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The Philippine Supreme Court, in a 2021 ruling, commented on the withdrawal from the Rome Statute and stated that the Philippines still has an obligation to cooperate in the ICC proceedings. [35] The administration of president Bongbong Marcos which succeeded Duterte in June 2022, maintained that the ICC has no jurisdiction in the Philippines. [36]
On 21 March 2022, the Supreme Court of the Philippines conclusively dismissed the earlier Court of Appeals decision in favour of Sergio and Lacanilao, ruling that Veloso was in fact allowed by Philippine law to give her testimony in Sergio and Lacanilao's case by deposition through written interrogatories under Rules 23 and 25 of the Rules of ...
In the resolution, Hontiveros noted that Quiboloy was indicted by a California court in the United States for "conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion" in 2021. Hontiveros stressed the importance of an investigation, as the alleged abuses her office received happened in the territorial jurisdiction of the Philippines.
The doctrine became a part of the Supreme Court of the Philippines' jurisprudence some time in 1960 following the People v. Taño case. The high court through Justice Alejo Labrador asserted a "well known fact" that women, especially Filipinos "would not admit that they have been abused unless that abuse had actually happened."
A state appellate court overturned the child molestation convictions and a 125-year prison sentence against a Santa Rosa man this week, ruling that the jury should've been told that one of the two ...
The testimony of a co-defendant, Davidson Valiente Rusia, [8] was central to the prosecutors' case against Larrañaga. Rusia testified in exchange for blanket immunity. Despite the fact that Rusia's direct testimony lasted days, the trial court only allowed Larrañaga's counsel to cross-examine him for half an hour.
On May 10, the Comelec's en banc, in a vote of 6-0-1, upheld its earlier dismissal of two sets of similar cases—or a total of four appeals or petitions filed as early as November 2021—that sought to bar Marcos from the 2022 presidential race because of his conviction in a 1990s tax case.
Scripps News Staff February 23, 2024 at 9:19 AM Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis testifies during a hearing on the Georgia election interference case.