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MONTREAL, Canada — Cardinal Gerald Lacroix has been accused in Canada of sexually assaulting a female teenager, as part of a class action lawsuit against the archdiocese of Quebec, court documents showed Thursday.
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES — Palestinian militant group Hamas said Thursday it would abide by a ceasefire in its war with Israel in Gaza if the UN's top court ordered one and Israel did the same.
This is a disbarment case filed by the girlfriend of a lawyer whom we shall name Mila. She had known Atty. Ramos during their college days and later on reconnected through social media. From then on, she met Atty. Ramos again about the problem of her brother Danny, based in another country, who wanted to have his marriage annulled so that he could continue working in said country.
The principal movers behind the signature-gathering for Charter change (Cha-cha) remain unfazed despite the latest Senate rejection to amend the country’s 1987 Constitution by people’s initiative (PI) mode. Buoyed by what they call as the “momentum” of their nationwide signature drive, the People’s Initiative for Reform Modernization and Action (PIRMA) reckons to get the mandated 12 percent of registered voters to sign up their Cha-cha petition within the next two to three months.
MANILA, Philippines — Amid feuding over the people’s initiative to amend the Constitution, President Marcos met separately yesterday with congressmen and senators instead of convening the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC).
MANILA, Philippines — The country’s Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) was among the topics discussed during the meeting of Supreme Court (SC) justices, led by Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo, with United Nations Special Rapporteur for freedom of opinion and expression Irene Khan.
MANILA, Philippines — A people’s initiative can only amend certain provisions in the 1987 Constitution but cannot revise it, former Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said on Thursday.
MANILA, Philippines — A convener of the Stop Kaliwa Dam Network filed a petition for certiorari before the Court of Appeals (CA) on Thursday, challenging the dismissal of an Ombudsman case against officials involved in the construction of the project's access road.