A total of 3,962 law graduates or 37.84 percent out of 10,490 examinees passed the 2024 Digitalized and Localized Bar Examinations held last September in various testing centers nationwide.

THE Regional Trial Court in Caloocan City on Tuesday found four policemen guilty of homicide in connection with the killing of a father and his son in September 2015 during the anti-illegal drug war campaign of the Duterte administration.

THE Timor-Leste’s Court of Appeals has wrapped up its proceedings on the request of the Philippine government to extradite expelled Negros Oriental congressman and designated terrorist Arnolfo “Arnie” Teves Jr. back to the country to face trial for se...

THE Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed criminal charges against an individual who was caught selling explicit images and videos of minors online.

THE Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed qualified trafficking charges, a non-bailable offense, against two women who were caught allegedly offering minor girls for prostitution through the use of social media last month.

THE Bureau of Immigration on Sunday announced the arrest of a “high-profile” Australian drug trafficker suspected of being a member of the notorious Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel.

The Supreme Court (SC) has started its regional consultations on the proposed new legal aid program that would require lawyers to render at least 60 hours of pro bono legal aid services to indigent Filipinos. 

THE Court of Appeals (CA) has affirmed the conviction for murder of seven alleged members of the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group who were behind the killing of a military asset in 2007.

THE Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has dismissed the P44.71-million tax evasion cases filed against alleged pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles.

THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced last Sunday the arrest of 13 Vietnamese nationals found to be illegally operating health spas and clinics in Makati City.

THE Court of Appeals (CA) has junked the petition filed by the Department of Health (DOH) seeking to set aside the decision issued by an arbitral tribunal ordering the agency to compensate the private contractor behind the controversial P8.1-billion B...

ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. France Castro filed Monday a petition for review before the Department of Justice (DOJ), seeking the reversal of the January 9, 2024 resolution issued by the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office dismissing the grave th...

CHIEF Alexander Gesmundo on Thursday assured the business sector that the judiciary will continue instituting reforms that will hasten the resolution of cases involving commercial transactions as part of its contribution to the current administration’...

SOLICITOR General Menardo Guevarra assured Thursday that politics would not alter the non-cooperation stance of the Marcos administration in the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) ongoing probe into alleged human rights abuses and extrajud...

A Department of Justice (DOJ) panel of prosecutors conducted clarificatory meeting Thursday with officials of the National Police Commission (Napolcom) on additional complaint that the latter filed in connection with the alleged irregularities committ...

THE Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the indictment of former Commission on Elections Commissioner Ma. Rowena Amelia Guanzon for violation of Republic Act 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.

PUBLIC utility jeepney  (PUJ) operators and transport groups have failed to get immediate relief from the Supreme Court against the December 31 deadline imposed by the government for the full implementation of the Public Utility Vehicle Moderniza...

THE Court of Appeals (CA) has affirmed the ruling issued by a  Pasig  City court which junked the civil damages suit filed by businessman Robert Sobrepeña against several Bureau of Immigration (BI) officials who were resp...

THE Supreme Court’s Office of the Judiciary Marshals (SC-OJM) is eying to start its operation by the first quarter of next year. 

JEEPNEY drivers and operators on Wednesday filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to stop the government from implementing various administrative issuances in relation to the full implementation of the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Prog...

THE Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to defend its decision to disqualify Smartmatic Philippines Inc. from participating in the bidding process for the Automated Election System (AES) for the 2025 national and local...

FORMER Bayan Muna Rep. Teodoro “Teddy” Casiño on Monday filed a P2.2-million damage suit before the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Makati City against former National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC0) spo...

THE Supreme Court has affirmed the constitutionality of the provision penalizing profiteering under Republic Act No. 7581 or The Price Act.

FORMER Associate Justice Antonio Carpio along with several lawyers and law students on Wednesday filed another petition before the Supreme Court seeking to declare unconstitutional the allocation, release and disbursement of confidential funds to vari...

THE Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office has subpoenaed former President Rodrigo R. Duterte to appear before the preliminary investigation of the grave threat complaint filed by ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro.

THE Supreme Court (SC) has reinstated the ruling issued by a Manila trial court which affirmed the constitutionality of a provision in the revised implementing rules and regulations (RIRR) of the National Building Code (NBC) limiting to registered and...

THE Justice Sector Coordinating Council (JSCC) will officially open today, Friday, the Puerto Princesa City Justice Zone (PPCJZ), the first Green Justice Zone in the country that will tackle pressing environmental issues within its jurisdiction.

THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Thursday said a total of 140 foreign nationals who were previously convicted of sex crimes had attempted to enter the country this year.

A PETITION has been filed before the Supreme Court (SC) seeking to declare as unconstitutional the transfer last December 2022 from the Office of the President (OP) the amount of P125 million for the Office of the Vice President’s  (OVP) confidential ...

THE Department of Justice (DOJ) has declared that not all government agencies are exempt from securing public solicitation permits from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
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THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced on Sunday that it has intercepted five Filipinos attempting to leave the country in the guise of being government workers.
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IN 2020, the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), which originated in China,  hit  the Philippines.
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THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced last Sunday the agency has started the procurement process for body cameras that will be used by secondary inspectors of the agency.
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THE Supreme Court through the Office of the Court Administrator (SC-OCA) has asked the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to conduct an investigation into the supposed services being offered online by some unscrupulous individuals for annulment of ...

A TOTAL of 10,387 out of the 10,791 Bar applicants have managed to finish the three-day 2023 Bar Examinations held in 14 testing centers nationwide.
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JUSTICE Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said on Monday a panel of prosecutors is now being formed to handle pending and future complaints in relation to the alleged illegal activities of the so-called Socorro cult (Socorro Bayanihan Services Inc. or SB...

THE Department of justice (DOJ) is set to form a task force to handle the investigation into the illegal activities of the so-called “Socorro cult” in order to protect the welfare of its minor victims.
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