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Security of Tenure After Endo: Regularization, Contracting, and Illegal Dismissal
Security of tenure is not a slogan invented by picket lines. It is a constitutional policy. Article XIII, Section 3 of the 1987 Constitution affirms the right of workers to security of tenure, just and humane…
RA 9262 Protection Orders and Prosecutions: What Barangays, Courts, and Employers Must Do
Republic Act No. 9262, the Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004, remains the principal special law on intimate-partner and family violence against women and their children in the Philippines. It is both a…
The Writ of Kalikasan: Magnitude, Precaution, and How Environmental Cases Actually Move
Philippine environmental law is sometimes imagined as a collection of permits and denials at an office window. It is also a body of constitutional duty and extraordinary judicial writs. Article II of the 1987 Constitution declares…
The Philippine Competition Act for Boards and Deal Teams: Cartels, Dominance, and Merger Control
Philippine markets are full of family groups, conglomerates, trade associations, and exclusive-distribution habits that can be efficient or, in some cases, quietly collusive. Republic Act No. 10667, the Philippine Competition Act, enacted in 2015, established a…
The Maceda Law at Fifty: Grace Periods, Cash Surrender Value, and Notarial Cancellation
Buying a house and lot or a residential condominium on installment is, for many Filipino families, the largest financial decision of a lifetime. It is also a transaction in which the buyer’s bargaining power is usually…
One Person Corporations Under the Revised Corporation Code: Limited Liability Without Dummy Incorporators
For a long time, a Filipino who wanted limited liability without partners had an awkward choice: remain a sole proprietor, personally exposed, or recruit nominee incorporators to satisfy the old five-stockholder habit. The Revised Corporation Code…
RA 11930 and the Duty to Protect Children Online: Platforms, Payments, and Reporting
Few Philippine statutes carry heavier moral and penal weight than Republic Act No. 11930, the Anti-Online Sexual Abuse or Exploitation of Children and Anti-Child Sexual Abuse or Exploitation Materials Act. The law, enacted in 2022, updated…
The Safe Spaces Act After the Headlines: Streets, Workplaces, Schools, and Online Conduct
Public life in the Philippines is dense with commentary, jokes, street remarks, workplace banter, and online pile-ons. Some of that speech is protected. Some of it is cruelty dressed up as humor. Republic Act No. 11313,…
Ease of Paying Taxes Act: What RA 11976 Changes for Invoicing, VAT, and BIR Filing
Tax administration in the Philippines has long been described by businesses as a contest against forms, multiple venues, and the fear that a small invoicing error will mature into a large assessment. Republic Act No. 11976,…
The Data Privacy Act, Twelve Years On: What Philippine Organizations Still Get Wrong
Philippine companies, schools, hospitals, local governments, and even small professional firms now operate in an environment where personal data is both an everyday business asset and a regulated legal risk. The Data Privacy Act of 2012…
No New Flood Control Projects in 2027: Completing Unfinished Works After the Ghost-Project Scandal
When floodwaters rise in Tarlac, Pampanga, Bulacan, and Metro Manila, public frustration naturally focuses on pumps, drainage, roads, and rescue. But in 2026, flood politics became inseparable from corruption politics. Public reports now quote Senate Finance…
EDCOM 2 Warns Blanket Class Suspensions Are Deepening the Learning Crisis
In the Philippines, class suspensions are often treated as commonsense acts of caution, and in many situations they are exactly that. But a policy note from EDCOM 2, publicly discussed around 15 to 16 September 2026…
DFA Tells China to Leave Panganiban and Zamora Reefs
On 11 September 2026, the Department of Foreign Affairs publicly told China to cease what it described as the illegal occupation of Panganiban Reef, widely known internationally as Mischief Reef, and Zamora Reef, widely known as…
Red Alerts in the Visayas Grid: Power Shortages, Regulation, and Business Risk
Power alerts can seem like technical market notices until businesses start checking fuel for generators, households brace for rotating interruptions, and factories calculate lost production by the hour. That is why the red and yellow alerts…
Inflation at 6.1 Percent and Growth at 2.3 Percent: What the Numbers Mean for Households and Contracts
Economic statistics often sound remote until they begin to shape the cost of rice, transport, wages, debt payments, and the survival of small enterprises. That is why the latest official numbers deserve more than a passing…
Monsoon, Four Cyclones, and the Legal Architecture of Disaster Response
The combined effects of the enhanced southwest monsoon and tropical systems Luis, Maymay, Neneng, and Pilandok have once again reminded Filipinos that disaster law is not an abstract field studied only by officials and specialists. It…
DOE Certification Opens the Door to Fuel Excise Tax Relief
The debate over fuel taxes in the Philippines often resurfaces whenever pump prices climb sharply, but the issue became more legally immediate on 16 September 2026 after public reports that Energy Secretary Sharon Garin certified that…
After the MV June Aster Fire: Maritime Safety, Liability, and the Rights of Families
The fire aboard the MV June Aster on the evening of 9 September 2026 has become one of the most painful maritime tragedies in recent Philippine memory. Public reports place the incident at around 6:45 p.m.,…
Sixteen Votes or Fewer: The Senate Impeachment Threshold Debate
The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte has generated the kind of public-law debate that often appears technical at first glance but in fact reaches the heart of constitutional accountability. As of 16 September 2026,…
Supreme Court Directs Congress to Enact an Anti-Dynasty Law
On 16 September 2026, the Supreme Court of the Philippines, through spokesperson Camille Sue Mae Ting, announced that it had granted consolidated petitions for certiorari and mandamus seeking to compel Congress to pass the long-delayed law…