Category: The Courts

Supreme Court (S.C.) Senior Associate Justice (SAJ) Marvic M.V.F. Leonen urged institutions to approach digital transformation with clear purpose, emphasizing that technology should improve public service while preserving human judgment, accountability, and institutional responsibility. Speaking at the Microsoft Frontier Transformation Day at Fairmont Makati on Sept. 22, SAJ. Leonen said organizations should first identify the…

The Supreme Court said that there is a basis for extending an anti-political dynasty prohibition to relatives up to the fourth civil degree of consanguinity and affinity, as the Congress moves toward fulfilling a constitutional mandate left unimplemented for nearly four decades.

By Stacie Cantor, Keith Candice Diño The International Criminal Court (I.C.C.) on Sept. 22 launched a new four-year strategy that aims to strengthen gender equality, inclusion, and workplace conditions across the institution. The Gender Equality and Enabling Environment (GEEE) Strategy 2026–2029 succeeds the Court’s Gender Equality and Workplace Culture Strategy 2023–2025. The new framework broadens…

Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla is set to travel to France as the Philippine government intensifies efforts to locate and bring back former Ako Bicol party-list representative Zaldy Co, who is reportedly seeking asylum in the European country.

The Senate impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte reached its 25th day on Tuesday, Sept. 15, with the House prosecution panel calling a crucial witness to substantiate allegations of unexplained wealth. Attorney Karen Batu, Officer-in-Charge of the Records Division of the Office of the Ombudsman, was summoned to the witness stand as the prosecution…

The 2026 Bar Examinations concluded on Sept. 13 with a record-high 12,010 examinees completing the three-day tests, while Supreme Court Associate Justice Ricardo Rosario formally assumed responsibility as the next Bar Chairperson during a turnover ceremony in Muntinlupa City. The completion of this year’s examinations marked the highest number of finishers in Philippine Bar history….

The Supreme Court (S.C.)’s First Division has overturned the 2018 Sandiganbayan conviction of former First Lady Imelda Marcos on seven counts of graft, ruling that the prosecution failed to establish her guilt beyond reasonable doubt after key testimony and documentary evidence were found to be “inadmissible and lacked sufficient probative weight.”

The 2026 Philippine Bar Examinations mark a historic milestone as the sixth regionalized and digitalized licensure examination for aspiring lawyers in the country. Administered by the Supreme Court of the Philippines, the exams took place across three non-consecutive days on September 6, 9, and 13, utilizing 15 Local Testing Centers (L.T.C.s) nationwide. A total of…