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RIDERS of e-commerce firms will now enjoy better legal protection after the Supreme Court (SC) issued a landmark decision during the weekend involving the reinstatement of five Lazada E-Services Philippines Inc. employees, according to a labor group. The Federation of Free Workers (FFW) lauded the high court ruling, which upheld…

The Supreme Court yesterday affirmed the issuance of a writ of amparo as a “protective remedy” against extrajudicial killings and threats as the High Court ruled in favor of a widow whose husband was a victim of a drug-related killing supposedly perpetuated by police officers in Antipolo City.

Supreme Court (File photo) MANILA - The Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed a disbarment complaint against a lawyer involved in the corporate control battle of an information technology (IT) service contractor of the Land Transportation Office (LTO). In a 10-page resolution released Friday, the SC Second Division dismissed the complaint for disbarment against lawyer Gene Pilapil as the complaint "failed to sufficiently establish any cause for disciplinary action". Pilapil is the corporate...

Supreme Court (File photo) MANILA - The Supreme Court (SC) has affirmed the conviction by the Sandiganbayan of a former vice mayor in Iloilo province for graft and falsification in connection with a spurious council resolution passed in 1996 to authorize quarrying. The SC's Second Division dismissed the appeal filed by ex-Maasin vice mayor Arnaldo Partisala who was charged in 1999 for making it appear that a municipal resolution was passed to authorize private individual Helen Lee Tan's ...

MANILA - The Supreme Court (SC) turned down a petition filed against the government by the heirs of a woman who donated 32 hectares to the Department of Health (DOH) in 1968. The SC Second Division denied the petition for review filed by the estate of Susano Rodriguez and affirmed the Court of Appeals' ruling in favor of the DOH. The land was for the construction of a mental institution in Pili, Camarines Sur. In 2008, the estate of the donor filed a complaint for revocation and said the gov...

Supreme Court (File photo) MANILA - The Supreme Court (SC) has affirmed the conviction by the Sandiganbayan of a former vice mayor in Iloilo province for graft and falsification in connection with a spurious council resolution passed in 1996 to authorize quarrying. The SC's Second Division dismissed the appeal filed by ex-Maasin vice mayor Arnaldo Partisala who was charged in 1999 for making it appear that a municipal resolution was passed to authorize private individual Helen Lee Tan's ...

Supreme Court (File photo) MANILA - The Supreme Court (SC) has affirmed the conviction by the Sandiganbayan of a former vice mayor in Iloilo province for graft and falsification in connection with a spurious council resolution passed in 1996 to authorize quarrying. The SC's Second Division dismissed the appeal filed by ex-Maasin vice mayor Arnaldo Partisala who was charged in 1999 for making it appear that a municipal resolution was passed to authorize private individual Helen Lee Tan's ...

Supreme Court (File photo) MANILA - The Supreme Court has admonished a La Union Regional Trial Court judge for posting photos of himself half-dressed and exposing his tattoo art. In a decision uploaded on May 13, the SC Second Division found Judge Romeo Atillo Jr. guilty of conduct unbecoming of a judge and sternly warned that a repetition of the same shall be dealt with more severely. The Court reminded the magistrate "to be more circumspect in his professional and personal dealings in soc...

Supreme Court (File photo) MANILA - The Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the dismissal from government service of a former accountant of the National Statistics Office-Bicol (NSO-5) for grave misconduct related to a bidding process. In a notice of resolution uploaded on May 6, the SC Second Division turned down the appeal filed by Milagros Longasa, questioning the decision of the Civil Service Commission (CSC) and the Court of Appeals (CA) to dismiss her. Longasa, who was the head of the agency&#39...

MANILA - The Supreme Court (SC) has turned down a petition filed by a Taiwanese couple questioning their indictment for estafa filed by a firm they had invested in but with which they later had a falling out. In a 13-page decision uploaded online April 18, the SC's Second Division denied the petition filed by spouses Eric Wu and Daphny Chen and affirmed the Court of Appeals' resolution which in turn set aside the decision of the Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC Branch 112 and 114) which ...