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Seares: Bohol Guv Yap's charge of inciting to sedition doesn't use the usual libel complaint against media. Why the weapon of choice.

MANILA - The Supreme Court (SC) has exonerated a lady lawyer sued by an American national for reporting him to several agencies including the Bureau of Immigration (BI) over a row with his doctor, the lawyer's client. In an eight-page resolution dated Oct. 11, the SC's Second Division dismissed the administrative complaint filed against lawyer Jeanie S. Pulido by American Robert G. Briant. The dispute started after Dr. Minda Luz Manas sought legal advice from Pulido over a complaint file...

Supreme Court For the third time during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Supreme Court (SC) extended until June 30, 2022 the validity of notarial commissions issued to lawyers who act as notary public and whose job, among other legal work, are to witness the signing of documents and verify their au

ILOILO CITY — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has been asked to disqualify the candidacy of Antonio Agapito Legarda Jr., the brother of incumbent Antique Congresswoman Loren Legarda. A petition has been filed against Antonio Jr. that seeks to declare him as a nuisance candidate and the subseq

Supreme Court (File photo) MANILA - The Supreme Court (SC) has extended until June next year all notarial commissions which would expire by the end of 2021. It was the third extension granted by the SC since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic last year. In a statement on Tuesday, the high court said that due to the continuing difficulties imposed by the health crisis, all notarial commissions set to expire will remain valid until the first half of 2022. "All notarial commissions granted in ...

The Technology Application and Promotion Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-TAPI) has welcomed Marion Ivy D. Decena, one of the first certified patent valuation analysts (CPVA) in the country, as its new director. Newly appointed Director DOST-TAPI Marion Ivy D. Decena (

Legal Education Board Legal education in the country will now be focused on “practice-readiness” by law students instead of concentration on passing the bar examinations. This modernized legal education was discussed by Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo during the online launch last Thu

The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee today October 13 thanked various sectors and groups for their support to its investigation into the alleged anomalous multi-billion-peso procurement deals that marred the government’s response to COVID-19 pandemic. Senator Richard J. Gordon, committee chairman, said

FEEDING a Supreme Court directive to comment on the legal challenge by Pharmally executive Linconn Ong, Senate President Vicente Sotto III asked the chamber’s legal counsel to justify the decision to cite Ong in contempt and detain him for his evasive testimonies on multibillion-peso pandemic contracts. Sotto directed Senate lawyers…