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The Office of the Solicitor General of the Philippines (Filipino: Tanggapan ng Taga-usig Panlahat), formerly known as the Bureau of Justice, is an independent and autonomous office attached to the Department of Justice. The OSG is headed by Menardo Guevarra. The Office of the Solicitor General is the "law firm" of the Republic of the Philippines.
On June 11, 1901, it was renamed the Office of the Attorney General and on September 1 of the same year, the office became the Department of Finance and Justice. In 1916, the department became a separate entity (once again the Department of Justice) by virtue of the Jones Law, and was given administrative supervision over all courts of first ...
Department of Justice: Kagawaran ng Katarungan: April 17, 1897; 127 years ago () Secretary of Justice: Jesus Crispin Remulla: Department of Labor and Employment: Kagawaran ng Paggawa at Empleo: December 8, 1933; 91 years ago () Secretary of Labor and Employment: Bienvenido Laguesma: Department of Migrant Workers
Its history goes back to November 13, 1936, when a Division of Investigation (DI) under the Department of Justice was created with the enactment of Commonwealth Act No. 181 by the First National Assembly. Section 1, C.A. No. 181 provides: [1] A Division of Investigation under the Department of Justice is hereby created.
PAO was previously known as the Citizen's Legal Assistance Office (CLAO) which was created as a body under the Department of Justice (DOJ) in 1972 under the Integrated Reorganization Plan. It is mandated to provide free legal assistance to indigent people. [4] [5]
Associate justice May 5, 2008 March 2, 2011 Edgardo L. Delos Santos: Associate justice May 5, 2008 December 3, 2019 Appointed Supreme Court justice: Rodil V. Zalameda: Associate justice September 5, 2008 August 5, 2019 Leoncia Real-Dimagiba: Associate justice June 15, 2009 December 1, 2017 Samuel H. Gaerlan: Associate justice June 15, 2009 ...
The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC; Filipino: Sangguniang Panghukuman at Pang-abogasya [1]) of the Philippines is a constitutionally-created body that recommends appointees for vacancies that may arise in the composition of the Supreme Court, other lower courts, and the Legal Education Board, and in the offices of the Ombudsman, Deputy Ombudsman and the Special Prosecutor.
The first attempt to impeach a Chief Justice, in 2003, was quashed by the Supreme Court. [2]: 366–367 Corona was impeached in 2012, the first time a Chief Justice had been impeached in Philippine history. [30] His successor, Maria Lourdes Sereno, also had impeachment proceedings brought against her.