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THE Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Catanauan, Quezon on Monday dismissed for lack of jurisdiction the destructive arson case filed against film director Jade Castro and his three companions in connection with the burning of a modern jeepney owned by the Gumaca Transport Service Cooperative on January 31 in the same…

Moreover, jurisdiction over the subject matter in a criminal case cannot be conferred upon the court by the accused, by express waiver or otherwise

Liberia’s Chief Justice Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh has sharply disagreed with President Joseph Nyumah Boakai that the Judicial branch of government is inefficient and corrupt. 

THE Court of Appeals (CA) junked the administrative complaint filed by actor-turned politician Richard Gomez against several policemen who implicated him in the illegal drug trade of the Espinosa clan in Albuera municipality in Leyte. In a 12-page decision penned by Associate Justice Eleuterio Bathan, the CA’s Thirteenth Division affirmed…

As discussed in our September 2022 alert, former Governor Baker signed into law all but one section of Senate Bill S3096, "An Act Relative to Equity in the Cannabis Industry" (the Act).

THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), as the internal revenue tax collecting body of the government, is empowered to use administrative and judicial remedies in collecting delinquent taxes, or taxes which are already due and demandable.

Construction and housing minister updating list of national priority areas, including Gaza border communities and West Bank towns

THE Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has junked the bid of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to recover P305.7 million alleged deficiency income taxes for the period 2004 to 2009 of former Pampanga Second District Rep. Juan Miguel “Mikey” T. Arroyo, and wife Angela M. Arroyo. In a 10-page decision penned by Associate Justice

Conviction can be based on non-direct evidence