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The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC), the agency mandated to recommend appointees to the judiciary, is facing two serious and […]

In the past three Sundays, I wrote about the qualifications, duties and role of the chief justice. My purpose was

In the distant past when I was still a young practicing lawyer, the Supreme Court was a forbidding fortress. Its

Of the eight functions or duties of the chief justice (CJ) that I wrote about on June 17, the most

Who should be the new chief justice (CJ)? Before choosing who, we must first know what: What are the qualifications

In its written “Judgment” dated May 29, 2012, the Senate convicted Chief Justice Renato C. Corona and imposed “the penalty

Proud to be Filipino. This was how I felt, and still feel, after the Senate impeachment court rendered its historic

The Senate is on the threshold of history. For the first time ever, it will complete an impeachment trial tomorrow.

Up to now, I cannot fathom why the lawyers of Chief Justice (CJ) Renato C. Corona called Ombudsman (OMB) Conchita

Rising to the challenge of several senators, Chief Justice (CJ) Renato C. Corona agreed to testify and bare to the