Monday, July 7, 2025

Key Points: 2019 Amendments to the Rules of Evidence

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REVISED RULES OF EVIDENCE (A.M. No. 19-08-15-SC, Effective May 1, 2020) — CONSOLIDATED KEY POINTS FOR FILIPINO TRIAL LAWYERS I. PURPOSE AND ...
Saturday, July 5, 2025

Preliminary Investigation: Serving Cyberlibel Subpoenas Abroad

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Procedures for Serving Cyberlibel Subpoenas Abroad in Philippine Preliminary Investigations SCENARIO: Cyberlibel complaint filed with City P...

Dual citizenship, naturalization, and loss of citizenship, specifically applicable to Filipino-Americans

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🇵🇭🇺🇸 DUAL CITIZENSHIP CLARIFIED: What Filipino-Americans Should Know in Light of Recent Concerns 🔬 The News: Why a Nobel-Winning Scient...

Gender Identity: Legal Gender Recognition in the Philippines; Jurisprudence; Analysis of Foreign Laws.

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Toward a Humane and Constitutional Framework for Legal Gender Recognition in the Philippines As the discourse surrounding gender identity ...
Friday, July 4, 2025

Cyberlibel vs. Libel; prescriptive period

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Cyberlibel Under Philippine Laws Cyberlibel in the Philippines is governed by Republic Act No. 10175, the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012,...
Thursday, July 3, 2025

Supreme Court should compel Congress to pass an anti-political dynasty law (Article II, Section 26, 1987 Constitution)

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RE: Petition to Compel Congress to Enact an Anti-Political Dynasty Law under Article II, Section 26 of the 1987 Constitution I. INTRODUCTIO...

Criminal Procedure: (1) the exhaustion of administrative remedies; (2) the non-interference by the judiciary in prosecutorial discretion; and (3) the constitutional limits of prejudicial publicity and perceived bias.

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Prosecutorial Autonomy and Procedural Discipline I. Introduction The Court of Appeals' dismissal of Cassandra Li Ong’s petition for cert...
Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Congress expressly recognized and legalized (de facto) municipalities (unconstitutionally) created by executive orders prior to the effectivity of the 1991 Local Government Code.

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🏛️ Municipality of San Narciso, Quezon v. Mendez, Sr., G.R. No. 103702, December 6, 1994 Ponente : Justice Jose Vitug Citation : Lawphil...

RA 10951 revised numerous penalty provisions in the Revised Penal Code (RPC) to reflect inflation and contemporary economic realities.

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10951 An Act Adjusting the Amount or the Value of Property and Damage on which a Penalty is Based and the Fines Imposed ...