while the Civil Code seeks to govern all aspects of private law in the Philippines, a Republic Act such as Republic Act No. 9048 would concern itself with a more limited field, as in that case, the correction of entries in the civil registry. Still, the amendment of Philippine legal codes is accomplished through the passage of Republic Acts.