Proof of service of the assailed judgment must be clearly established to properly determine the period for filing an appeal. To this end, the registry return receipt alone will not suffice to prove service through registered mail.
In the case of ABAKADA GURO PARTY LIST vs. HON. CESAR V. PURISIMA, the Supreme Court stated that legislative power or the power to propose, enact, amend and repeal laws is vested in Congress which consists of two chambers, the Senate and the House of Representatives. A valid exercise of legislative power requires the act of both chambers. Corrollarily, it can be exercised neither solely by one of the two chambers nor by a committee of either or both chambers.
Proclamation No. 878, Series of 2025, was issued declaring May 12, 2025 as a special non-working holiday to allow registered voters to participate in the national and local elections.
Section 2, Article XI of the 1987 Constitution provides that the President, the Vice-President, the Members of the Supreme Court, the Members of the Constitutional Commissions, and the Ombudsman may be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, culpable violation of the Constitution, treason, bribery, graft and corruption, other high crimes, or betrayal of public trust. All other public officers and employees may be removed from office as provided by law, but not by impeachment.
The Omnibus Election Code (OEC) provides for certain remedies to assail a candidate’s bid for public office. Among these are: (1) a petition for disqualification under Sec. 68; and (2) a petition to deny due course to and/or cancel a certificate of candidacy under Section 78.
Qualified Filipinos abroad, members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Philippine National Police, other government officers and employees who are duly registered voters and are temporarily election duties on election day, as well as members of media, media practitioners, and persons deprived of liberty, may vote in the upcoming elections in accordance with the laws on absentee voting.
In the Supreme Court En Banc session on March 4, 2025, the Supreme Court granted the petition of Marie Grace David, and reversed the COMELEC’s resolution rejecting her certificate of candidacy for Vice Mayor of Limay, Bataan, in the 2025 National and Local Elections.
Under Article IX, Section 9 of the 1987 Constitution, that as a general rule, the election period shall commence ninety (90) days before the day of election and shall end thirty days thereafter.
In the case of Macalintal v. COMELEC (G.R. No. 263590, June 23, 2023) the Supreme Court declared RA 11935 unconstitutional for violating the right to due process of law, and accordingly, infringing the constitutional right of the Filipino people to suffrage. In the said decision, the Court laid down the criteria which shall serve as guidelines in the determination of the validity of any future laws or rules postponing elections.
In forcible entry cases, a person is deprived of physical possession of any land or building by means of force, intimidation, threat, strategy, or stealth. The possession is illegal from the beginning and the only issue is who has the prior possession de facto.
The only issue in forcible entry cases is whether the claimant has proved, by preponderance of evidence, prior physical possession of contested property. The question of ownership may only be provisionally resolved if it is raised by the parties and its resolution is essential to determine which party has the better right of possession.
