SC Cybercrime Decision Disappoints Senators

Senators yesterday expressed disappointment over the decision of the Supreme Court to defer deliberations on the numerous petitions filed by different groups against the newly enacted Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 or Republic Act No. 10175.

 “As the lone opposition to the Republic Act 10175, otherwise known as the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 in the Senate, and one of the petitioners against the law in the Supreme Court, I am disappointed that our justices have deferred the hearing of the petitions to next week,” Sen. Teofisto “TG” Guingona III yesterday said.

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1,913 Pass 2011 Bar Exams

A total of 1,913 law graduates or 31.95 percent of those who actually took the tests passed the 2011 Bar examinations administered by the Supreme Court (SC) in November last year.

In a press briefing, SC Spokesman and Court Administrator Jose Midas P. Marquez said the percentage of those who passed the 2011 bar examinations is the second highest rate since the 32.89 per cent in 2001.

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SC allows GMA travel

The Supreme Court (SC), in an 8-5 vote, issued Tuesday a temporary restraining order (TRO) on the watch list order (WLO) issued against former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, her husband former First Gentleman Jose Miguel T. Arroyo, and others facing investigation on the alleged poll fraud in the 2004 and 2007 elections in Mindanao.

The order allowed Mrs. Arroyo to seek medical treatment abroad. However, the SC imposed three conditions for the former First Couple to avail themselves of the TRO, according to SC Spokesman and Court Administrator Jose Midas P. Marquez.

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