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Saturday, September 22, 2007 |
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EDITORIAL
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The Judicial and Bar Council |
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As the Judicial and Bar Council prepares to interview
aspirants for the position of associate justice in the Supreme Court
and presiding justice in the Court of Appeals, thoughtful Filipinos
have begun to ponder its future—should the government reform the
council or abolish it?
CA Presiding Justice Ruben Reyes
was appointed to the Supreme Court on August 2, creating the vacancy
in the lower court. Supreme Court Associate Justice Cancio Garcia
will retire on October 20.
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O T H E R C O L U M N S A
N D F E A T U R E S
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THE OTHER VIEW
Elmer A. Ordoñez
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Within the ruling elites
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That a former President was recently convicted of plunder is a
first in our history but his lawyers vow to contest the
Sandiganbayan ruling all the way to the Supreme Court.
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ABOVE ALL
THINGS
Ramon Jr. & Eloisa S. Mabutas
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Innovation in the
courtroom
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Query: No one is above the law. This came to my
mind as reports came out regarding the conviction of former
President Joseph Estrada. However, I am puzzled why the trial lasted
more than six years.
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NATURE FOR LIFE
Anabelle E. Plantilla
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Designating ‘green benches’
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In collaboration with the Philippine Judicial Academy
through the support of the United Nations Development Programme
Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme...
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LAW AND
PHILOSOPHY MATTER(S)
Atty. Emmanuel Q.
Fernando
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The Estrada trial (3)
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In the past week, well-argued editorials
concerning the rule of law in relation to Estrada’s guilty verdict
were written by prominent political analysts.
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ENGLISH
PLAIN AND SIMPLE
Jose A. Carillo
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The 10 grammar errors that
annoy me most—IX
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Before moving on to the next type of grammar error
that I find most annoying, let’s first wind up our discussions of
verbs that are often misused because it’s difficult to figure out
whether they are being used intransitively or transitively.
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