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Regional Trial Courts shall exercise original jurisdiction: In the issuance of writs of certiorari, prohibition, mandamus, quo warranto, habeas corpus and injunction which may be enforced in any part of their respective regions. In actions affecting ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls. The Supreme Court may designate certain ...
The Court of Appeals ( Filipino: Hukuman ng Apelasyon[ 2]) is an appellate collegiate court in the Philippines. The Court of Appeals consists of one presiding justice and sixty-eight associate justices. Pursuant to the Constitution, the Court of Appeals "reviews not only the decisions and orders of the Regional Trial Courts awards, judgments ...
A provincial government is autonomous of other provinces within the republic. Each province is governed by two main elected branches of the government: executive and legislative. Judicial affairs are separated from provincial governance and are administered by the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Each province has at least one branch of a ...
Former Executive Justice and Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals stationed in Cebu City. Former Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court in Bacolod City and known as a "no nonsense" judge when he tried a number of celebrated and controversial criminal cases. Former Presiding Judge of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities in Dumaguete City.
A Regional Trial Court (RTC) has original jurisdiction on criminal matters, except on those where the Sandiganbayan has original jurisdiction on, and for certain civil suits. [ 1 ] : 53, 57 Multiple branches of regional trial courts can be established in the same judicial region.
Edgardo Lao Delos Santos. ( 1952-06-12) June 12, 1952 (age 72) Palompon, Leyte, Philippines. Education. University of San Carlos ( AB, LLB) Edgardo "Edgar" Lao Delos Santos (born June 12, 1952) is a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte to replace Justice Antonio Carpio.
Sandiganbayan. The Sandiganbayan was established under the administration of President Ferdinand E. Marcos on June 11, 1978, by Presidential Decree No. 1486 in the 1973 Constitution. The court was equal in rank to the Regional Trial Courts (then known as the Courts of First Instance).
Department of Justice. Website. www.osg.gov.ph. The Office of the Solicitor General of the Philippines ( Filipino: Tanggapan ng Taga-usig Panlahat ), formerly known as the Bureau of Justice, is an independent and autonomous office attached to the Department of Justice. The OSG is headed by Menardo Guevarra . The Office of the Solicitor General ...