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		<title>Who will you Vote for President in May 2010?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a little over two months, we will have our national and local elections. Some personalities and certain events have made the May 2010 elections very interesting. Each candidate say he/she is the better choice. No surprise in that. Perhaps what&#8217;s surprising is what you&#8217;d say to explain why we should or should not vote [...]


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<li><a href='http://attyatwork.com/the-race-for-the-2010-presidential-elections-is-on/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The Race for the 2010 Presidential Elections is On'>The Race for the 2010 Presidential Elections is On</a></li>
<li><a href='http://attyatwork.com/election-chicken-egg/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Election Chicken or Egg'>Election Chicken or Egg</a></li>
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		<title>Let the Next President Appoint the Next Chief Justice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(This is a statement issued by the members of the Faculty of the College of Law, University of the Philippines. Reproduced from the UP Law website. What do you think? Your comments below.)
Maintain Fealty to the Rule of Law: Let the Next President Appoint the Next Chief Justice

Statement of Members of the Faculty, UP College [...]


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<li><a href='http://attyatwork.com/congratulations-chief-justice-puno/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Congratulations, Chief Justice Reynato Puno!'>Congratulations, Chief Justice Reynato Puno!</a></li>
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		<link>http://attyatwork.com/let-the-next-president-appoint-the-next-chief-justice/</link>
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		<title>Christmas 2009: Greetings to Everyone!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Time flies really fast. It seems only yesterday when we buckled down to start working real hard for 2009. After facing the toughest exams of their lives, bar examinees eagerly await the release of the results in a few weeks. In what seems like an eternity for some critics, the 2010 election in May is [...]


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<li><a href='http://attyatwork.com/it-is-christmas/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: It is Christmas'>It is Christmas</a></li>
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		<link>http://attyatwork.com/christmas-2009-greetings-to-everyone/</link>
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		<title>Should Pres. Gloria Arroyo run in House of Representatives?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s start this discussion with a brief backgrounder on the three branches of government. The Judiciary is headed by the Chief Justice. The Legislature is divided into the Senate (President of the Senate) and the House of Representatives (Speaker of the House). The executive department is headed by the President. 
It&#8217;s not unusual for members [...]


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<li><a href='http://attyatwork.com/watching-the-2009-supreme-court/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Watching the 2009 Supreme Court'>Watching the 2009 Supreme Court</a></li>
<li><a href='http://attyatwork.com/let-the-next-president-appoint-the-next-chief-justice/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Let the Next President Appoint the Next Chief Justice'>Let the Next President Appoint the Next Chief Justice</a></li>
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		<link>http://attyatwork.com/should-pres-gloria-arroyo-run-in-house-of-representatives/</link>
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		<title>Just Another Day in a Lawyer&#8217;s Work: Maguindanao Massacre</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have a previous post entitled: Do you [still] want to become a lawyer. Law students are always told to stand their ground even under fire. A recent incident should perhaps give serious pause to those wanting to become lawyers. This is more than surviving the fire and pressure in the classroom or the courtroom, [...]


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<li><a href='http://attyatwork.com/what-happens-to-the-employees-of-shariff-kabunsuan/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: What happens to the employees of Shariff Kabunsuan?'>What happens to the employees of Shariff Kabunsuan?</a></li>
<li><a href='http://attyatwork.com/work-burn-out-fighting-work-the-phantom-menace/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Work burn-out: Fighting this phantom menace'>Work burn-out: Fighting this phantom menace</a></li>
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		<link>http://attyatwork.com/just-another-day-in-a-lawyers-work/</link>
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		<title>Using the Power of your Vote on the Divorce Issue (or any other Issue)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is an issue, together with other more important issues, that should be discussed nearer to May 2010, when national and local elections are scheduled. Two events, however, reminded me to write about it sooner.
First, in my discussion with Dean Amado Valdes during a TV show on whether President Estrada is eligible to run again, [...]


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<li><a href='http://attyatwork.com/divorce-a-call-for-arguments/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Divorce &#8211; a call for arguments'>Divorce &#8211; a call for arguments</a></li>
<li><a href='http://attyatwork.com/election-chicken-egg/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Election Chicken or Egg'>Election Chicken or Egg</a></li>
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		<link>http://attyatwork.com/using-the-power-of-your-vote-on-the-divorce-issue-or-any-other-issue/</link>
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		<title>Good to be Back</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whew! It was one of the longest days of my life (ok, two days to be exact). Maybe many of you are wondering why the AttyAtWork was inaccessible for the last two days. More importantly, maybe many of you are wondering why some of the posts, both the main posts and comments, have vanished into [...]


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<li><a href='http://attyatwork.com/using-the-power-of-your-vote-on-the-divorce-issue-or-any-other-issue/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Using the Power of your Vote on the Divorce Issue (or any other Issue)'>Using the Power of your Vote on the Divorce Issue (or any other Issue)</a></li>
<li><a href='http://attyatwork.com/can-former-president-joseph-estrada-run-as-president-in-2010/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Can former President Joseph Estrada run as President in 2010?'>Can former President Joseph Estrada run as President in 2010?</a></li>
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		<link>http://attyatwork.com/good-to-be-back/</link>
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		<title>What would you do as a Credit Card Company?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There seems to be a consensus that certain practices of some credit card collection agencies go beyond what is fair and reasonable, something which is officially recognized when no less than the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas issued the rules prohibiting certain unfair collection practices. For a change of perspective, put yourself into the shoes of [...]


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<li><a href='http://attyatwork.com/cash-price-vs-credit-card-price/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Cash price vs. credit card price'>Cash price vs. credit card price</a></li>
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		<link>http://attyatwork.com/what-would-you-do-as-a-credit-card-company/</link>
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		<title>Holiday Economics in the Philippines</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We celebrate holidays to commemorate an event or a person of special significance to the country. While the declaration of holidays is supposed to bring unity, it sometimes results to confusion in the workplace, even if unintended.
Rationalizing national holidays
Republic Act No. (“R.A.”) 9492 was passed in 2007, reflecting the practice of moving certain holidays to [...]


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<li><a href='http://attyatwork.com/computation-of-pay-for-holidays-regular-special-non-working/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Computation of pay for holidays: Regular, special non-working, special working'>Computation of pay for holidays: Regular, special non-working, special working</a></li>
<li><a href='http://attyatwork.com/national-regular-and-special-holidays-for-2008-in-the-philippines/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: National Regular and Special Holidays for 2008 in the Philippines'>National Regular and Special Holidays for 2008 in the Philippines</a></li>
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		<link>http://attyatwork.com/holiday-economics-in-the-philippines/</link>
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		<title>Is Eid&#8217;l Adha a Regular National Holiday?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The month of November contains 3 national holidays, with 2 long weekends. The first long weekend is All Saints&#8217; Day in November 1 and the additional special non-working holiday in November 2 declared by the President under Proclamation 1699. That&#8217;s from October 31 to November 2 (Saturday to Monday). The second long weekend is from [...]


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<li><a href='http://attyatwork.com/holiday-economics-in-the-philippines/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Holiday Economics in the Philippines'>Holiday Economics in the Philippines</a></li>
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		<link>http://attyatwork.com/is-eidl-adha-a-regular-national-holiday/</link>
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