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Miriam Santiago wants JBC abolished
Manila :: Philippines | 11 months ago
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But Santiago admitted the 1987 Constitution will have to be amended if the JBC is to be abolished, radio dzBB's Nimfa Ravelo reported Friday. Presently, the JBC is drawing up a short list of candidates for Chief Justice following the conviction last
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Defensor-Santiago nominated for top SC post
Santiago :: Philippines | 11 months ago
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PhilippinesSenator Miriam Defensor-Santiago has been nominated for the Chief Justice post. This is not the first time that Santiago's name has been included in the list of candidates for the top judicial post. In 2006, a group of young lawyers
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Anti-Corona lawmakers endorse Farinas, Angara, Tanada, Hontiveros, others
Manila :: Philippines | 11 months ago
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PhilippinesMovement 188, a group of lawmakers who supported the impeachment complaint against ousted chief magistrate Renato Corona, is endorsing Ilocos Norte Representative Rodolfo Farinas to run for senator in the 2013 midterm polls. Movement 188
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Ochoa nominated for chief justice
Manila :: Philippines | 11 months ago
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PhilippinesExecutive Secretary Pacquito Ochoa has been nominated to the chief justice post while another Supreme Court Associate Justice declined his nomination. Ochoa is the eight official of the Aquino administration who has been nominated for the
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Aquino clueless on Supreme Court nominees—Escudero
Manila :: Philippines | 11 months ago
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Aquino clueless on Supreme Court nomineesEscudero 5:33 am Thursday, June 21st, 2012 Sen. Francis Escudero The public can rest assured that Malacanang does not have a preordained candidate in the still-expanding list of nominees for Chief Justice,
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Senate bills offer childbirth as ‘alternative to abortion'
Manila :: Philippines | 11 months ago
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After acting as impeachment court for the trial of former Chief Justice Renato Corona, the Senate is urged by militant groups to act on pressing issues, like wage hike. PhilippinesTwo senators on opposite sides of the reproductive health debate may
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Chief Justice must be most senior, says ex-Law professor
Manila :: Philippines | 11 months ago
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The 24th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court must be the most senior member of the tribunal in order to insulate the post from the patronage system, according to former Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla. Lotilla, a former professor at the University of
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Pangilinan insists transparent selection of next Chief Justice
Manila :: Philippines | 12 months ago
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Philippines Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan reiterated his call for the Judicial Bar Council (JBC) to allow live media coverage of the selection of next Chief Justice as more names have been nominated for the post. We are humbly asking the JBC for
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What we have learned from the Impeachment Trial
Bangkok :: Thailand | 12 months ago
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On our TV sets this week, we witnessed the passing of a historical eventthe conviction of Chief Justice Renato C. Corona by the Senate Impeachment Court presided by Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile. Some saw the event as a dramatic conclusion of a
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Carpio to respect President's choice for Chief Justice
Manila :: Philippines | 12 months ago
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PhilippinesActing Chief Justice Antonio Carpio said on Monday that he would not be hurt if he would not be appointed Chief Justice. That is the right of the President, the power given to him by the Constitution and I respect the Constitution. The
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