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		<title>President Benigno &#8220;Noynoy&#8221; Aquino Inaugural Speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aquino]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Full 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. The original Filipino version of the Inaugural Address is here. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; His Excellency Jose Ramos Horta, Former President Fidel V. Ramos, Former President Joseph Estrada, Senate [...]
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		<title>No One can be Imprisoned for Non-Payment of Debt</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Atty. Fred</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps you&#8217;ve heard someone making threats to file criminal cases against debtors who fail to pay. Yet you&#8217;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 [...]
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		<title>Proclamation 1959: Martial Law in Maguindanao</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Atty. Fred</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MALACAÑANG Manila PROCLAMATION NO. 1959 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 [...]
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		<title>Appointive Officials Not Deemed Resigned upon Filing of CoC (Quinto vs. COMELEC)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Atty. Fred</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 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 [...]
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		<title>No more Violations for Premature Campaigning</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Atty. Fred</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Premature 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). Background of the applicable laws Section 80 of the Omnibus Election Code (“Election Code”) prohibits any person, whether a candidate or [...]
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		<title>Immunity from Suit of an International Organization and its Officers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Atty. Fred</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is the concept of sovereign immunity in international law? There are two conflicting concepts of sovereign immunity, according to the Supreme Court: (a) Classical or absolute theory &#8212; a sovereign cannot, without its consent, be made a respondent in the courts of another sovereign; and (b) Restrictive theory &#8212; the immunity of the sovereign [...]
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		<title>State of the Nation Address (SONA) 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:24:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jlp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Full text of the 2009 SONA. The State of the Nation Address or &#8220;SONA&#8221; is given by the President before a joint session of both houses of Congress, pursuant to Article VII, Section 23 of the 1987 Constitution, which reads: &#8220;The President shall address the Congress at the opening of its regular session. He may [...]
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		<title>Petitions assailing House Resolution No. 1109 dismissed by SC</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Atty. Fred</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court recently dismissed petitions to nullify House Resolution No. 1109, entitled &#8220;A Resolution Calling upon the Members of Congress to Convene for the Purpose of Considering Proposals to Amend or Revise the Constitution, Upon a Three-fourths Vote of All the Members of Congress&#8221;. (By way of background, House Resolution No. 1109 itself states [...]
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		<title>House Resolution 1109 (re: Constitutional Amendment or Revision)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Atty. Fred</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(The House of Representatives recently issued a resolution asking that members of Congress &#8212; which, in a bicameral set-up, is composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives &#8212; convene to consider amendments or revisions of the Constitution. A stated purpose is to highlight a justiciable controversy, to allow the Supreme Court to decide, [...]
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		<title>Right of Reply: Senate Bill 2150 and House Bill 3306</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Atty. Fred</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Another proposed law which is the subject if intense discussion is the Right of Reply Bill. Senate Bill 2150 and House Bill 3306 are currently being discussed, both in the Senate/House of Representatives and the community. Let&#8217;s hear your thoughts on this proposed law.) Senate Bill No. 2150 AN ACT GRANTING THE RIGHT OF REPLY [...]
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