Judicial and Bar Council (Philippines)

Type: Person

Name: Judicial and Bar Council (Philippines)

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Technological University of the Philippines

Sectoral endorsement

Almost always rating in the higher rung in various poll surveys since the campaign began, re-electionist Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano seems to be galloping to the finish line among the Top 3 candidates in the senatorial derby. Now on the homestretch of the ... [Published Yahoo Philippines News - May 09 2013]

Entities: Technological University of the Philippines, Labor, Polytechnic University of the Philippines

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 1 reports

The latest on the JBC

“Prompted by the clamor to rid the process of appointments to the Judiciary of the evils of political pressure and partisan activities, the members of the Constitutional Commission saw it wise to create a separate, competent and independent body to recommend ... [Published Philippine Daily Inquirer - May 05 2013]

Entities: Supreme Court, Commission on Appointments (Philippines), Appointment, Judicial and Bar Council (Philippines), Res Ipsa Loquitur

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Sandigan justice Ong is Filipino, SC rules

The Supreme Court cited its previous decisions that favored Ong and upheld a November 2007 ruling by the Pasig City Regional Trial Court which recognized the justice as a natural-born citizen and directed the correction of existing records of his birth ... [Published Philippine Daily Inquirer - May 03 2013]

Entities: Judicial and Bar Council (Philippines), Supreme Court, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Appointment

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Anakpawis

Farmers say no to pro-Aquino Chief ...

MANILA – Farmers, including those from Hacienda Luisita, trooped to the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday, saying that the next Chief Justice should not be closely linked to the president.The Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (Uma) identified four of ... [Published Bulatlat.com - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Anakpawis, Frank Chavez, Fernando Hicap

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Senator slams SC ruling on JBC membership

Written by Mia M. GonzalezA PRO-ADMINISTRATION senator on Thursday accused some Supreme Court justices of playing politics when they voted to have only one Congress representative in the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC).“I’m afraid the majority in the Supreme ... [Published Business Mirror - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Francis Pangilinan, Edgardo Angara, Supreme Court

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Solons to uphold JBC ruling

House leaders both from the opposition and administration blocs on Thursday vowed to uphold the 9-3-3 vote by the Supreme Court limiting to one from the present two lawmakers the representatives of Congress to the Judicial and Bar Council.House Deputy ... [Published Manila Standard Today - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Supreme Court, Judicial and Bar Council (Philippines), Chiz Escudero

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

Congress urged to choose representative to JBC

MANILA, Philippines - Sen. Francis Escudero believes congressional leaders must decide who will represent them in the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC). ... [Published Philippine Star - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Judicial and Bar Council (Philippines), Francis Escudero, Manila

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 3 reports

Solon eyes time-sharing in JBC

House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. on Wednesday said Iloilo Rep. Niel Tupas Jr. and Senator Francis Escudero, both justice committee chairmen, will have to do “time-sharing or power-sharing” to be able to sit in the Judicial and Bar Council.He was toying ... [Published Manila Standard Today - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Francis Escudero, Judicial and Bar Council (Philippines), Feliciano Belmonte, Jr., Renato Corona

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 2 reports

SC: Only one rep from Congress in JBC

BAGUIO CITY—Acting on the motion for reconsideration filed by Sen. Francis Escudero and Liberal Party Rep. Niel Tupas of Iloilo, on an earlier decision, the Supreme Court ruled that only one congressional representative will be allowed in the Judicial ... [Published Business Mirror - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Francis Escudero, Lucas Bersamin, Diosdado Peralta, Arturo Brion

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 1 reports

SC: Senate, House should share one JBC seat

Instead of one congressman and one senator, only one representative from the bicameral Congress may now sit in the Judicial and Bar Council, the Supreme Court said.The high court in a 9-3-3 vote on Tuesday junked Congress' appeal to allow the Senate and ... [Published Yahoo Philippines News - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Supreme Court, Frank Chavez, Judicial and Bar Council (Philippines), Renato Corona

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 1 reports

SC: Only 1 member of Congress can join JBC

MANILA - The Supreme Court on Tuesday junked a motion for reconsideration of Congress on the composition of the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC).Voting 9-3-3, the Court affirmed its earlier ruling that only one member of Congress should be in the JBC.The ... [Published ABS-CBN News - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Judicial and Bar Council (Philippines), Manila, Supreme Court

First reported Apr 06 2013 - Updated Apr 07 2013 - 1 reports

No midnight appointments, Aquino says of new judges

He added, “It states, basically, that appointments to the judiciary as provided by Article 8, Section 4, Subsections 1 and 9, which is the judiciary portion of the Constitution, are not covered by the election ban in Section 261, subsection G of the Omnibus ... [Published Philippine Daily Inquirer - Apr 06 2013]

Entities: Appointment, judges, Corona, Elections

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Sectoral endorsement [Published Yahoo Philippines News - May 09 2013]
The latest on the JBC [Published Philippine Daily Inquirer - May 05 2013]
Sandigan justice Ong is Filipino, SC rules [Published Philippine Daily Inquirer - May 03 2013]
SC rules Sandigan justice is Filipino [Published Philippines Daily Tribune - May 03 2013]
The end of a long telenovela called... [Published Bulatlat.com - Apr 27 2013]
Farmers say no to pro-Aquino Chief ... [Published Bulatlat.com - Apr 23 2013]
Bayan, Youth Groups File Opposition... [Published Bulatlat.com - Apr 23 2013]
Solons to uphold JBC ruling [Published Manila Standard Today - Apr 18 2013]
Senator slams SC ruling on JBC membership [Published Business Mirror - Apr 18 2013]
Congress urged to choose representative to JBC [Published Philippine Star - Apr 17 2013]
Turning Palms into Clenched Fists [Published Bulatlat.com - Apr 17 2013]
Solon eyes time-sharing in JBC [Published Manila Standard Today - Apr 17 2013]
Chiz: Lone Congress rep to JBC may pose drawbacks [Published ABS-CBN News - Apr 17 2013]
Less politics seen in JBC after SC clips Congre... [Published Sun Star Network - Apr 17 2013]
Less politics seen after SC rules on JBC [Published Sun Star Network - Apr 17 2013]
Chiz: Let Congress decide who will sit in JBC [Published ABS-CBN News - Apr 17 2013]
High court junks rule on poll ads limitation [Published Manila Standard Today - Apr 16 2013]
SC: Only one rep from Congress in JBC [Published Business Mirror - Apr 16 2013]
SC rules Congress entitled to only one seat at JBC [Published Philippines Daily Tribune - Apr 16 2013]
SC: Senate, House should share one JBC seat [Published Yahoo Philippines News - Apr 16 2013]
SC: Congress only has one seat in JBC [Published Rappler - Apr 16 2013]
Supreme Court: Congress gets only one seat on JBC [Published Interaksyon - Apr 16 2013]
SC: Congress entitled to only 1 seat in JBC [Published Philippine Star - Apr 16 2013]
SC: Congress limited to 1 vote in JBC [Published Sun Star Network - Apr 16 2013]
SC: Only 1 member of Congress can join JBC [Published ABS-CBN News - Apr 16 2013]
SC upholds ruling allowing one Congress rep in ... [Published GMA News.tv - Apr 16 2013]
SC Decision Allowing Arroyo Court... [Published Bulatlat.com - Apr 15 2013]
Cebu courts face backlog with dismissal of four... [Published Cebu Daily News - Apr 13 2013]
Foreigner who wed 2 women in 9 months among tel... [Published Sun Star Network - Apr 13 2013]
No midnight appointments, Aquino says of new ju... [Published Philippine Daily Inquirer - Apr 06 2013]