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The Supreme Court has ruled that the omission of a past employment is not just cause to terminate an employee.

For illegally amassing P303 million when he was military comptroller, retired Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia was sentenced by the Sandiganbayan to a maximum prison term of 14 years.

The city government of Makati yesterday vowed to protect its “geographical integrity” after the Supreme Court ruled that the 729-hectare Bonifacio Global City is within the territory of Taguig.

BAGUIO CITY—The Supreme Court has ruled that the 729-hectare Bonifacio Global City complex and several other barangays in Makati actually belong to Taguig City. In a 53-page decision penned by Associate Justice Ricardo Rosario, the SC’s Third Division reinstated the July 8, 2011 decision issued by the Regional Trial Court…

MANILA-The Supreme Court (SC) has affirmed a Makati court ruling convicting a banker liable for violations of laws on restrictions of banks' exposure to directors, officers, stockholders and their related interests (DOSRI) loans. In its 21-page resolution uploaded online on March 11, the SC's Third Division denied the petition for review filed by Jose Apolinario Jr. and affirmed the Court of Appeals (CA)'s 2018 decision on the case. The CA had upheld the 2012 joint resolution of the ...

The Supreme Court (SC) has declared null and void the decision issued by the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Makati City enjoining the Metro Rail Transit Development Corp. (MRTDC) from entering into a new agreement with another firm to manage the advertising activities along Edsa MRT-3.  In a 13-page decision…

Supreme Court (File photo) MANILA - The Supreme Court (SC) modified the sentence imposed on two men who were minors when they committed murder on Christmas Eve of 1999. The SC Third Division said the Sta. Cruz, Laguna Regional Trial Court Branch 26 erred when it convicted the two to a suspended sentence of reclusion perpetua or up to 40 years in prison in 2015, the full service of which would have been conditioned upon a two-year rehabilitation program and after proving that they have reformed. ...

The Supreme Court (SC) has lifted the stay order that prevented the Sandiganbayan from acting on matters concerning the plea bargain agreement entered into by retired military comptroller Carlos Garcia  and the Office of the Ombudsman in 2010.

By VIRGIL LOPEZ, GMA News Published March 11, 2021 6:41pm The Supreme Court (SC) has affirmed the junking of graft charges against former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo over the botched $329-million national broadband network project with Chinese firm ZTE Corp. In a resolution, the SC Third Division dismissed for lack of merit the appeal of state prosecutors to overturn the Sandiganbayan’s decision in 2016 granting Arroyo’s demurrer to evidence on the ground that there was insuffic...