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The judiciary of the Philippines consists of the Supreme Court, which is established in the Constitution, and three levels of lower courts, which are established through law by the Congress of the Philippines. The Supreme Court has expansive powers, able to overrule political and administrative decisions, and with the ability to craft rules and ...
A court-martial (plural courts-martial or courts martial, as "martial" is a postpositive adjective) is a military court or a trial conducted in such a court. A court-martial is empowered to determine the guilt of members of the armed forces subject to military law, and, if the defendant is found guilty, to decide upon punishment.
The Supreme Court (Filipino: Kataas-taasang Hukuman; [2] colloquially referred to as the Korte Suprema (also used in formal writing), is the highest court in the Philippines. The Supreme Court was established by the Second Philippine Commission on June 11, 1901 through the enactment of its Act No. 136, [3] an Act which abolished the Real ...
Appointed Supreme Court justice: Cancio C. Garcia: Associate justice November 26, 1990 April 11, 2003 Presiding justice March 15, 2001 June 30, 2001 Presiding justice April 11, 2002 October 6, 2004 Appointed Supreme Court justice: Quirino D. Abad Santos, Jr. Associate justice November 26, 1990 August 20, 2003 Fermin A. Martin, Jr. Associate justice
Proclamation No. 216 was the 2017 proclamation of martial law and suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in the whole of Mindanao amid clashes between government forces and Maute group terrorists in Marawi, [1] issued by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on May 23, 2017.
Declaring Every June 23 as Special Working Holiday in Bacoor City in Commemoration of its Cityhood 2016-05-16: 10815: Establishing a TESDA Center: Rizal, Occidental Mindoro TESDA Training and Accreditation Center Act 2016-05-16: 10816: Farm Tourism Development Act of 2016 2016-05-16: 10817: Philippine Halal Export Development and Promotion Act ...
The Philippines' Supreme Court declared two parts of a controversial anti-terrorism law unconstitutional on Thursday, dismaying activists and rights groups who sought the scrapping of the ...
Neri v. Senate (G.R. No. 180643) is a controversial 9–6 [2] ruling of the Supreme Court of the Philippines which affirmed the invocation of executive privilege by petitioner Romulo Neri, member of the Cabinet of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, regarding questions asked during a Congressional inquiry on the controversial multimillion-dollar National Broadband Network (NBN) Project.