MALACAÑANG assured on Wednesday that all nominees for the vacant Associate Justice post in the Supreme Court will be treated equally. The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) has prepared a list of seven individuals who still have the chance to become the newest member of the 15-member High Court to be submitted to President Benigno [...]

MALACAÑANG said Monday that it will accept the decision of government’s chief peace negotiator Marvic Leonen once he is appointed as an associate justice of the Supreme Court (SC). Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said Leonen still has time to meet with his counterpart in the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to finalize the annexes of [...]

MALACANANG refused Monday to speculate on the absence of some justices in the flag raising ceremony at the Supreme Court (SC) now headed by Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. “We don’t wish to put color to their non-attendance,” presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said. Read more

MANILA (Updated) — President Benigno Aquino III on Saturday morning administered the oath to new Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Punzalan Aranal-Sereno at the Rizal Hall of Malacanang. Sereno was accompanied by her husband, Mario Jose Sereno, and their two children Maria Sofia and Jose Lorenzo. Read more