Martial law victims hit SolGen for rejecting settlement deal

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 23:17:25 +0000

Calida says human rights groups not entitled to all drug war documents

The group of martial law victims who won a human rights settlement in Hawaii against the estate of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos assailed the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) for rejecting a United States court-supervised deal that would have given them compensation from the proceeds of the sale of several paintings illegally acquired by former first lady Imelda Marcos.

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Unique killings, same language, lawyers say of drug war reports

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2019 21:40:24 +0000

The police reports on the killings of suspects in President Duterte’s brutal war on drugs “leave much to be desired,”

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SolGen says Makati judge erred in ruling vs Trillanes’ arrest

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 10:50:20 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) has accused Makati Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 148 Judge Andres Soriano of acting arbitrarily in dismissing the bid of the government to reopen the coup d’ etat case against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. In a petition dated Jan. 17, 2019, the OSG, thru Solicitor […]

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DOLE appeals CA ruling vs PLDT regularization order

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Wednesday asked the Court of Appeals (CA) to reconsider its decision nullifying the order issued to the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) to regularize 7,344 workers hired by under the labor-only contract scheme. In a 59-page partial motion for reconsideration filed through Solicitor General Jose Calida, DOLE […]

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