Archive for February, 2007

Additional Rules on Temporary Restraining Orders (TRO) on Foreclosures of Real Estate Mortgage

The Supreme Court has issued additional guidelines on the issuance of temporary restraining orders or writs of preliminary injunctions enjoining foreclosures of real estate mortgages. The additional rules will take effect on March 10, 2007.
Here’s the full text of AM No. 99-10-05-O (Re: Procedure in Extrajudicial Or Judicial Foreclosure of Real Estate Mortgages, [...]

Rape: insertion of a finger into the genital or anus of another

Republic Act 8353 (R.A. 8353) or the “Anti-Rape Act of 1997″, which amended Chapter III, Title 8 of the Revised Penal Code, expanded the definition of rape. The crime of rape now includes the insertion of the penis into another person’s mouth or anal orifice, or any other instrument or “object”, into the genital or [...]