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Calida, Marcos press case for Leonen inhibition

Published: 11/12/2020

Solicitor General Jose Calida and former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday submitted separate motions before the Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), to force Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Mario Victor Leonen to inhibit from the election protest filed by...

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US media declaration of Biden election is arbitrary and full of holes

Published: 11/11/2020

IT surprised us, perhaps as much as it did the White House and the Republican party, that a bunch of United States media organizations, led by media networks and the New York Times (NYT) ventured last Saturday to proclaim on their own steam former vice president Joe Biden as the winner of the US pre...

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Disinheriting a child

Published: 11/10/2020

Dear PAO, I have four children, and three of them are successful in their lives and chosen careers. My fourth child, however, did not follow my advice. Instead of becoming a professional doctor, she chose to be a member of a dance group. I am very much disappointed with her. Now she is living with ...

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US election: Key state recounts may decide presidency

Published: 11/09/2020

ANKARA – President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden seem to be in the home stretch of the fiercely fought presidential race, but vote recounts in some key swing states could still determine who captures the crown. Former Vice President Biden has managed to flip three states Trump won...

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Explained: Donald Trump’s legal claims in contested states

Published: 11/08/2020

President Donald Trump and his campaign have filed lawsuits in four states where ballots are still being counted and outcomes will determine the winner of the US election. In some cases, Trump and his allies are alleging fraud, although there is no evidence of it, and have filed lawsuits to stop th...

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Original registration of land

Published: 11/07/2020

Dear PAO, My name is Rowena, and I am presently residing abroad. I inherited a parcel of land more than a year ago in Batangas. However, I recently learned that the land remained unregistered. I want to know if I am legally allowed to apply for registration through my agent/representative in the Ph...

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Separation pay

Published: 11/06/2020

Dear PAO, I was placed on a temporary layoff by my employer from June 2020 to December 2020. Yesterday, I received a notice that our employment will be finally terminated because of retrenchment. However, such notice also provides that those who applied for work elsewhere during the layoff period b...

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Separation pay

Published: 11/05/2020

Dear PAO, I have been working in the same company for eight years and seven months now. Unfortunately, due to the pandemic, many of my co-workers and I have been told that we have just been terminated. According to the management, the clients of the company are continuously decreasing. Thus, they ...

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The raging race to 270

Published: 11/04/2020

Two days from now, on Nov. 3, the race to 270 of Joe Biden, 78, and Donald Trump, 74, to be America’s President for 2021-2025 will end. In fact, weeks ago, the mail-in (or absentee) ballots had started pouring in in historic numbers. Unlike us, US voters choose the “electors,” who in turn ele...

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Psychological violence: Cheating husband gets 8 years

Published: 11/03/2020

MANILA, 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 suffer from six months to eight years in prison. The SC’s First Division came out wi...

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Taxes on land purchases in Phl

Published: 10/26/2020

In his book Principles of Political Economy (1848), John Stuart Mill said, “Landlords grow rich in their sleep without working, risking or economizing.” Even without introducing improvements on land, its value is not likely to diminish over time; but may, in fact, increase especially if it is lo...

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Rape even if child victim consented to the sexual intercourse

Published: 11/01/2020

Dear PAO, I read in the news about a six-year-old child who was sexually abused by her father, who claimed that their sexual intercourse was with the child’s consent. Does this mean that the father cannot be held liable for any crime? Skylar Dear Skylar, Republic Act (RA) 8353, or more commonly kn...

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