THE Court of Appeals (CA) has nullified the order issued by the Ombudsman in January placing 22 Davao high-raking police officers under six-month preventive suspension for their failure to resolve more than 300 cases of summary executions recorded from 2005 to 2008 allegedly perpetrated by the so-called Davao Death Squad.

In a 12-page ruling issued by Associate Justice Mario Lopez, the CA’s Former Special Sixteenth Division held that the Ombudsman committed grave abuse of discretion for sole...

A PEACE advocate and human-rights lawyer, and a family lawyer are among the 28 prominent figures in the legal profession vying for the lone vacancy in the Supreme Court (SC).

Court Administrator and Spokesman Jose Midas Marquez identified the two candidates as incumbent Commissioner of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Rene Sarmiento and lawyer Ma. Carolina “Katrina” Legarda.

Marquez said among the 28 who were either nominated or applied for the SC post, the two are considered outsiders...