Certain conditions must be met before a seafarer can be barred from claiming disability benefits due to concealment of pre-existing illnesses. Thus ruled the Supreme Court’s Second Division, in a 14-page Decision penned by Justice Mario V. Lopez, granting the petition...
Affirming the rights of consumers, the Supreme Court has denied the petition of the Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) assailing a Court of Appeals (CA) Decision which affirmed that the electric firm violated R.A. 7832, or the Anti-Electricity and Electric...
In a Resolution dated June 26, 2023 in G.R. No. 235316 (Municipality of Makati [now City of Makati] v. Municipality of Taguig [now City of Taguig), the Supreme Court’s Special Third Division resolved to deny the City of Makati’s second Omnibus Motion, which,...
By a unanimous vote of 15-0, the Supreme Court En Banc resolved to disbar Atty. Lorenzo “Larry” Gadon for the viral video clip where he repeatedly cursed and uttered profane remarks against journalist Raissa Robles. The Court had motu proprio taken...
The Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional the law which postponed the holding of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (BSK) Elections (BSKE), from its initial schedule of December 5, 2022 to the last Monday of October 2023, but recognizes the legal...
