The Philippine Bar Association (PBA) on Saturday (Jan. 23) criticized the office Solicitor General Jose Calida for justifying the move of the Department of National Defense (DND) to end its agreement with the University of the Philippines (PNP) that has hindered the entry of police and the military in its campuses.
Solicitor General Jose Calida has called former solicitor general Florin Hilbay’s latest Twitter rants as “unacceptable and laughable.”
President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Department of Justice and the Office of the Solicitor General to coordinate with the courts on how to destroy confiscated drugs.
It was Congress which murdered ABS-CBN’s franchise, the National Telecommunications Commission’s cease and desist order is just the death certificate.
Solicitor General Jose Calida on Wednesday (May 6) blamed Congress for having allowed ABS-CBN to shut down.
While the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), Office of the Solicitor General and the House of Representatives pointed fingers at each other, Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Eufemia Cullamat pinned the blame for ABS-CBN’s closure on President Rodrigo Duterte.
House Deputy Minority Floor Leader Carlos Zarate has urged the National Telecommunications Commission not to bow to the pressure being applied by the Office of the Solicitor General over the issuance of provisional authority to broadcast giant ABS-CBN.
Malacañang is confident that the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) can defend the government’s termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States at the Supreme Court.
The Senate will hold a caucus next week to discuss Senator Grace Poe’s resolution investigating ABS-CBN’s compliance with its franchise in light of a petition filed by the Office of the Solicitor General to revoke the network’s franchise.
Prominent names in showbiz and politics are set to suffer huge financial losses if ever either the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) succeeds with its quo warranto case filed against broadcast giant ABS-CBN.
Malacañang on Monday distanced itself from the quo warranto petition lodged by the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) against the franchise of broadcast giant ABS-CBN.
Malacañang refuted the opinion of the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) that Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGO) cannot be subject to tax.
A brief respite was awarded to the Office of the Solicitor General in the aftermath of a procedural flub which junked the prosecution’s motion for reconsideration in a P102 billion forfeiture case.
Former Senator Rene Saguisag continues to oppose to have the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) to represent the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG).
Former Magdalo party-list representative Gary Alejano has questioned the authority of the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) to represent the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) in the sedition complaint filed against him and other members of the opposition.
Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) lawyers Lorenzo Tanada III, Chel Diokno and Theodore Te have asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disallow the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) from participating in the sedition case against them and their co-respondents including members of the opposition.
Solicitor General Jose Calida has asked the Supreme Court (SC) that his office be excused from participating in the case concerning the rights of illegitimate children to claim inheritance.
Because of this, the panel of prosecutors conducting the preliminary investigation asked the lawyers of respondents to file motions this August 16 to formally question the authority of the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) to represent the PNP-CIDG.
The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) has one piece of advice to former Senator Rene Saguisag: shut up.
Former senator Rene Saguisag has expressed dismay that the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) has become tha lapdog of President Rodrigo Duterte.
Lawyer Larry Gadon is planning to file an impeachment case against Vice President Leni Robredo if she will be indicted for sedition or inciting to sedition over the “Ang Totoong Narco List” video series.
The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) asserted it has legal authority to assist law enforcers in preparing the sedition complaint filed against Vice President Ma. Leonor Robredo and 34 others following revelations made by Joemel “Bikoy” Advincula, the man behind the so-called “Ang Totoong Narcolist” videos.
Malacañang sees nothing wrong with the move of the Philippine National Police to seek the Office of the Solicitor General’s (OSG) advice on the sedition complaint filed against Vice President Leni Robredo and other opposition figures.
The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) said state lawyers has found disadvantageous to the government the terms set before an American court in the settlement case of the victims of abuses during the martial law era.
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