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THE timely filing of a judicial case or claim is both mandatory and jurisdictional. Failure to do so will result in the claim being considered as filed out of time and the court lacking jurisdiction. For the court to have the authority to dispose of the case based on the merits, jurisdiction over the subject matter is essential. Lacking such jurisdiction, the case will be dismissed. However, it is important to note that due process of law has two aspects: substantive and procedural. To avoid vio...

THE Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) has lost another ill-gotten wealth case it filed before the Sandiganbayan against the late President Ferdinand Marcos, his wife Imelda Marcos and several of their cronies.      In a 45-page decision issued by the Sandiganbayan’s Second Division, the anti-graft court held that the PCGG…

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Section 1 of Rule 21 of the Revised Rules of Civil Procedure defines subpoena as “a process directed to a person requiring him or her to attend and to testify at the hearing or the trial of an action or at any investigation conducted by a competent authority, or for the taking of his or her deposition”.

Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla has confirmed that “Marvin Miranda y Halaman” is one of the alleged masterminds in the killing of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo.

National Grid Corporation of the Philippines filed a motion for reconsideration on the Energy Regulatory Commission’s denial of its request for month-on- month extension of ancillary services agreements.

A month after the environmental disaster, several groups band together to seek reparations from the government and companies at fault

Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla on Tuesday urged the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to immediately file a motion for reconsideration after the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) denied its request for monthly extensions on ancillary services agreements.

Eletricity backbone operator National Grid Corp. of the Philippines should draw on its other ancillary service providers to fill the gap from contracts that the Energy Regulatory Commission had refused to extend. ERC chairperson Monalisa Dimalanta argued that there are other existing non-firm AS providers that the NGCP “can call upon.” “If, however, as they

San Miguel Corporation is one of the biggest conglomerates in the Philippines and has now earned notoriety as the culprit behind what is shaping up to be one