VOTE: 9-1-3 Arroyo can appoint next Chief Justice—SC

By Tetch Torres INQUIRER.net First Posted 11:12:00 03/17/2010 MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE 2) Voting 9-1-3, the Supreme Court ruled that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo could appoint the next Chief Justice, a spokesman for the high tribunal said Wednesday. Lawyer Midas Marquez made the announcement in a press conference at past 11 a.m. at the Supreme Court [...]

Expelled ‘psychic judge’ among nominees for chief justice post

By Tetch Torres INQUIRER.net First Posted 20:33:00 02/04/2010 MANILA, Philippines—A dismissed judge who claimed to be the fifth best psychic in the county is among the applicants for the chief justice post. Former Malabon City regional trial court judge Florentino Floro filed his application for the highest post in the Supreme Court, along with Deputy [...]

Lawyers to protest Arroyo bid to appoint new SC chief

By Tetch Torres INQUIRER.net First Posted 17:11:00 01/22/2010 MANILA, Philippines–A constitutionalist Friday warned that members of the legal profession could go to the streets if President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will appoint the next Supreme Court chief justice. “It is possible that the lawyers will go to the streets if there will be an appointment,” Fr. Joaquin [...]

Appointment of the next Chief Justice…

Is there an urgency for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to appoint the next Chief Justice? Will there be a vacuum as claimed by the pro-administration lawmakers? Or is this just another trick by the government? Another “testing the water” style by the administration? Why is there a need to appoint the next Chief Justice this early? [...]

Is Noynoy Aquino a transformational leader?

First posted 17:07:25 (Mla time) August 31, 2009 Tetch Torres INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines—Is Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III a “transformational leader,” the kind that Chief Justice Reynato Puno and co-conveners of the Moral Force Movement said are needed by the country in the 2010 elections? When asked this question, the chief justice refused to comment. [...]

Wanted ‘transformational leaders’ in 2010

First posted 15:02:21 (Mla time) August 31, 2009 Norman Bordadora Tetch Torres INQUIRER.net Philippine Daily Inquirer MANILA, Philippines— (UPDATE) Voters in the 2010 elections should choose “transformational leaders” who don’t bribe, cheat, lie, or even tolerate those who do, said the Moral Force Movement launched Monday by Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno and other [...]

Puno: No reason to celebrate Independence Day

By Tetch Torres INQUIRER.net First Posted 12:54:00 06/12/2009 MANILA, Philippines – Amid mounting calls for him to run for president in 2010, Chief Justice Reynato Puno is praying that he be “not led into temptation” but rues about why there is no reason to celebrate Independence Day. “Lead me not into temptation,” Chief Justice Reynato [...]

RP ‘sick, on brink of failure,’ says SC chief

By Tetch Torres INQUIRER.net First Posted 16:39:00 05/05/2009 MANILA, Philippines – The country is “sick” and is “teetering on the brink of failure” due to rampant corruption, Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno said Tuesday. To cure this, Puno said every Filipino should become “leaders.” In a speech before doctors at the 39th Annual Convention [...]

Shrinking right to privacy

Chief Justice Reynato Puno explains the origin of the writ of habeas data and how right to privacy is shrinking. This was taken during the media forum for the Writ of Habeas Data which will take effect tomorrow-Feb. 2.