The Supreme Court has dismissed the petition for indirect contempt filed by Datu Andal Ampatuan, Jr. (Andal) against ABS-CBN Corporation (ABS-CBN) and ABS-CBN reporter Jorge Cariño (Cariño). In a Decision penned by Senior Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen, the...
The consent of the adopter’s legitimate children, who are at least 10 years old, is required for a petition for adoption to prosper. Thus reiterated the Supreme Court’s Third Division, in a Decision penned by Associate Justice Maria Filomena D. Singh, as it denied the...
“Law enforcement officers who abuse their authority to intimidate persons under their custody for money are guilty of robbery by extortion.” This was emphasized by the Supreme Court’s Second Division in a Decision penned by Senior Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F....
The Supreme Court has issued the set of procedural rules that shall govern all petitions and applications concerning The Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 (ATA) and other related laws. The Rules on the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 and Related...
While the parties to a loan agreement may depart from the legal interest rate, any deviation therefrom must be reasonable and fair. This was the ruling of the Supreme Court’s Second Division, through Associate Justice Mario V. Lopez, denying the petition for review...
