MANUEL "Mar" Roxas II, until then the transportation and communication secretary, is the new local government secretary. His successor, until then Cavite Rep. Jose Emilio Abaya, is LP secretary-general. The appointments of Roxas and Abaya are certain...

AT LONG last, after a 23-year regime of secrecy, the Supreme Court on Wednesday disclosed the Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN) of all its 14 justices, sans pomp and ceremony, and on the third day in office of the Philippines first...

by Karol Ilagan AMID REPORTS of fellow justices giving her the cold shoulder, newly appointed Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes P.A. Sereno said that “dialogue” among members of the court is needed “to lead to significant changes in governance...

NEWLY APPOINTED SUPREME COURT Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno has reportedly ordered the full disclosure of her Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN), according to two news websites. The online portals of ABS-CBN News and the...

WHEN THEN SUPREME COURT Chief Justice Renato Corona was convicted by the Senate impeachment court on May 29, 2012, many saw a chance for the high tribunal to make a dramatic shift in its culture of secrecy. Corona was, after all, impeached and...

President Aquino with Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno (Malacanang photo) The nation’s first woman and youngest Chief Justice,  Maria Lourdes P.A. Sereno, has promised to roll out major reforms in a judiciary that has for so long refused to be...

Remains of Secretary Robredo being loaded on the airplane in Naga City earlier this morning (from President Aquino's Facebook page)   THE REMAINS OF Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo arrived in Manila later this morning...