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Retiring Carpio gives West PH Sea lecture to SC workers
In the JBC, chief justice applicants are asked whether Carpio's media interviews about China are 'improper'
[OPINION] A call for a South China Sea truth movement
The Philippines must harness the power of communications through the internet in protecting its sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea

Carpio fact-checks Xi Jinping on 14th-century Chinese explorer
Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio says that Chinese explorer Zheng He 'never visited the Philippines' as Chinese President Xi Jinping claimed

Carpio praises Duterte for upholding sea freedoms
Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio says it 'is a most welcome development' that President Rodrigo Duterte upheld freedom of navigation and overflight in the South China Sea

Carpio to Duterte gov't: File new case vs China
'We can demand damages for economic loss that our fishermen suffer. That’s the course of action that we should take if we want to protect the interest of our fishermen,' says Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio

Sereno quo warranto will be decided end of May – SC's Carpio
The Supreme Court en banc will hold a special session on May 17, a Thursday

After Carpio, De Castro rebuffs Sereno on SALN claim
This is a move to disprove Sereno’s claim that 13 other Chief Justice applicants did not submit complete SALNs

PH can ban China in Benham, but not other nations – Carpio
The Philippines has no valid ground to disallow other member-states of UNCLOS from conducting marine scientific research in Benham Rise, and will be 'violating UNCLOS' if it does so, says Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio

10 months since arrest, DOJ still amending case vs De Lima
The amendments heed the advice of the Supreme Court ruling which also says there is no need to set her free meanwhile

Will Carpio appear in Sereno impeachment hearing? It depends
18 court officials, including 8 justices and 4 judges are asked to appear in the Sereno impeachment proceedings at the House of Representatives
Sereno camp points to Carpio on the Jardeleza integrity issue
Justice Carpio is the leading Filipino scholar on the issue of the West Philippine Sea, a point of contention in Jardeleza's SC nomination in 2014
Calida on drug smuggling in PH: ‘We cannot police an archipelago’
Solicitor General Jose Calida also says Philippine police can't arrest big time drug lords who are in China
SC Justice Carpio: ‘Why is PNP ignoring big-time drug lords?’
Solicitor General Jose Calida defends the PNP, saying that they were ordered to target all drug suspects, big or small

Cayetano conceals facts about China ships near Sandy Cay
While keeping the facts secret Secretary Cayetano hits Justice Carpio for using the wrong facts about Sandy Cay near Pag asa Island in the disputed West Philippine Sea

Carpio to Duterte, Cayetano: Protest China 'invasion'
By any yardstick this is a seizure of Philippine territory Justice Carpio says as Chinese ships guard a sandbar near Pag asa Island

Calida says martial law declaration meant to make terrorists 'listen'
UPDATED Solicitor General Jose Calida admits to the High Court that martial law does not give the President additional powers but only delivers the punch of an exclamation point

SC's Carpio: No evidence of rebellion in other parts of Mindanao
Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio asks Calida to submit intelligence reports pointing to 'actual rebellion' elsewhere in Mindanao to justify the region-wide martial law declaration
VLOG: Justice Carpio, naglunsad ng South China Sea e-book
Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio wants the e book to also reach a Chinese audience

Ex-DFA chief hits Duterte over 'selling' West PH Sea islands
In Riyadh Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella downplays the President s remarks as a lighthearted way of saying that we re friends with China

Rodrigo Duterte, Leila de Lima, Antonio Carpio | 6PM wRap
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PH should send patrols to South China Sea – Carpio
Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio is the surprise guest of honor at the closing ceremony of the last war games between the Philippine and US militaries

SC orals: How justices pursued issues on Marcos burial
Of the issues the justices gave significant attention to human rights RA 289 AFP regulations and Marcos record as a soldier

PH vs China, tax reform, Myanmar elections | 6PM wRap
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Carpio on sea row, Marcos hits Honrado, crash probe | 12PM wRap
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VLOG: "SET case a 'replay' of FPJ experience" — Poe
Senator Grace Poe meets her accuser for the first time

Binay hits Philippine team vs China in The Hague
Vice President Jejomar Binay is pushing for bilateral talks between Manila and Beijing because according to him the Philippines needs China s money

PH to Hague tribunal: China threatens law of the sea
The Philippines says UNCLOS shows that principles trump power; that law triumphs over force; and that right prevails over might

Philippines in full force on 1st day at The Hague
UPDATED The Philippine government publishes behind the scenes photos of the first day of the historic hearings about the South China Sea

PH vs China, 2016 budget, Ormoc sea tragedy | 12PM wRap
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PH vs China at The Hague: '80% of fish' at stake
On China s ancient arguments a Supreme Court senior justice says The world has rotated a trillion times and you cannot bring this up anymore

Philippines vows to smash China's strongest argument
Speaking to Rappler a Supreme Court senior justice says the UNCLOS tribunal is the only forum where we can beat China – where warships warplanes atomic bombs don’t count

SolGen: EDCA no guarantee US will aid PH in sea dispute
While the focus of the legal battle has been whether EDCA needs Senate ratification Supreme Court justices have grilled petitioners and Acting Solicitor General Florin Hilbay about the benefits of EDCA

Justices to EDCA critics: How to defend West PH Sea?
Acting Solicitor General Florin Hilbay feels victorious after the first day of Supreme Court oral arguments on the PH US Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement

Highlights: Carpio's separate opinion on DAP
UPDATED The most senior magistrate in the High Court writes: This Court cannot allow a castration of a vital part of the checks and balances enshrined in the Constitution even if the branch adversely affected suicidally consents to it

Sereno: Congress ‘like DPWH planning team’
Senior Justice Antonio Carpio tells the Solicitor General: Only two ways the PDAF can be abolished: for Congress to pass a law repealing it and for the Court to declare it unconstitutional
Rappler Newscast | October 8, 2013
Associate Justice Antonio Carpio says PDAF is illegal at face value President Aquino defends the DAP US military holding an alleged Al Qaeda operative
Chief Justice takes up cudgels for RH law
Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno cautions an anti RH lawyer against questioning the wisdom of lawmakers Get people who think like you elected first she says
Fixing the party list
More than a decade later the Carpio decision brings the party list back to its intended concept
CJ Sereno on sick leave
Sereno fails to attend the last en banc session of the Supreme Court this year
SC adopts rule shortening trial time
The cutting down of trial time is a needed reform in the judiciary where case resolution takes an average period of 6 years
Carpio 'looking forward' to interview with PNoy
Carpio has yet to hear from the Palace regarding a possible interview
JBC: How they voted on CJ shortlist
JBC members do not explain their votes however
No work in SC, NCR lower courts Thursday
JBC will vote on its shortlist Friday August 10
Vizconde files disbarment case vs Carpio
The High Court has ruled that sitting justices can only be removed through impeachment and cannot be disbarred
Carpio: SC ruled I never influenced Vizconde case
The SC has ruled that Justice Carpio neither asked nor influenced any of his colleagues to vote for the acquittal of Hubert Webb
Should another SC justice replace Carpio in JBC?
Legal experts and even the JBC have contrasting views
CONVERSATIONS: What are your thoughts on having an 'outsider' Chief Justice? #SCwatch
Do you think an outsider should lead the Supreme Court?
SC issues guidelines on SALN release
The SC said the right to access of information is not absolute hence the guidelines
SC junks complaint against Carpio, Sereno
Contenders for chief justice who have pending administrative and criminal cases could be disqualified from running for the post
Comelec official, 5 others nominated to CJ post
Nominees include the IBP president a Comelec commissioner and a retired Court of Appeals justice