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Comelec to SC: No failure of elections in Mindanao
By Fernan Angeles TAKING cue from a Supreme Court request for their position, the Commission on Elections stood firm that there was no failure of elections in 2016 in the contested provinces of Lanao del Sur, Basilan, and Maguindanao. The high tribunal, which sits as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), sought the Comelec to provide…
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Duterte names CA’s Ricardo Rosario as SC associate justice
By Fernan Angeles President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed one of the 13 applicants to become associate Justice for the Supreme Court. Named to replace retiring SC associate Justice Jose Reyes is Court of Appeals Justice Ricardo Rosario. Born in October 1958, Rosario will be serving as associate justice until he reaches the compulsory retirement age…