Last week, I saw a video with an interesting “Jollibee Scandal” caption. I chose to forget about it; then I saw the post of Talentado, which pointed to the post of Abe. From there, I got real curious. A simple Google search led me to a number of blogs, including that of Mike Abundo, discussing [...]

Be honest, even if others are not; even if others will not; even if others cannot. I noticed these words, plastered on a billboard, in one of my out-of-town court hearings. No life-changing flow of thought occurred at that very moment, maybe because I was busy praying that the tricycle I hired reach the airport [...]

What’s the difference between “Good morning, sir” and “Sir, morning na”? Well, the latter may mean lots of things, one of which is sexual harassment. I know there are hotter issues of these days, but in the meantime, let’s shift and set our hands on sexual harassment (pun intended). Republic Act 7877, also known as [...]

In 2004, Rep. Imee Marcos filed a bill (HB00330; I don’t know its status) seeking to extinguish the penalty of imprisonment and to impose higher fines for offenders of the crime of libel. The accompanying explanation states that the imposition of a more reasonable set of fines for offenders of the crime of libel is [...]

In an Administrative Order recently issued by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), stores are now prohibited from imposing any extra charges, on top of the cash price, for purchases of consumer goods or services using credit card, automated teller machine (ATM) cards and debit cards. In other words, stores cannot impose any extra [...]

This is a picture of yesterday’s beautiful sunrise from our law firm’s balcony. This has been a familiar sight for the past 6 months. It’s already dawn and I’m all set – all set to go home.

Well, not exactly like the old amnesty. The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has extended, until 22 December 2006, the “One-Time Administrative Abatement” of all penalties/surcharges and interest on all delinquent accounts and assessments. The guidelines are spelled out in Revenue Regulation 15-2006. We will discuss this later at the Forum.