Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, August 28) — Breaking tradition, the Supreme Court will not release the top 10 passers in the upcoming bar examination and will instead announce the names of examinees who gave "exemplary performance" or those with grades 85% and above, SC Associa...

MANILA – Court of Appeals Associate Justice Japar Dimaampao, a well-known Muslim jurist, is the latest appointee of President Rodrigo Duterte to the Supreme Court (SC).Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque confirmed Dimaampao’s appointment in a press statement issued T...

MANILA – The Supreme Court on Wednesday said all lower courts in the National Capital Region (NCR) will remain physically closed indefinitely during the pilot of the quarantine Alert Level 4 in Metro Manila starting Sept. 16.In an administrative circular on September 15,...

Dear PAO,I filed a complaint before the barangay about the loud noise that comes from the air-conditioning unit of my neighbor. During the mediation at the barangay, I told my neighbor that the loud noise coming from his air conditioner is really a nuisance but he claimed that being loud ...

There are civil and commercial proceedings instituted against defendants who do not reside or are not found in the Philippines. Conversely, there are also similar proceedings commenced in a foreign country against those who reside or are found in the Philippines...

While mulling on whether to file their certificates of candidacy on Oct. 1 to 8, presidentiables and their supporters may want to know how much their election campaign will or can cost.A staggering P50 billion, so answers Leo Alejandrino, investment banker turned blogger. That sounds like ...

According to media reports, the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) Party is divided into two “factions or wings:” (1) the “Cusi faction,” led by President Duterte as chair, Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi as president, and Melvin Matibag as secretary general; and...

Every so often we hear our neighbors and friends saying that they have pending cases in the barangay, either as a complainant or a respondent. The cases range from civil disputes to the commission of petty crimes.What is a barangay? It is a basic political unit that serves as the primary p...

Dear PAO,Our neighbor said that my cousin, who already left to work abroad, obtained a loan from him that was left unpaid. He claimed that I am bound to pay for it because my cousin allegedly told him that I would be willing to pay in case he fails to do so. Is that possible? I do not kno...

In Pangilinan v. Cayetano (March 16, 2021), the petitioners asked the Supreme Court “to: (a) declare the Philippines’ withdrawal from the (International Criminal Court or ICC) as invalid or ineffective, since it was done without the concurrence of at least two-thirds of all the Senate’s mem...

Co-owners are usually confronted with various issues on the payment of expenses for repairs and taxes, costs of improvements, management, and administration charges, payments of mortgage amortizations for the property commonly owned, and litigation or legal expe...

Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Priscilla J. Baltazar-Padilla passed away on Friday, the SC announced on Twitter.Baltazar-Padilla took her oath as an SC justice on July 16, 2020, taking over the seat vacated by retired Justice Andres Reyes Jr.However, she retired on November...