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October 12–14 – The Philippines hosts the 15th Forbes Global CEO Conference held in Manila. CEOs and business leaders from different parts of the world attended the event. [166] November 30 – The Philippines' largest liquor producer Emperador Inc. buys Spain's Fundador for €275 million ($291 million). [167]
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 ...
Notes. Chinese Massacre of 1603. October 1603. Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines. 15,000–25,000 [ 1] Fearing an uprising by the large Chinese community in the Philippines, the Spanish colonists carried out the massacre, largely in the Manila area. [ 2] Chinese Massacre of 1639.
Pages in category "Trials in the Philippines". The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Judiciary is a co-equal branch of Government to the Executive and the Legislature. [ 30] Under the 1987 constitution, Judicial terms of office are out of sync with other offices such as the President of the Philippines, to promote independence. The President appoints individuals to the judiciary.
Facade in 2023. The Sandiganbayan (lit. ' Support of the nation ' [2]) is a special appellate collegial court in the Philippines that has jurisdiction over criminal and civil cases involving graft and corrupt practices and other offenses committed by public officers and employees, including those in government-owned and controlled corporations.
The Free Legal Assistance Group ( FLAG) is a nationwide organization of human rights lawyers in the Philippines. [ 5][ 6] It was founded in 1974 by Sen. Jose W. Diokno, [ 5] Lorenzo Tañada, [ 7] J.B.L. Reyes, [ 4] and Joker Arroyo [ 8] during the martial law era under former President Ferdinand Marcos. [ 9]
Movement for a Free Philippines. Movement for a Free Philippines (often referred to by its acronym, MFP) was a Washington, D.C. -based organization established in 1973 [ 1] by exiled Filipinos in opposition to the authoritarian regime of Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines. [ 2][ 3]