Hostages and hostage-taking. We’ve heard these words in the unfortunate incident in the past few days. If the hostage-taker survived and he is charged, it would not be “hostage-taking”. Let’s have a basic discussion on the appropriate charge. Continue reading ‘Hostage-taking, Kidnapping and Serious Illegal Detention’
Hostage-taking, Kidnapping and Serious Illegal Detention
Published by August 26th, 2010 in Criminal Law. 0 CommentsState of the Nation Address of President Benigno Aquino III (Official English Translation)
Published by July 26th, 2010 in Obiter/News. 3 Comments(Full text of President Aquino’s State of the Nation Address [SONA] delivered on 26 July 2010 before the Congress of the Philippines, Batasan Pambansa Complex, Quezon City. Official English translation courtesy of the Office of the President. Original Filipino version here.)
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President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino Inaugural Speech
Published by June 30th, 2010 in Elections and Constitutional Law. 0 CommentsFull English text of the Inaugural address delivered by President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III on June 30, 2010. Vice-President Jejomar “Jojo” Binay also took his office before Pres. Aquino. Continue reading ‘President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino Inaugural Speech’
30 June 2010 a Special Non-Working Holiday (Proclamation 2085)
Published by June 28th, 2010 in Litigation and Labor Law. 0 CommentsJust in case you still don’t know it yet — June 30, 2010 (Wednesday) is a national special non-working holiday for the inauguration of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and Vice-President Jejomar “Jojo” Binay. Here’s the full text of Proclamation No. 2085 (see also full inaugural speech of President Noynoy Aquino). Continue reading ’30 June 2010 a Special Non-Working Holiday (Proclamation 2085)’
No One can be Imprisoned for Non-Payment of Debt
Published by February 24th, 2010 in Banking, Criminal Law and Elections and Constitutional Law. 17 CommentsPerhaps you’ve heard someone making threats to file criminal cases against debtors who fail to pay. Yet you’ve heard the statement that no one can be imprisoned simply because of a debt. This is a basic principle and we thought we already have a discussion on this topic. We indeed have such discussion but we forgot to post it here. So here goes. Continue reading ‘No One can be Imprisoned for Non-Payment of Debt’
Proclamation 1959: Martial Law in Maguindanao
Published by December 6th, 2009 in Elections and Constitutional Law. 4 CommentsMALACAÑANG
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PROCLAIMING A STATE OF MARTIAL LAW AND SUSPENDING THE PRIVILEGE OF THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS IN THE PROVINCE OF MAGUINDANAO, EXCEPT FOR CERTAIN AREAS
WHEREAS, Proclamation No. 1946 was issued on 24 November 2009 declaring a state of emergency in the provinces of Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat and the City of Cotabato for the purpose of preventing and suppressing lawless violence in the aforesaid areas; Continue reading ‘Proclamation 1959: Martial Law in Maguindanao’
Appointive Officials Not Deemed Resigned upon Filing of CoC (Quinto vs. COMELEC)
Published by December 2nd, 2009 in Elections and Constitutional Law. 1 CommentThe rule in elections, as people know it, is that an appointed official is deemed automatically resigned from their positions once he/she files the Certificate of Candidacy (CoC) for any elective position. This rule on automatic resignation does not apply to elected officials. There is now a new rule. Appointed officials are NO longer deemed resigned upon the filing of the CoC. This is the ruling of the Supreme Court in Eleazar Quinto vs. COMELEC, G.R. No. 189698, 1 December 2009. Continue reading ‘Appointive Officials Not Deemed Resigned upon Filing of CoC (Quinto vs. COMELEC)’
No more Violations for Premature Campaigning
Published by November 27th, 2009 in Elections and Constitutional Law. 1 CommentPremature campaigning is now gone from our statute books. This is the effect of the Supreme Court resolution in Rosalinda Penera vs. Commission on Elections, G.R. No. 181613, 25 November 2009 (Justice Carpio, pontente). Continue reading ‘No more Violations for Premature Campaigning’
Revised Rule on Children in Conflict with the Law
Published by November 27th, 2009 in Criminal Law and Litigation and Labor Law. 0 CommentsAdministrative Matter No. 02-1-18-SC
REVISED RULE ON CHILDREN IN CONFLICT WITH THE LAW
Section 1. Applicability of the Rule. – This Rule shall apply to all criminal cases involving children in conflict with the law.
A child in conflict with the law is a person who at the time of the commission of the offense is below eighteen years old but not less than fifteen (15) years and one (1) day old.
This Rule shall not apply to a person who at the time of the initial contact as defined in Sec. 4(q) of this Rule shall have reached the age of eighteen (18) in which case, the regular rules on criminal procedure shall apply without prejudice to the rights granted under Secs. 53, 54, 55 and 56 of this Rule. Continue reading ‘Revised Rule on Children in Conflict with the Law’
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