The Supreme Court junked the electoral protest filed by former Senator Bongbong Marcos against Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday, Feb. 16.
SC junks Marcos’s electoral protest vs. Robredo
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Guards beat up 6 farmers in Hacienda Yulo in Laguna
Six farmers, including a minor, were beaten up by elements of the Seraph Security Agency in Hacienda Yulo, barangay Canlubang, Calamba, Laguna.
‘Termination of UP-DND Accord had no legal basis’ – law expert
“DND, in its letter, has failed to show any overriding public interest to interfere with UP’s academic freedom. It did not show any clear and present danger which can limit a student or a professor’s civil liberty to freely think and express his or her view.”
3-month-old daughter of political prisoner passes away
“What kind of justice system, nay society do we have to let this inhumanity and injustice to mother and child happen?”
Lawyers urge court to allow political prisoner to comfort her dying daughter
“The movant [Nasino] thus prays that she be placed on a furlough so that she may be with her baby during her last days.”
3-month-old daughter of political prisoner in critical condition, group calls for release of mother
“There is nothing more heartbreaking for a mother than being separated with her child whose life is now at greatest risk.”
UNHRC adopts reso sparing PH from international probe into rights abuses
Despite its shortcomings, the resolution remains “among the indications of the international community’s acknowledgement of and persisting scrutiny on the human rights crisis” under the Duterte administration.
Court junks rebellion raps against community journalist
In a decision dated Sept. 17, Judge Corpuz Alzate of Bangued Regional Trial Court Branch 2 said that the “state had no evidence to present” against Sherwin De Vera.
Charges against 8 Cebu activists junked for lack of merit
Amid the tide of unlawful arrests targeting activists and progressive leaders, RA 11332 cannot serve to prohibit our cherished fundamental rights and liberties.
Activist gunned down in Bacolod
She was among the frequently red-tagged activists in Negros island. In 2018, her name and photo appeared in posters in the streets of Negros as one of the alleged ranking officials of the Communist Party of Philippines.
Peace consultant killed in house raid
“Our anger is beyond words. This is a culture of extrajudicial killings with impunity under the Duterte regime. This is a declaratory act that national leaders of legal-democratic movement are now targeted to be killed by the Duterte regime.”