Blog Posts on philippine law
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The (non)necessity of executing a waiver to disclose bank deposits by public officers and employees by subiclawyer on May 23, 2012All these hoopla and hullabaloo about the issue of requiring all government employees and officials, especially the cabinet secretaries, members of Congress and the judiciary, to execute a waiver allowing the opening up and/or disclosure of their ban...
China’s claims over Spratly Islands and Scarborough Shoal and its inconsistent precedents and different standards on territorial negotiations by subiclawyer on May 11, 2012China adopts different standards throughout territorial negotiations with its neighbours. As a result, it does not have a consistent set of policies to decide how to settle these disagreements with its neighbours, particularly when it comes to mariti...
The Bouncing Check Law and valid cause for a "stop payment" by subiclawyer on Apr 13, 2012What may constitute valid cause or good reason to legally justify “stop payment” of a check under Batas Pambansa (BP) Blg. 22?The law enumerates the elements of BP Blg. 22 to be (1) the making, drawing, and issuance of any check to apply for acco...
Motorcycle Lane by My Blogbook on Mar 10, 2012Just this morning, I witnessed 2 Jollibee delivery motorcycles racing each other. So irresponsible. And that even happened in front of my son's school. Good thing it was not dismissal time yet, students are still inde the classroom. The government...
The coal-fired thermal power plant, the Subic Watershed Forest Reserve and the Writ of Kalikasan by subiclawyer on Feb 4, 2012In 1992, then President CORAZON C. AQUINO, issued Proclamation No. 926 to “withdraw from sale, entry, settlement, exploitation, exploration and other forms of disposition, subject to private rights, if any there be, and set aside and declare Subic...
Of natural calamities, laws and political will: The typhoon Sendong story by subiclawyer on Dec 25, 2011The typhoon “Sendong” story in Cagayan de Oro -- that tragically claimed, as of last count, at least a thousand lives -- has become a cyclical phenomenon throughout the country for the past decade: Ormoc, Aurora, even Marikina, to name a few.&nbs...
A comprehensive cyberspace law as an incontrovertible necessity in the Philippines by subiclawyer on Nov 27, 2011In 1999, as a law student, I co-authored a legal paper calling for the enactment of a comprehensive cyberspace law in the Philippines. There were just a handful of email services at that time, ICQ was the social networking site aside from the IRC, th...
Anti-Epal Bill (Full Copy) by Random Encounters of a Chocolate Addict on Nov 7, 2011epal (adj.) /eh-pahl/ A person who goes into a situation wherein his presence is not needed or in a place he does not belong. This person may be annoying or not in that instance. One who likes to butt in on others a very annoying person; a pers...
The relationship test and the nature of the controversy test in determining intra-corporate disputes by subiclawyer on Oct 29, 2011In the landmark case of STRADEC vs. SIDC, et. al. (GR No. 187872), the Supreme Court has modified and modernized the test in determining intra-corporate disputes by applying both the relationship test and the nature of the controversy test.The ruling...
Anti-Angry Birds Bill by JuansLife.com on Oct 1, 2011After Anti-Planking, Lawmaker Proposes Anti-Angry Birds Bill. MANILA, Philippines – Quezon City Rep. Winston Castelo did not rest on his laurels. After proposing House Bill 5316 or the anti-planking bill, the lawmaker is proposing House Bill 5379 o...
