Lawyers, judges reminded: Use gender-fair language
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court reminded judges and lawyers to use gender-fair language during trials and proceedings.
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CA revives drug charges vs drug lord Kerwin Espinosa
MANILA, Philippines — The Court of Appeals (CA) has ordered the drug charges against self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa to be remanded to the Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) for a continuation of “trial on merits.”
"Rust" armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed convicted of involuntary manslaughter
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A jury convicted a movie weapons supervisor of involuntary manslaughter Wednesday in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal on the set of the Western movie “Rust.”
Suspect in 2015 Iligan City rape case arrested in Zamboanga Sibugay
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — The long hand of law finally reached on Monday in Barangay San Isidro in Siay, Zamboanga Sibugay an elusive rape suspect facing a criminal case since 2015 in a Regional Trial Court in Iligan City.
House panel OKs tax-free hazard pay to judges, prosecutors
MANILA, Philippines — A House panel has approved a substitute bill that seeks to grant tax-free hazard pay to prosecutors and judges of regional, metropolitan, and municipal trial courts.
Owner of loose ostriches indicted
MANILA, Philippines — The owner of two ostriches that ran loose in a private subdivision in Quezon City at the height of the COVID pandemic in 2020, one of which later died due to alleged extreme stress, was indicted and is set to undergo trial.
Drag artist arrested anew over ‘Jesus’ act
MANILA, Philippines — Drag performer Pura Luka Vega was arrested anew on Thursday for performing as Jesus to the Catholic hymn “Our Father” in a bar last year.
Extraordinary rendition
In American jurisprudence, a fugitive from justice forcibly or violently abducted in a foreign territory cannot invoke such irregularity to escape criminal prosecution in a United States court. The Ker-Frisbie doctrine upholds the jurisdiction of federal courts over criminal defendants kidnapped in countries that have extradition treaties with the US.