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The link above takes you to a headline from abs-cbnnews.com. The story is about the merging of the legal teams of all pre-need victims to ...

CPR is maximum tolerance -- That was the official line of defense that the Government presented to the Supreme Court in the decision about t...

This post is a few days late, and before it becomes stale (what with the new Supreme Court decision declaring the calibrated Pre-emptive Re...

I have been studying the recent decision of the Supreme Court (click here for a copy) , and the accompanying PDI commentary (no online copy ...

The 2nd Philippine Blogging Summit shall be today, Tuesday, April 18 at the U.P. College of Law, U.P. Diliman, Quezon City from 9 am to 5 ...

I spent Black Saturday in Laiya Beach San Juan Batangas, and in between dips in the blue waters, I finished ten chapters of the book. Kazant...

I finished two chapters yesterday. Chapter 6 shows Jesus deciding to leave his mothers home to be with God in the desert monastery. In Chap...

This post is one day late, because I was caught in the frenzy of the last working day of the week yesterday. Chapter five is about Mother Ma...

This is the continuation of my reading of the Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantsakis. I had to drive early this morning to Cabanatua...

I finished three chapters yesterday, about half of the goal for the day, but adequate to get myself warmed up with the book. Kazantsakis...

The season of lent has come, and I begin a little project for my own spiritual formation (oh yes, lawyers get a conscience attack once in a ...

Continuing from yesterday's post, we were left with the allegation of the Complainant that the Respondent lawyer obtained USD20,000 from...

While browsing the Supreme Court website, I chanced upon this recent decision of the Supreme Court about a lawyer from the Bureau of Immigra...

SC Monitor is a new section of La Vida Lawyer where we will feature noted recent Supreme Court decisions published in the Supreme Court webs...

PCIJ Statement  IN an interview with ANC this afternoon, Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez said that that the government is monitoring the Phi...

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Inq7.net reports that Solicitor General Alfredo Benipayo has tendered his resignation effective April 1, 2006, thus ending his long and dis...

Ridiculous Propaganda Thanks to Rizalist who gave the link to the video of the Government-produced clip on Proc. No. 1017. I fell asleep mid...

MY COUNTRY IS STILL UNDER MARTIAL LAW Alan Paguia opines that, while GMA has lifted the declaration of state of emergency, she still has the...

The bright light from the abyss called the Philppine House of Representatives speaks on Proc. No. 1017, here. "  X X X She (GMA) cannot...

The alleged alliance between the CPP-NPA and the rightist coup plotters, which prompted the issuance of Proc. No 1017, is the most ridiculo...

Fort Bonifacio Live Blog from Rizalist Rizalist has live blog of the events in Fort Bonifacio in this post. Classes tomorrow in all levels h...

A Curious Turn of Events Marines Colonel Ariel Querubin, who a few days ago was falsely reported to have been arrested, is back in the news...

Cut and Paste Powers Atty. Edwin Lacierda writes about the motive behind Proc. No. 1017 in his blog.

NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS OF THE PHILIPPINES February 26, 2006 For a few years now, the global media community has acknowledged the Phil...

From PCIJ DAILY Tribune publisher Ninez Cacho-Olivarez wrote this after police raided the Tribune office today. The publisher’s note wil...

CHR: THERE IS STILL NO MARTIAL LAW. From a Manila Times report.   A certain Ed Diansuy, of the Commission on Human Rights, said the privileg...

Cong. Beltran arrested Partylist Congressman Crispin Beltran, his wife and five other companions were arrested this afternoon by policemen ...

I sent an SMS to a former high school friend who is now a congressman, about my opinion that Congress has to step in to review Proc. No. 101...

From INQ7.net. My own sources have confirmed Billy Esposo's premises in his analysis. I just hope he missed out something for, God for...