Daily Serving of Legal Matters

Were you able to receive information of impending natural calamities that would hit in your area at a very specific date and time?   And this information comes with horrifying details of how massive the destruction would be?   And this information turned to be a HOAX? Taken from bing images.   I, too, am one of the recipients of this kind of information.   Even if the same be found to be untrue, but it would still cause us to be panic and worried of the impending disaster. Even if someone doubted the veracity of an impending natural disaster, he would not take any chances.   Surely, he would resend the information to as many relatives, friends and to all persons he cares just to provide them a sort of a warning.   Thus, it would sometimes cause commotion of people fleeing and going to safer grounds in a split of seconds.   Worse, it would sometimes lead to stampede that would injure countless of people. Despite the effort of ...

Planning to grab "PESO-FARE" promos of your favorite airline this 2015?  Better check this post for your guidance of declared holidays in 2015. As early as July 17, 2014, President Benigno S. Aquino III has signed Proclamation No. 831, series of 2014 declaring regular holidays, special (non-working) days, and special holidays (for all schools) in the year 2015. A. Regular Holidays New Year’s Day - 1 January (Thursday) Maundy Thursday - 2 April Good Friday - 3 April Araw ng Kagitingan - 9 April (Thursday) Labor Day - 1 May (Friday) Independence Day - 12 June (Friday) National Heroes Day - 31 August (Last Monday of August) Bonifacio Day - 30 November (Monday) Christmas Day - 25 December (Friday) Rizal Day - 30 December (Wednesday) B. Special (Non-Working) Days Chinese New Year - 19 February (Thursday) Black Saturday - 4 April Ninoy Aquino Day - 21 August (Friday)...

Wikipedia defines abortion as  the termination of  pregnancy  by the removal or expulsion from the  uterus  of a  fetus  or  embryo  before  viability .   An abortion can occur spontaneously, in which case it is often called a  miscarriage , or it can be purposely  induced . The term  abortion  most commonly refers to the induced abortion of a human pregnancy ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion ). This picture is taken from this site  http://www.advocatesoflife.com/graphicabortionimages.htm In the Philippines, abortion is penalized under the Revised Penal Code of the Philippines.  It is not legal and therefore any person who promotes this act shall be penalized. Based on the Revised Penal Code, the criminal act of abortion may be termed as INTENTIONAL or UNINTENTIONAL ABORTION. Article 256 of the Revised Penal Code states the penalty for any person committing an intentional abortio...

Let's go public service this time.  The Department of Science and Technology or DOST has posted this post in the website of the Official Gazette of the Philippines.  It simply explains how HABAGAT or Southwest Monsoon is formed.

Article 176 of the of Executive Order Number 209 or otherwise known as The Family Code of the Philippines specifically mentions that: "Illegitimate children shall use the SURNAME and shall be under the parental authority of their mother, and shall be entitled to support in conformity with the Family Code.  The legitime of each illegitimate child shall consist of one-half of the legitime of a legitimate child." This provision of law states two things.  One is with regard to the surname of the mother that shall be used by the illegitimate child and the other is all about the share of each of the illegitimate child in the estate of her/his parents. However, with the enactment of Revilla Law or Republic Act Number 9255 in 2004, the provision on article 176 of the Family Code of the Philippines has been amended allowing the illegitimate children to use the SURNAME of their FATHER. A picture of a Certificate of Live Birth taken from bing images. Who would be...

This is the statement of Department of Budget of Management (DBM) Secretary Florencio "Butch" Abad on his offer to resign resignation following the declaration of the Supreme Court of the Philippines important parts of the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP).  Said letter was published on Thursday, August 12, 2014 in the website of the Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines (http://www.gov.ph/2014/07/12/statement-by-abad-on-his-resignation/ ). His resignation, however, was not accepted by President Aquino. A picture of Sec. Abad taken from google.com On Thursday , I tendered my resignation from my position as DBM Secretary to the President. This was not without thought or reflection. In the wake of the controversy surrounding the DAP—especially after the adverse Supreme Court ruling that declared parts of the program unconstitutional—it became clear to me that I must abide by the highest standards of accountability that we in the ...

As reported by Louis Bacani on July 8, 2014 in the website of the Philippine Star ( http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2014/07/08/1343862/proposed-servando-act-seeks-total-ban-frat-hazing ) , Valenzuela Representative Sherwin Gatchalian proposed a "Servando Act" in Congress which aims to ban totally hazing in a fraternity. A photo taken from website of the Philippine Star.  A police officer is shown here inspecting the paddles seized from the alleged members of a fraternity.        A Servando Act is a House Bill No. 4714 filed by Rep. Gatchalian that would replace the Anti-Hazing Law following the death of College of St. Benilde (CSB) student Guillo Cesar Servando.  In this connection, the proposed bill is named after Servando. Accordingly, this new bill would give more teeth to the present law regulating hazing. The current Anti-Hazing Law or Republic Act No. 8049 has been proven toothless in not only preventi...