FACTS: In his affidavit-complaint filed before the Office of the Ombudsman, respondent Napoleon A. Abiera of the Public Attorney’s Office alleged that petitioner Bonifacio Sanz Maceda, Presiding Judge of Branch 12 RTC Antique, had falsified his Certificate of Service dated February 6, 1989, by certifying “that all civil and criminal cases which have been submitted… Read More MACEDA v. VASQUEZ, ET AL. GR No. 102781 April 22, 1993 Supreme Court Administrative Supervision over all courts and court personnel

FACTS: Petitioners are successful applicants for recognition of Philippine citizenship under R.A. 9225 which accords to such applicants the right of suffrage, among others.  Petitioners sought registration and certification as “overseas absentee voter” but were advised by the Philippine Embassy in the United States that, per a COMELEC letter to the DFA dated September 23,… Read More Nicolas-Lewis v. COMELEC G.R. No. 162759 August 4, 2006 Suffrage, Dual Citizenship, R.A. 9225, R.A. 9189

FACTS: Petitioner is a sectoral organization that represents the interests of peasant farmers and fisherfolks, and was registered under the party-list system.  It participated in the May 2010 elections, but failed to obtain the number of votes needed for a seat in the House of Representatives. On May 31, 2012, ABANG LINGKOD manifested before the… Read More ABANG LINGKOD v. COMELEC G.R. No. 206952 October 22, 2013 Party-list System

FACTS: On September 12, 2007, the Sandiganbayan convicted former President Estrada for the crime of plunder, and sentenced him to suffer the penalty of Reclusion Perpetua and the accessory penalties of civil interdiction during the period of sentence and perpetual absolute disqualification. On October 25, 2007, however, former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo extended executive clemency,… Read More Risos-Vidal v. COMELEC G.R. No. 206666 January 21, 2015 Executive Department, Pardoning Power of the President

FACTS: Congressman Sergio Osmeña, Jr., in a privilege speech delivered before the House, made the serious imputations of bribery against the President.  A special committee, composed of Congressman Salapida K. Pendatun and fourteen other congressmen, was created by virtue of House Resolution No. 59, to investigate the truth of the charges against the President. Osmeña… Read More Osmena v. Pendatun G.R. No. L-17144 October 28, 1960 Parliamentary Doctrine of Separation of Powers, Power of the Legislature to discipline its Members for Disorderly Behavior

FACTS: A rash of bombings occurred in the Metro Manila area in the months of August, September and October of 1980. On September 6, 1980, an explosion in his room at the YMCA building in Manila led to the arrest of the injured Victor Burns Lovely, Jr., an American citizen.  Found in Lovely’s possession were… Read More Salonga v. Cruz-Pano G.R. No. L-59524 February 18, 1985 Symbolic Function of the Supreme Court

Kilusang Mayo Uno Labor Center v. Garcia G.R. No. 115381 December 23, 1994 Delegation of Legislative Authority, Locus Standi, Constitutionality PINAY JURIST  FACTS: The instant petition for certiorari assails the constitutionality and validity of certain memoranda, circulars and/or orders of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board… Read More Kilusang Mayo Uno Labor Center v. Garcia G.R. No. 115381 December 23, 1994 Delegation of Legislative Authority, Constitutionality