The Seven: Supreme Court Watch
Senior justice excludes self from CJ nomination
MANILA, Philippines - Justice Secretary Agnes Devanadera on Friday announced that a senior member of the Supreme Court (SC) has asked the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) to exclude his name from the list of possible nominees for Chief Justice (CJ).
JBC grills SC nominees on Erap, failed polls
MANILA - The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) on Wednesday grilled the High Court’s possible new members on constitutional issues related to the 2010 presidential elections and post-election scenarios.
4 new nominees to SC bared
The Supreme Court on Friday released the names of 4 nominees to the post to be vacated by Justice Consuelo Ynares-Santiago on October 5.
The 4 new nominees, who are scheduled to be interviewed by the Judicial Bar Council on September 23 are Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization Ambassador Manuel A.J. Teehankee, Court of Appeals Justices Isaias Dicdican, Noel Tijam, and lawyer Eduardo Lizares.
New SC justice flaunts closeness to GMA
MANILA - Has independence from the appointing power become extinct or is it simply a rarity now in the Supreme Court?
That is the question some purists asked as they cringed with embarrassment over the manner by which newly appointed Supreme Court Justice Mariano Del Castillo is openly flaunting his closeness to Malacañang.
After 12 years, Hermosisima leaves JBC
MANILA - Justice Regino Hermosisima, one of the longest-serving members of the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC), presided over his last en banc meeting on Monday (July 6) as he is due to leave the council he served for 12 years on July 9.
Lucio Tan counsel among top JBC picks for SC
MANILA - A former counsel of Lucio Tan’s companies, plus two from the judiciary, emerged as top choices to replace retired Supreme Court justices Dante Tinga and Alicia Austria-Martinez.
(Update) Bersamin is new SC justice
At 11 am, Thursday (April 2), Court of Appeals (CA) Justice Lucas Bersamin received the news from the High Court that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo picked him to replace Supreme Court Justice Adolfo Azcuna, who hung his robe on February 16, 2009.
Former energy chief, 6 others join race for SC
A former government official, a military lawyer, and a partner in a powerful law firm joined four others in the race for seats in the High Tribunal that will be vacated when Justices Alicia Austria-Martinez and Dante Tinga hang their robe on April 30 and May 11, respectively.