A protester displays a placard during a rally in front of the Philippine Supreme Court supporting Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno while the court votes on a petition to oust her in a move she calls ...

FILE PHOTO - Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno waves to supporters during a gathering of the Coalition For Justice at the University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, ...

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Supreme Court ousted its chief justice, a critic of the country's authoritarian president, in an unprecedented vote Friday by fellow magistrates that she and ...

MANILA, Philippines — With the spate of killings in the country, Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on Wednesday said that the Philippines’ plunge in the World Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine Supreme Court upheld the expulsion of its chief justice, the authoritarian president's highest-ranking critic, in a final ruling Tuesday that critics warned ...

The camp of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on Tuesday dismissed as "another pathetic act of detractors" the graft complaint filed against before the Office of the Ombudsman in connection with her ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines’ embattled Supreme Court chief justice urged Filipinos on Wednesday to stand up against authoritarianism and threats to human rights, in an indirect ...

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MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine Supreme Court began hearing arguments on Tuesday on a government bid to invalidate the appointment of the court's top judge, whom President Rodrigo Duterte is calling ...

Court spokesman Theodore Te said justices voted 8-6 to grant a petition by the government’s solicitor-general to remove Maria Lourdes Sereno from the 15-member tribunal for allegedly failing to file ...