Office of the Solicitor General

Constitutional framers Christian Monsod and Bishop Pablo Virgilio Cardinal David, along with environmental lawyer Grizelda Mayo-Anda, filed a petition with the Supreme Court on Thursday, April 24, to overturn a Malabon Regional Trial Court decision that allowed commercial fishing within municipal waters.

Government lawyers requested the Supreme Court to dismiss a petition seeking the disclosure of documents related to the P18-billion contract between the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and Miru Systems Co., Ltd.

Veronica 'Kitty' Duterte maintains her petition to release her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, remains valid despite him being under International Criminal Court (ICC) custody.

The Department of Justice will represent government officials in consolidated habeas corpus petitions filed by the children of former President Rodrigo Duterte before the Supreme Court.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has taken over representation in three habeas corpus petitions filed by relatives and associates of former President Rodrigo Duterte at the Supreme Court, after the Office of Solicitor General declined to participate.

Malacañang called for Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra to assess his capability to continue serving as the government's top lawyer after he recused himself from defending the government in petitions filed by former President Rodrigo Duterte’s children.

Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra has declined to represent government agencies before the Supreme Court regarding petitions filed by former President Rodrigo Duterte's children against his arrest and transfer to The Hague by the International Criminal Court (ICC).

House Speaker Martin Romualdez committed to help Iloilo fisherfolk protect their livelihood from commercial fishing operations encroaching on their traditional fishing grounds.

Government lawyers, through the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG), have filed an 89-page comment asking the Supreme Court to dismiss a petition challenging the constitutionality of the country's 2025 national budget.

The Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) announced Wednesday that it has recovered motor vehicles worth at least P5 million as part of efforts to reclaim ill-gotten wealth from former President Ferdinand Marcos Sr., his family, and former Malacañang photographer Fernando Timbol.