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Psychological violence: Cheating husband gets 8 years
Oct 28, 2020MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) has affirmed a Court of Appeals (CA) ruling that a wife suffered psychological violence because her husband cheated on her and, as a consequence, he was sentenced to suff...Read more
Source: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2020/10/28/2052848/psychological-violence-cheating-husband-gets-8-years
Taxes on land purchases in Phl
Oct 26, 2020Published 26 October 2020, The Daily TribuneIn his book Principles of Political...Read more
Source: https://www.divinalaw.com/taxes-on-land-purchase-in-phl/
Rape even if child victim consented to the sexual intercourse
Oct 24, 2020Dear PAO,I read in the news about a six-year-old child who was sexually abused by her father, who claimed that th...Read more
Source: https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/10/24/legal-advice/dearpao/rape-even-if-child-victim-consented-to-the-sexual-intercourse/784952/
Maternity leave
Oct 23, 2020Dear PAO,I am 21 years old and working in a private bank here in Tacloban City. I learned that I am pregnant. Sin...Read more
Source: https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/10/23/legal-advice/dearpao/maternity-leave-2/784207/
Time out: A look into overtime pay
Oct 23, 2020Published 23 October 2020, The Daily TribuneTime is a precious finite commodity...Read more
Source: https://www.divinalaw.com/time-out-a-look-into-overtime-pay/
37 petitions vs Anti-Terrorism Act now pending before Supreme Court
Oct 23, 2020MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court did not expect that the number of petitions against the Anti-Terrorism Act could pile up, making it now the most highly contested law....Read more
Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1351678/37-petitions-vs-anti-terrorism-act-now-pending-before-supreme-court
Court junks drug case after CCTV footage show PDEA agents faked drug bust
Oct 21, 20205 PDEA agents facing indirect contempt charges, probe...Read more
Source: https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/21/20/court-junks-drug-case-after-cctv-footage-show-pdea-agents-faked-drug-bust
GCQ extension until December up for discussion – Palace
Oct 19, 2020The decision whether to downgrade the quarantine classification in the National Capital Region (NCR) or extend the prevailing general community quarantine (GCQ) until December is still up for deliberation....Read more
Source: https://ptvnews.ph/gcq-extension-until-december-up-for-discussion-palace/
Avoiding COVID-related liabilities
Oct 19, 2020Published 19 October 2020, The Daily Tribune...Read more
Source: https://www.divinalaw.com/avoiding-covid-related-liabilities/
Filing a case for theft
Oct 17, 2020Dear PAO,I was manning our small grocery store when I caught someone who was about to leave the premises without...Read more
Source: https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/10/17/legal-advice/dearpao/filing-a-case-for-theft/781371/
SC orders trials of all Dengvaxia cases transferred to single court
Oct 16, 2020MANILA, Philippines ...Read more
Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1348984/sc-orders-trials-of-all-dengvaxia-cases-transferred-to-single-court#ixzz6bGxVPxw6
Authentication of foreign public documents
Oct 16, 2020Published 16 October 2020, The Daily TribunePersons doing cross-border transact...Read more
Source: https://www.divinalaw.com/authentication-of-foreign-public-documents/
Law on responsible pet ownership
Oct 12, 2020Published 12 October 2020, The Daily TribuneOver recent years, the world has wi...Read more
Source: https://www.divinalaw.com/law-on-responsible-pet-ownership/
Encouraging reactions from SC, DOJ, and bar
Oct 11, 2020Encouraging were the reactions to my last two columns on prosecutors and lawyers. On Oct. 4, I humbly proposed guidelines on how prosecutors could be deterred from “filing frivolous, reckless, malevolent,...Read more
Source: https://opinion.inquirer.net/134354/encouraging-reactions-from-sc-doj-and-bar
'I bought a lemon'
Oct 09, 2020This is an expression commonly used when a customer buys or purchases a defective or worthless item from a seller, manufacturer or distributor. It was in 1982 when the first “Lemon Law” was passed in the United States by the Connecticut State leg...Read more
Source: https://manilastandard.net/opinion/columns/footnotes-by-tranquil-g-s-salvador-iii/336272/-i-bought-a-lemon-.html
