SC dismisses court employee found positive for shabu - InterAksyon.com
see - SC dismisses court employee found positive for shabu - InterAksyon.com"x x x.MANILA, Philippines -- The Supreme Court has dismissed an electrician assigned at the SC who was found to have been...
View ArticleJudiciary funds fully audited – SC | Headlines, News, The Philippine Star |...
see - Judiciary funds fully audited – SC | Headlines, News, The Philippine Star | philstar.com"x x x.MANILA, Philippines - The Supreme Court (SC) assured the public yesterday that judiciary funds are...
View ArticleHabeas corpus; Libel
"The ultimate purpose of the writ of habeas corpus is to relieve a person from unlawful restraint. The writ exists as a speedy and effectual remedy to relieve persons from unlawful restraint and as an...
View ArticleConflict of interests
"The Court concurs with the IBP’s finding that respondent violatedRule 15.03 of the Code, but reduced the recommended period of suspension to three (3) months.Rule 15.03 of the Code reads:CANON 15 – A...
View ArticleBusinessMirror - DBP ‘spokesman-lawyer’ loses round against Ongpin at CA
see - BusinessMirror - DBP ‘spokesman-lawyer’ loses round against Ongpin at CA"x x x.THE Court of Appeals (CA) has denied the petition of lawyer Zenaida Ongkiko-Acorda seeking to stop the Commission on...
View ArticleGuide to Appellate Pleadings
Guide to Appellate Pleadings By:Atty. Manuel J. Laserna Jr.December 29, 2013Rule 40. – Appeal from MTC to RTC.Via Notice of Appeal – 15 days.1. Parties 2. Judgment or final order or part...
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An Outline of the Philippine Claim to Sabah | University of the Philippines...
See - An Outline of the Philippine Claim to Sabah | University of the Philippines System WebsiteAn Outline of the Philippine Claim to SabahPosted on August 28, 2013 by Atty. Merlin M. Magallona in UP...
View ArticleMark the dates: Holidays, 4 long weekends in 2014 | Headlines, News, The...
See - Mark the dates: Holidays, 4 long weekends in 2014 | Headlines, News, The Philippine Star | philstar.com"x x x.MANILA, Philippines - The country will have 18 holidays this year and four long...
View ArticlePartition of real property
"x x x.At the outset, it must be stressed that Civil Case No. 04-42 was a complaint for annulment of sale and partition. In a complaint for partition, the plaintiff seeks, first, a declaration that he...
View ArticleWhat cannot be subjected to "collateral attack" is the "certificate of...
"x x x.In Lacbayan v. Samoy, Jr.41 (Lacbayan) which is an action for partition premised on the existence or non-existence of co-ownership between the parties, the Court categorically pronounced that a...
View ArticleIssue of heirship; how resolved.
"First. While the RTC may have made a definitive ruling on petitioner's adoption, as well as the forgery of Eligia's signature on the questioned deed, no partition was decreed, as the action was, in...
View ArticleProceedings under Section 108 of PD 1529 are summary in nature, contemplating...
"x x x.Second. Petitioner cannot avail of the summary proceedings underSection 108 of PD 1529 because the present controversy involves not theamendment of the certificates of title issued in favor of...
View ArticleHierarchy of courts; exceptions to the doctrine.
"x x x.Under the principle of hierarchy of courts, direct recourse to thisCourt is improper because the Supreme Court is a court of last resort andmust remain to be so in order for it to satisfactorily...
View ArticleMisappreciation of evidence on the part of the lower court, as asserted by...
"x x x.There are considerable differences between an ordinary appeal and apetition for certiorari which have been exhaustively discussed by this Courtin countless cases. The remedy for errors of...
View ArticleProbable cause: What is determined is whether there is sufficient ground to...
"x x x.General principles; judicial review of a prosecutor’s probable cause determination.A public prosecutor’s determination of probable cause – that is, onemade for the purpose of filing an...
View ArticleWhen the accused admits killing the victim, but invokes a justifying...
"x x x.To add, neither can the dismissal of the murder charge against Dangupon be sustained in view of his presumption of innocence. Jurisprudence holds that when the accused admits killing the victim,...
View ArticleTo warrant the issuance of the DNA testing order, there must be a show cause...
"x x x.Clearly then, it was also not the opportune time to discuss the lack of a prima facie case vis-à-vis the motion for DNA testing since no evidence has, as yet, been presented by petitioner. More...
View ArticleLaws, Rules, and Jurisprudence Establishing Filiation
"x x x.Herrera v. Alba[10] summarizes the laws, rules, and jurisprudence on establishing filiation, discoursing in relevant part as follows:Laws, Rules, and JurisprudenceEstablishing FiliationThe...
View ArticleEase of doing business in PH | Inquirer Business
See - Ease of doing business in PH | Inquirer Business"x x x.A pain in the neck for entrepreneurs or small business enterprises that the government seems to have overlooked is the abusive exercise of...
View ArticleSC: Members of judiciary can now teach up to 10 hours | Inquirer News
SC: Members of judiciary can now teach up to 10 hours | Inquirer News"x x x.MANILA, Philippines—The Supreme Court has allowed an increase in teaching hours of justices, judges and personnel of the...
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