“Peace in Mindanao is last”
KAPAYAPAAN sa Mindanao, maaabot na, ayon kay Pangulong Arroyo sa kanyang talumpati sa Datu Odin Sinsuat sa lalawigan ng Shariff Kabunsuan noong isang araw, pero mukhang ito ay hindi pa din magkakaroon ng kaganapan kahit matapos na ang kanyang term of office sa 2010.
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ANSWERED QUERIES

Citibank scored for coercive style of collection efforts, and for demanding payment for an obligation not assumed by a credit card holder

QUESTION: Good day, may credit card po ako, sometime last year, may tumawag po sa akin nagtanong po ng mga pngalan ng mga kapatid ko, from citibank raw po cya, then bibigyan raw po nya ng supplementary card, sabi ko wag at di rin magagamit, ang sagot po nya ay ok lang gawin n lang remembrance and wala naman po sya sinabi na after one year may membership fee ito. Read All | Post Question

 

TANONG AT SAGOT

BY JUDGE ANGELINA DOMINGO-MAURICIO (RET.) Titling fees over lands sold in a subdivision project are to be paid depending on the agreement of the parties

QUESTION: Dear Classmate Batas, hello! Greetings from your classmate PP Danny Clemente. I hope and pray that you and your family are in a Pink state of health. I just would like to refer to you the problem of a friend of mine who purchased a subdivision lot in installment basis. Read All | Post Question

 

LEGALLY YOURS

BY ATTY. MARISA MAURICIO-PANOTES Correcting a wrong letter in a family name can now be done without filing a court case

QUESTION: Sa Maynila po ako ipinanganak ang pangalang naisulat sa aking Birth Certificate ( NSO & City Civil Registrar Office) is : Denis O. Salonga. Read All | Post Question

 

IMMIGRATION CORNER BY JOSEPH CHRISTOPHER M. PANOTES BI ACCREDITED L188 (2007)/091 (2008)

ANNOUNCEMENT TO ALL FOREIGNERS WHO WISH TO RESIDE IN THE PHILIPPINES AND TO THOSE FORMER FILIPINO CITIZENS WHO WISH TO RETURN TO THE COUNTRY, THE BATAS MAURICIO LAW OFFICE, A DULY ACCREDITED LAW OFFICE OF THE BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION, OFFERS FREE CONSULTATION AND ASSISTANCE REGARDING IMMIGRATION MATTERS. FOR QUERIES, PLEASE CALL (02) 433-7553, (02) 433-7549, 0917-9842468 AND 0927-2770320. FOR DETAILS CLICK HERE

CLEAN, HONEST, ORDERLY AND PEACEFUL ELECTIONS VOWED Newly installed Commissioner Lucenito N. Tagle Jr. of the Commission on Elections vowed to pursue clean, honest, orderly and peaceful elections in the Philippines, during a speech he delivered at the monthly regular membership meeting of the Philippine Constitution Association or PHILCONSA, held at the Manila Hotel this afternoon, July 22, 2008. Tagle, who has just barely retired as an associate justice from the Court of Appeals, is shown here for a souvenir shot with Atty. Batas Mauricio, former Agrarian Reform Secretary Conrado Estrella, and top businessman Alfonso Yuchengco of the YGC Group of Companies, who are all PHILCONSA members.

ANG MGA VERBAL NA UTOS NG ISANG HUKOM AY HINDI SAPAT NA BATAYAN UPANG KUMILOS ANG ISANG SHERIFF AT IPATUPAD ANG DESISYON NG HUKUMAN.

PAPAANO NAISASAKATUPARAN ANG PAGBABAGO NG MGA PANGUNAHING KONDISYONES NG ISANG OBLIGASYON? Read full story

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BATAS SA LATIN

 QUAE AB INITIO NON VALENT, EX POST FACTO CONVALESCERE NON POSSUNT

Sa Ingles, things invalid from the beginning cannot be made valid by subsequent act.

Sa Pilipino, ang mga bagay na walang bisa sa umpisa pa lamang ay hindi magkakaroon o mabibigyan ng bisa sa pamamagitan ng mga susunod na pagkilos.

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Rediscovering Parker W Borg, the diplomat, educator, Peace Corps volunteer and friend

IT'S GREAT to be back here in this burgeoning city of Port Moresby after a month-long holiday in Metro Manila where driving through the traffic grid and its pollution is at its worst and getting a rare pleasant ride at the now-sardine-packed MRT and LRT has become a daily nightmare. Read More ___________________________________________________________

Panay Flashflood of the Century (2)

"JUST Signal No. 1!" Mizel Salonza told her daughter and her father when they inquired from her about the coming typhoon. Mizel is a 40-year old mother from Numancia, Aklan, and has a young daughter. She had just watched on television the late Friday night edition (June 20, 2008) of a newscast about a coming typhoon. Read More

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All in the Family

IN AN age where just about everything is powered by electrical energy, it is no wonder that the stage has been set for total -- or perhaps absolute -- control of the Philippines' energy industry. The ongoing battle for control of Meralco -- the country's largest distributor of electric power -- is just the tip of the iceberg. Read More

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