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                    [ArticleID] => 890727
                    [Title] => Power grab
                    [Summary] => 

“AN elective official, elected by popular vote, is directly res­ponsible to the community that elected him.

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135410 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805107 [AuthorName] => Ernesto P. Maceda Jr. [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 366072 [Title] => PDSP pushes for con-con next year [Summary] => A pro-administration group proposed yesterday the holding of a constitutional convention (con-con), describing it as the best option and the most acceptable means of amending the Constitution.

The Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas (PDSP) said the more viable option for the administration is to call for a constitutional convention whose delegates would be elected during the midterm polls next year.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 363923 [Title] => SC to confront 5 issues on PI [Summary] => When the Supreme Court gathers en banc next week on the People’s Initiative for parliamentary form, the 15 justices will study five issues. The first four are raised by opponents of Constitutional reform; the last, by proponents.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 348704 [Title] => SC junks Marcoses’ petition for ownership of ETPI stocks [Summary] => The Supreme Court (SC) junked yesterday the petition of the family of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos claiming ownership of the 2,652,000 shares of stocks in the Eastern Telecommunications Philippines Inc. (ETPI).

The ownership of the ETPI stocks was subjected to a compromise agreement between former Ambassador Roberto Benedicto and the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG).
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 346150 [Title] => Woman acquitted of homicide after serving 9 years in prison [Summary] => With three more years to go to complete her reduced 12-year sentence, a 78-year-old woman from Tabogon town was recently acquitted of the crime of homicide for which she was convicted and imprisoned nine years ago.

The Supreme Court's Second Division, presided by Associate Justice Reynato Puno, ruled that Teresita Buenaventura's "guilt beyond reasonable doubt was not duly established."

This ruling reversed the decision of the Court of Appeals affirming a Cebu court's conviction of Buenaventura for homicide in the killing of her neighbor Benedicta Garcia, 14 years ago. [DatePublished] => 2006-07-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 332826 [Title] => SC rules company ban on marriages between co-workers illegal [Summary] => In what may be a landmark decision, the Supreme Court has ruled it illegal for a company to require its co-workers to resign if they get married.

In a 16-page decision penned by Associate Justice Reynato Puno, the High Tribunal affirmed a ruling of the Court of Appeals in a labor dispute between Star Paper Corp. and three former employees.

The Supreme Court held that Star Paper’s policy of banning spouses from working in the same company was "violative of the constitutional rights towards marriage and the family of employees" as well as the Labor Code. [DatePublished] => 2006-04-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 320371 [Title] => SC: Employers may fire "indolent workers" [Summary] => The Supreme Court has ruled that the employers have the right to fire lazy employees who just sleep during office hours even after the management issued warnings against them.

The SC recognized that the management has the right to formulate reasonable rules to regulate the conduct of its employees for the protection of its interests.

"These reasonable house rules are considered by the Court as lawful orders and therefore violations thereof will justify dismissal under Article 282 (a) of the Labor Code," Justice Renato Corona said in a January 27 decision.
[DatePublished] => 2006-02-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 312978 [Title] => GMA leads nation in paying tribute to Davide [Summary] => "A paragon of service, honesty and evenhandedness in upholding the rule of law."

That’s how President Arroyo led the nation in paying tribute to Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. yesterday, who reached the mandatory retirement age of 70.

"The Filipino people are grateful to Chief Justice Hilario Davide for being a paragon of service, honesty and evenhandedness in upholding the rule of law," she said in a statement.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 269695 [Title] => Supreme Court rejects reopening of Ninoy case [Summary] => The Supreme Court rejected yesterday the petition of the convicted killers of Sen. Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. and Rolando Galman, his military-tagged assassin, seeking to reopen the 22-year-old case and allow them to undergo a new trial.

"Again, petitioners did not allege concrete facts to support their class claim," read in part the tribunal’s 25-page en banc decision penned by Associate Justice Reynato Puno.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 249662 [Title] => Electronic quick count ng Comelec didesisyunan na [Summary] => Anumang oras ngayong linggo ay ipapalabas ng Supreme Court (SC) ang desisyon kung sasailalim sa electronic quick count ang bilangan ng Commission on Elections (Comelec).

Ayon kay Supreme Court Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr., ibinigay na nila sa ponente ang kaso para isulat ang kanyang opinyon hinggil dito.

Subalit tumanggi naman ang mahistrado kung sino ang ponente at inaasahang ipapaikot sa iba pang mahistrado ang kopya ng desisyon para sa kanilang concurring at descending opinion.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
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