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‘SC as PET can declare poll failure’

The Supreme Court, acting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, can declare the annulment of elections or a failure of elections in three Mindanao provinces...

Defer oral arguments on terror law, SC asked

The Office of Solicitor General has asked the Supreme Court to cancel the holding of oral arguments on the petitions assailing the constitutionality of...

Excessive allowances

"Do government lawyers want to serve the people or get rich?"     Santa Banana, the number of COVID-19 cases has breached the 100,000 mark, and President...

PDRs in ABS-CBN

"Can foreigners qualify to own shares in a media organization?"     Solicitor General Jose Calida’s quo warranto petition against ABS-CBN, which he filed before the Supreme...

Why a quo warranto?

"The Solicitor General makes three basic arguments."     According to Solicitor General Jose Calida, quo warranto is the proper remedy for the state to forfeit the...

SolGen vs. ABS-CBN

"Here are the facts."     Solicitor General Jose Calida’s quo warranto petition against broadcast giant ABS-CBN Corp. makes the following allegations: 1. It violated its legislative franchise...

Gov’t should leave ABS-CBN alone

"What happens after March 30 and ABS-CBN has no extended franchise?"   No matter how stridently Malacañang denies that President Rodrigo Duterte had a hand in...

PDRs: To ABS-CBN with love

"Here’s an expert on the matter."     (First of three parts) Today being Valentine's Day, I will refrain from commenting on the Very Urgent Omnibus Motion filed by...

Power play

Ultimately, it's not about any single media organization, or how big or small such an organization is. The actions this week of the chief lawyer...

POGO revenues subject to a 5% franchise tax, says Dominguez

Offshore gaming operators based in the Philippines are subject to local tax laws, according to the Department of Finance. These include Philippine offshore gaming operators...

Calida’s plea to stop probe junked

The Supreme Court has dismissed for mootness the petition of Solicitor General Jose Calida seeking to stop a Senate investigation into his family-owned Vigilant...

Calida defends martial law extension

The Office of the Solicitor General on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to dismiss the petition filed by opposition lawmakers led by Albay Rep....

Trillanes failed to file amnesty papers–SolGen

Solicitor General Jose Calida on Monday insisted that Senator Antonio Trillanes IV had no copies of his application for amnesty and his admission of...

Trillanes retreats, vows revenge

Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, who stayed in the custody of the Senate for 25 days after President Rodrigo Duterte revoked the amnesty granted to...
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