Sexual harassment in the workplace is not about a man taking advantage of a woman by reason of sexual desire—it is about power being exercised by a superior officer over his women subordinates. The essence of sexual harassment is not the violation of the victim’s...
Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo led the Supreme Court in a three-day Dialogue on the Proposed Judicial Rules on Anti-Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism Financing Cases held in Mandaue City, Cebu on May 3-5, 2023. The Dialogue aims to provide an...
Speaking at the first day of the three-day Dialogue with the Supreme Court on the Proposed Judicial Rules on Anti-Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism Financing Cases being held in Mandaue City, retired Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno yesterday remarked that...
Consistent with the Court’s constitutional mandate to afford full protection to labor, the Court laid down guidelines to govern disability benefit claims where the seafarer requests for a third doctor referral. In a Decision penned by Justice Samuel H. Gaerlan, the...
Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo speaks before court stenographers on the first day of the 9th National Convention of the Court Stenographers Association of the Philippines on April 26, 2023 in Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte. “Hindi uusad ang ating mga...
Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo (front row, fifth from left) and Norwegian Ambassador to the Philippines Christian Halaas Lyster (front row, fourth from left) pose for posterity during the courtesy visit by the latter on the Members of the Supreme Court of the...
