ILOILO CITY—Leaders of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) in Western Visayas are calling for a stop to the planned repair of the abandoned Iloilo Hall of Justice for safety reasons. In a resolution passed on March 16 at a meeting in Roxas City, the regional governor and presidents of IBP chapters in [...]
The Integrated Bar of the Philippines will create a special task force, joining with government agencies to address the threats, violence and intimidation to lawyers around the country as it condemns the shooting incident inside the Cebu Palace Hall of Justice where a doctor and lawyer were killed and left a prosecutor in critical condition.
The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) condemned on Monday the shooting of the law office of IBP Chapter President in Zamboanga del Norte, the fourth of a series of shooting incidents in the area.
The Integrated Bar of the Philippines welcomed the appointment of “upright” and untainted Maria Lourdes Sereno as chief justice even as a militant group warned the public not to let their guards down to “thwart any effort by the Executive to control the judiciary.”
The Supreme Court, Integrated Bar of the Philippines and the Judicial and Bar Council were just following the rules, a spokesperson for the high court said Tuesday, the same day Justice Secretary Leila De Lima accused the three of allegedly conspiring to exclude her from the shortlist of candidates for chief justice.
Justice Secretary Leila De Lima on Tuesday accused the Supreme Court, the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) and the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) of conspiring to drop her from the shortlist of nominees for chief justice.
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima is now counting on the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) to keep her nomination as Chief Justice alive after the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) denied anew on Monday her appeal for the dismissal of the disbarment cases against her.
The Integrated Bar of the Philippines Board of Governors unanimously voted to deny the appeal filed by Justice Secretary Leila De Lima that sought a dismissal of her disbarment case.
The search for three nominees to succeed ousted Chief Justice Renato Corona ends Monday.
For three hours Thursday, the Supreme Court listened to arguments on why there should be one or two representatives from Congress in the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC), with one of the justices proposing a compromise: For the court to allow the House and the Senate to sit in the council until it could recommend to President Benigno Aquino on Monday its top three choices for a successor to ousted Chief Justice Renato Corona.
President Benigno Aquino told reporters Thursday the presidential legal team was helping Justice Secretary Leila de Lima fight a petition to disbar her before the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP).
With less than a month to go before the constitutional deadline for President Benigno Aquino to name the successor to ousted Chief Justice Renato Corona, the Supreme Court has set oral arguments Thursday on the contentious issue of congressional representation in the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC).
The Senate unanimously passed a resolution on Monday calling on the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) to suspend its selection process for ousted Chief Justice Renato Corona’s successor until the Supreme Court has made a final ruling on the Congress representation in the screening panel.
