Friday, June 12, 2009

Indigent

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In the late 1960s, certain laws, which are digested hereinbelow, were passed by the Philippine Congress to alleviate the financial burdens o...

Speedy trial; double jeopardy

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The recent case of DANTE T. TAN vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, G.R. No. 173637, April 21, 2009, deals with the issues of speedy trial and d...

Manny Villar

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Past Philippine Senate President (and hopefully the next Philippine President) Manny Villar -- who, like his supportive wife Rep. Cynthia ...
Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Pampilo N. Encarnacion

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EULOGY DELIVERED DURING THE FUNERAL VIGIL FOR THE LATE ATTY. PAMPILO N. ENCARNACION HELD ON JUNE 9, 2009 AT 8:00 PM AT PHILAMLIFE VILLAGE P...
Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Impunity

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In a previous blog, I condemned Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte for the continuing extrajudicial killings and disappearances in his city, ...
Saturday, June 6, 2009

Women

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In April 1985, right after my admission to the Philippine Bar, I was invited by Dean Neptali A. Gonzalez (deceased) of the Institute of Law ...

Automatic

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In 2002 the Philippine Supreme Court issued a Resolution providing that in administrative cases against justices of the Court of Appeals and...

Corrupt

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The recent 2009 Global Corruption Barometer Report of the Transparency International (TI) showed that 77 percent of Filipino respondents th...
Thursday, June 4, 2009

A loyal jurist

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Philippine Supreme Court Associate Justice Ma. Alicia Austria-Martinez is a loyal civil servant and jurist. She retired on April 30, 2009 f...
Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Internalize

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Below are excerpts from the words of wisdom coming from Justice Dante O. Tinga, chairperson of the Philippine Supreme Court committee on the...

Freedom to find out

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In my previous blogs, I discussed the urgency for the passage by the Philippine Congress of a pending bill entitled The Freedom of Informati...

Control

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In the case of Dolores S. Bago vs. Judge Ernesto P. Pagayatan, A.M. No. RTJ-07-2058 (Formerly OCA IPI No. 06-2422--RTJ), April 7, 2009, th...

Karma

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In the very fresh case of UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. MICHAEL RAY AQUINO, Case No. 07-3202, which was decided in February 2009, the US Cou...
Thursday, May 28, 2009

Negligence in issuing warrant of arrest

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In the case of AUREO G. BAYACA vs. JUDGE TRANQUILINO V. RAMOS, A.M. No. MTJ-07-1676, January 29, 2009 , the Philippine Supreme Court, inter ...

Oppressive law

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I find the Trust Receipts Law (P.D. No. 115) , one of the obnoxious legacies of the late dictator Pres. Ferdinand Marcos to the Filipino peo...