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                    [ArticleID] => 923733
                    [Title] => OFWs file graft case against GMA
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Former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is accused of conspiring with former chief justice Renato Corona, five retired Supreme Court (SC) justices and two former commissioners of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) to deprive more than 2,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) of $609 million in back wages from US construction firms.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 432090 [Title] => New SC justice vows independence from Malacañang [Summary] =>

Newly sworn in Associate Justice Diosdado Peralta of the Supreme Court has vowed independence from Malacañang in deciding cases as he dismissed allegations that his appointment was his prize for convicting former President Joseph Estrada of plunder in 2007.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 430707 [Title] => Justices, too, need justice [Summary] =>

As of this writing, President Arroyo has yet to announce her appointee to replace Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Ruben Reyes who retired last Jan.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136417 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097308 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva1 [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 429061 [Title] => Bagong SC justice, italaga na! [Summary] =>

Hinikayat kahapon ni Senator Kiko Pangilinan si Pangulong Gloria Arroyo na huwag nang pata­galin ang pagtatalaga nang kapalit ni Supreme Court Justice Ruben Reyes na nagretiro noong Enero 3.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 428879 [Title] => 'Foretelling behavior of SC justices is pure speculation' [Summary] =>

To predict how seven new justices of the Supreme Court yet to be appointed by President Arroyo will eventually vote on certain issues would be mere speculation, the Court’s spokesman said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097368 [AuthorName] => Mike Frialde [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 425709 [Title] => JBC set to announce candidates for Supreme Court post today [Summary] =>

The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) is expected to announce today its recommended candidates to replace Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Ruben Reyes, who is officially retiring on Jan. 3.

[DatePublished] => 2008-12-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097368 [AuthorName] => Mike Frialde [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 422118 [Title] => Devanadera, 2 others disqualified from SC race [Summary] =>

Solicitor General Agnes Devanadera, Internal Revenue Commissioner Mario Buñag and a 65-year-old lawyer were disqualified by the Judicial and Bar Council from the list of contenders vying for the seat to be vacated by Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruben Reyes, who will retire on Jan. 3 next year.

[DatePublished] => 2008-12-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097368 [AuthorName] => Mike Frialde [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 344804 [Title] => HRETunseats Tawi-Tawi lawmaker [Summary] => The House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal (HRET) unseated lone Tawi-Tawi Rep. Anuar Abubakar yesterday and declared his rival, Nur Jaafar, the rightful winner in the May 2004 synchronized elections.

In a 28-page decision, the nine-man HRET annulled Abubakar’s proclamation by the provincial board of canvassers, ruling that his winning margin of 2,040 votes was just a "presumptive lead."

"The plurality of votes belongs to Jaafar who garnered 27,257 votes as against Abubakar who obtained 25,705 votes," it said.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 241214 [Title] => Tunay na Pinoy – at last! [Summary] => By order of the Supreme Court.

That’s how FPJ, alias Ronald Allan Poe, was declared a "natural born Filipino" yesterday. Now the political campaign can finally and truly begin.

It was not a neat decision, but it was firm enough to clear the air of the cloud of suspicion, anger, resentment, and poisonous scent of rebellion (stirred up by rumormongers with their own villainous agendas) that hung over yesterday’s countdown to the High Tribunal’s ruling.
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133172 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510184 [AuthorName] => Max V. Soliven [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 235971 [Title] => SC denies with finality Piatco’s bid to operate NAIA-3 [Summary] => The Supreme Court denied with finality yesterday the appeal of the Philippine International Air Terminals Co., Inc. (Piatco) on the tribunal’s May 2003 decision nullifying all its contracts with the government on the construction and operation of the $650-million Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal-3 (NAIA-3) project.

Malacañang reaffirmed President Arroyo’s earlier decision for the government to take over the facility for public use while negotiations for just compensation for Piatco are ongoing.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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