MANILA, Apr 17 (PNA) - With less than a month to go before the 2019 mid-term elections, the Supreme Court on Wednesday cautioned judges to be "very circumspect" in handing down search warrants.
Date: 17 April 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Philippine News Agency
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LANGKAWI, Apr 17 (Bernama) - The amendments to the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 will also involve higher penalties for employers who fail to ensure safety, health and welfare at the workplace.
Date: 17 April 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Bernama
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SINGAPORE, Apr 17 (Bernama) - Beginning April 22, Singapore will no longer require all foreign travellers departing the republic to have the departure immigration endorsement or stamp of departure in their travel document.
Date: 17 April 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Bernama
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The House of Representatives approved on second reading a measure seeking to declare an annual special non-working holiday to honor the memory of the victims of the 2009 Maguindanao Massacre.
Date: 15 April 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: House of Representatives
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Hanoi, Apr 13 (VNS/VNA) - The handling of bad debt among credit institutions would be audited this year in order to formulate recommendations for effectively implementing a National Assembly resolution, according to the State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV).
Date: 13 April 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Vietnam News Agency
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TAWAU, Apr 16 (Bernama) - An Indonesian man was served with an RM30,000 fine and eight-month jail sentence by the Tawau Sessions Court here today after he pleaded guilty to owning four Tokay geckos without a valid permit in February.
Date: 16 April 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Bernama
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MANILA, Apr 15 (PNA) - The Sandiganbayan has denied the motion of former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Alan Purisima to quash evidence presented against him in eight perjury cases.
Date: 15 April 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Philippine News Agency
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MANILA, Apr 15 (PNA) - A ruling by the Court of Appeals (CA) has affirmed criminal charges against former Marinduque Rep. Regina Ongsiako Reyes for usurpation of official functions following her disqualification in the 2013 elections.
Date: 15 April 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Philippine News Agency
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PUTRAJAYA, Apr 15 (Bernama) - Save Seafield Mariamman Temple Task Force today withdrew its appeal at the Court of Appeal against the Coroner's Court's dismissal of its application to hold a watching brief at the inquest of firefighter Muhammad Adib Mohd Kassim who died from injuries sustained during a riot at the temple in November last year.
Date: 15 April 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Bernama
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BANGKOK, Apr 12 (NNT) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a press release regarding factual accounts on trials before the military courts of persons accused of committing offences from the early administration of the current government in 2014 to 12 September 2016.
Date: 12 April 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Thai News Agency
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MANILA, Apr 13 (PNA) - President Rodrigo R. Duterte has signed the law dividing Palawan into the provinces of Palawan del Norte, Palawan Oriental, and Palawan del Sur.
Date: 13 April 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Philippine News Agency
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MANILA, Apr 14 (PNA) - The Monetary Board (MB) approved the extension of transitory period of the amended report on bank interest rates on loans and deposits until 31 December 2019.
Date: 14 April 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Philippine News Agency
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Hanoi, Apr 11 (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired a cabinet meeting on April 11 to discuss controversial issues of a draft decree on the use of public property to pay investors in build-transfer (BT) projects.
Date: 11 April 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Vietnam News Agency
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MANILA, Apr 11 (PNA) - The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court's (SC) final ruling, which declared that local government units (LGUs) are entitled to internal revenue allotment (IRA) based on the collections of all national taxes and not just from national internal revenue taxes.
Date: 11 April 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Philippine News Agency
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KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 11 (Bernama) - The Housing and Local Government Ministry is drawing up the Consumer Credit Act which would ensure consumers get loans from syariah-compliant loan companies, the Dewan Rakyat was told today. Its minister Zuraida Kamaruddin said a townhall session was held with various government agencies to get their feedback o ...
Date: 11 April 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Bernama
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BAGUIO CITY, Apr 10 (PNA) - A suit urging the Supreme Court (SC) to stop the government from securing a USD62-million loan from China to fund the construction of the Chico River Dam failed to get immediate relief from the tribunal.
Date: 10 April 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Philippines News Agency
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PUTRAJAYA, Apr 10 (Bernama) - The Federal Court in a 5-4 majority decision held that Bank Negara Malaysia's Shariah Advisory Council’s (SAC) findings on Islamic finance is binding on Civil Courts.
Date: 10 April 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Bernama
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PUTRAJAYA, Apr 10 (Bernama) - The Federal Court today dismissed Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's three appeals which included for supply of additional documents to him to prepare his defence and a gag order to prevent the media and public from discussing the merits of his case.
Date: 10 April 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Bernama
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Hanoi, Apr 9 (VNS/VNA) - Regulations on personal unsecured lending by consumer finance companies will be tightened if a draft circular of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) takes effect.
Date: 09 April 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Vietnam News Agency
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Hanoi, Apr 9 (VNA) – The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) is working to align Vietnam’s legal regulations with the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) - a deal experts see as hugely important to the country.
Date: 09 April 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Vietnam News Agency
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