La Vida Lawyer

Is appointing a fixer as COMELEC COMMISSIONER illegal? Is buying election returns illegal? is kidnapping an election official's family t...

Michael Buble is no Frank Sinatra. I don't even think Buble can do justice to Matt Monro's "Speak Softly Love", the only o...

"...I demand to know what moral authority you have to conscript my loyalty as a citizen. As I said a couple of months ago, I refuse to ...

A client of ours, a wholesaler and retailer of computer parts and accessories, received a subpoena from the National Telecommunications Comm...

Don't believe Bunye when he says that GMA blah blah blah wants to implement the EVAT immediately. I read the Supreme Court decision on ...

Today we begin a series on Famous Trials of the Philippines. This is not intended as a scholarly study of these trials but rather a mere re-...

Huwad na eleksyon Kick-back at kumisyon Suhol, lagay, Graft and corruption Ano ang solusyon Ang sabi ng leksyon Ika ay values education Huwa...

Today is September 8 birthday of the Virgin Mother and a late friend NVM Gonzalez, National Artist for Literature and fellow Mindoreno. I wa...

I spent last night and the entire morning till noon today listening to the speeches of the congressmen as they explained their votes on the ...

We come from all walks of life, from different political, cultural, and economic persuasions, different points of view. But in diversity, we...

Today, the Supreme Court upheld the E-VAT Law as valid and constitutional. But it also maintained the temporary restraining order against it...

Sun Tzu says, "Do not press an enemy at bay." It is strange to have a client who will hire you to sue herself. Politicians can be ...

My wife and I are opening a children’s library to address the needs of the new generation to rediscover the pleasure of reading books. We to...

“The Revolution failed because it was badly directed, because its leader won his post not with praiseworthy but with blameworthy acts, becau...

I'd like to post the last paragraph of William Esposo's column today in the INQ7.net, if he doesn't mind. I'm close to tears...

Two years ago, I summed up my list of Ten Best Lawyers in the Philippines. Today, the number 8 man on my list hit the headlines: Saklolo Lea...

I took this photo on December 30, 2003, the day Senator Roco filed his certificate of candidacy for President, and also my wife's last d...

Zuce's affidavit states that "Upon arrival at PGMAs residence, they were brought to a lower level where the dinner tables had alrea...

Two words: "Travel Reports." Every government official who is sent to "out-of-town" meetings is required to make a trave...

Sun Tzu says. "All warfare is deception." Whoever advised the President to take the charter change to the top of the agenda has em...

I might not have internet connection to join the Blogs ofthe Round Table this morning as I need to be in Tarlac by 11:00 am. So I'm post...

Sun Tzu says, "Those who are skilled in warfare will always bring the enemy where they want to fight, and are not brought there by the ...

This crisis started, because somebody tapped Garcellano's cellphone.To muddle the issue, the pro-GMA camp also brought out Erap's ta...

Sun Tzu says, "If the enemy is strong, take something important from him and he will do as you please." The opposition might not h...

Sun Tzu says the king – or queen for that matter – should not meddle in the war. Thus we may know that there are five essentials for vic...

Ateneo Law School has recently released a statement on the Gloriagate Scandal. The Inquirer quotes Ateneo Law School Dean Cesar L. Villanuev...

My curiosity was sparked when Atty. Alfredo Tadiar once made a quip in one of those arbitration hearings I had with him a few years back. He...

Whoever advised the President to make the apology did poor intelligence work. Why did these adivsers ever think that the Filipinos would be ...

I had a final chance to be around Jaime Cardimal Sin before his retirement a couple of years ago. It was a Sunday Mariapolis event at Rizal ...

Sun Tzu says, "If you are strong, you attack. If you are weak, you defend." The President can still win the battle for public appr...