Sending a strong message that child pornography, among other forms of sexual exploitation and abuse, presents an acute danger worldwide if facilitated through the internet, the Court affirmed the conviction of a child pornographer and sentenced it to imprisonment and...
There is a different standard in determining a minor’s culpability for crimes, hence the need for guidelines to streamline the discernment determination process for crimes involving children in conflict with the law. Thus ruled the Supreme Court En Banc, in a...
A lawyer received the ultimate penalty of disbarment for securing for a client an inauthentic judgment and certificate of finality supposedly declaring the nullity of the client’s marriage. In a Per Curiam Decision, the Supreme Court found Atty. Emilio S....
“Truly, freedom of the press remains one of the cherished hallmarks of our democracy.” This was stressed by the Supreme Court as it dismissed, due to mootness, the petition challenging the ban implemented by the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO)...