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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 ...
COMELEC Supreme Court case, which states "COMELEC [has] no legal basis to regulate expressions made by private citizens." [146] On March 8, the Supreme Court issued a restraining order against the operation. [147] One day after the elections, the MMDA and several LGUs conducted widespread enforcement, removing campaign posters and electoral ...
Ratified; [11] then nullified by the Supreme Court [b] December 5, 2006: Surigao del Norte: Creation of Dinagat Islands: RA 9355: Ratified; [13] [c] March 29, 2008 Basilan: Creation of Tabuan-Lasa: MMAA 187 Ratified December 13, 2008: Quezon: Creation of the Quezon del Sur, and renaming the rest of Quezon as "Quezon del Norte" RA 9495: Rejected ...
The 2022 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on May 9, 2022, as part of the 2022 general election.This was the 17th direct presidential election and 16th vice presidential election in the Philippines since 1935, and the sixth sextennial presidential and vice presidential election since 1992.
On March 30, 2011, however, the Supreme Court reversed its ruling from the previous year, and upheld the constitutionality of RA 9355 and the creation of Dinagat Islands as a province. ^11 On June 19, 1965 the Philippine Congress approved Republic Act No. 4221 dividing the province of Samar into three provinces: Northern Samar , Eastern Samar ...
On May 10, the Comelec's en banc, in a vote of 6-0-1, upheld its earlier dismissal of two sets of similar cases—or a total of four appeals or petitions filed as early as November 2021—that sought to bar Marcos from the 2022 presidential race because of his conviction in a 1990s tax case.
Provincial results of the Senate election, denoting which party won a plurality of votes per province; Metro Manila at the inset. Note that seats are allocated on the nationwide vote. 12 seats of the Senate of the Philippines were up for election. The Philippines uses plurality-at-large voting to determine the winning
The first attempt to impeach a Chief Justice, in 2003, was quashed by the Supreme Court. [2]: 366–367 Corona was impeached in 2012, the first time a Chief Justice had been impeached in Philippine history. [30] His successor, Maria Lourdes Sereno, also had impeachment proceedings brought against her.