Expanded Jurisdiction
AFTER 40 years, Batas Pambansa (BP) Blg. 129 is now amended through a new law, Republic Act (RA) No. 11576 or the Judiciary Reorganization...
The age of consent
ONE OF THE participants in our Zoom meeting shared his thoughts about the pandemic. He said that being in our home is a blessing...
The Finale
THE PRESIDENT delivered his sixth and final State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday afternoon, July 26.
Included in the President’s SONA were the...
Real intentions
THE 1987 Philippine Constitution does not grant the vice president of the Philippines immunity from suit. Only the president is immune from suit and...
Waste Philippine Sea
OTHER than intruding in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), Chinese ships have also been dumping raw sewage into the waters of the Philippines’ exclusive...
The crime of plunder
ON MONDAY, former senator Antonio Trillanes IV accused President Rodrigo Duterte and Sen. Bong Go of committing plunder worth P6.6 billion of government contracts...
Everybody’s business
FEW OF THE ways we can keep in touch these days are thru video conferencing, online hearings, and virtual meetings. These are the consequences...
Challenges in International Arbitration
SINCE last year, I’ve been part of a few discussions with arbitral institutions on international arbitration. One of these discussions is with the Singapore...
Crime against humanity
LAST WEEK, my column article was about the genocide case which took place during the Bosnian War in the early ‘90s. The perpetrator was...
Episode of genocide
ONE OF the recent genocide cases is that of Ratko Mladic. He was charged with genocide when he led the Bosnian Serb forces during...