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Few limits to president’s power of judicial appointment
(L-R) Chief Justices Hilario Davide, Artemio Panganiban, Reynato Puno, Renato Corona. (SC Annual Report) By VERA Files (Second of three parts) The Judicial and Bar Council represents the first and...
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For better judiciary, reforms in appointment process needed
By VERA FILES (Conclusion) Two decades after its creation by the Constitution, the Judicial and Bar Council remains an institution critics say is riddled with “systemic deficiencies” and even defects,...
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By LALA ORDENES THE Judicial and Bar Council (JBC), in a historic move, decided Monday to allow live coverage of the public interviews of candidates for judicial positions. This means that cameras and...
View ArticleGibo will decline nomination for CJ
By ELLEN TORDESILLAS WHILE almost every lawyer in town and a nurse want to be included in the list of candidates for the position of Supreme Court Justice,...
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CJ nominee questions JBC composition
By LALA ORDENES FORMER Solicitor General Frank Chavez, a nominee to the Chief Justice post vacated by impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona, sent a letter (see below) to the Judicial and Bar Council...
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Only one vote for Congress in the JBC – SC
By LALA ORDENES CONGRESS is entitled to only one vote in the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC). In a 7-2 decision with five abstentions, the Supreme Court on July 17 declared the current practice of...
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SC blinks, allows 2 Congress reps to JBC
The Supreme Court of the Philippines. Photo by VINCENT GO. By LALA ORDENES FEARING that Congress may be either underrepresented or overrepresented in the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) proceedings,...
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8 names in JBC shortlist for CJ
The Supreme Court of the Philippines. Photo by VINCENT GO. By LALA ORDENES THE Judicial and Bar Council has released the shortlist for the nominees to the highest judicial post in the land. Eight...
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Sereno: ‘Vision, Courage, and Accountability’
By LALA ORDENES DURING the Judicial and Bar Council’s public interviews of Chief Justice nominees, Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) Representative Maria Milagros N. Fernan-Cayosa remarked,...
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Ateneo schoolmates now head two branches of govt
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino made history by appointing Lourdes Sereno as the country’s first female Chief Justice, but he also broke tradition by setting aside the seniority rule and naming to the highest...
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Treatment at Orthopedic costlier with privatization
By PATRICIA ISABEL GLORIA FACTORY worker Rodelio Naval was waiting in line for a check-up at the Philippine Orthopedic Center (POC) in Quezon City when he was told he could not use his PhilHealth...
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Few limits to president’s power of judicial appointment
(L-R) Chief Justices Hilario Davide, Artemio Panganiban, Reynato Puno, Renato Corona. (SC Annual Report) By VERA Files (Second of three parts) The Judicial and Bar Council represents the first and...
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