June 2025

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  1. 01G.R. 279692In the Matter of the Petition for Habeas Corpus for Ryanh M. Dolor Br> Wendah Katrina Rivera Dolor v. House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts, Represented by Hon. Joseph Stephen S. Paduano, Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts, Cong. Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez, in His Capacity as Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Pmgen Napoleon C. Taas (Ret.), in His Capacity as House of Representatives Sergeant-at-Arms, and/or Any and All Persons Who May Have Actual Custody Over the Person of Ryanh M. DolorThe Supreme Court refused to free a mayor whom a House committee jailed for contempt after he skipped its hearings, ruling that the House can arrest and detain a person who ignores its summons without a valid excuse.