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The Supreme Court has upheld the validity of the Organic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) but declared the Province of Sulu not part of the BARMM after the province rejected the law’s ratification. The Decision is immediately executory.

Read more at: https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/sc-upholds-validity-of-bangsamoro-organic-law-declares-sulu-not-part-of-bangsamoro-region/

SC Clarifies Application of Substitute Parental Authority under Family Code

When parental authority is granted solely to the mother, as in the case of illegitimate children, the substitute parental authority shall be exercised by grandparents or the other persons specified in the Family Code.

Read the article at: http://palasanlaw.com/sc-clarifies-application-of-substitute-parental-authority-under-family-code/

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The Supreme Court has declared that red-tagging, vilification, labelling, and guilt by association threaten a person’s right to life, liberty, or security, which may justify the issuance of a writ of amparo.

READ: https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/sc-red-tagging-threatens-right-to-life-liberty-and-security/

SC: Illegally Dismissed Probationary Employees Entitled to Backwages from Time Compensation Withheld up to Actual Reinstatement

Backwages due illegally dismissed probationary employees are not limited to the unexpired portion of the probationary period but cover the time when compensation was withheld up to reinstatement.

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SC: Employment Termination Due to HIV Illegal

Affirming the State’s promise to protect Filipino workers here and abroad, the Court ruled that it is illegal to fire an employee solely for testing positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Read the article at: http://palasanlaw.com/sc-employment-termination-due-to-hiv-illegal/

SC Reminds Judges, Lawyers to Use Gender-Fair Language

A judge and a prosecutor were called out by the Supreme Court for using non-gender-fair language in the course of an annulment case.

Read the article at: http://palasanlaw.com/sc-reminds-judges-lawyers-to-use-gender-fair-language/

SC Denies Petition Challenging PUV Modernization Program

The Supreme Court has denied the petition seeking to nullify the Department of Transportation’s (DOTr) “Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program” (PUVMP).

Read the article at: http://palasanlaw.com/sc-denies-petition-challenging-puv-modernization-program/

SC Dismisses Bukidnon RTC Court Stenographer for Promising Dismissal of Case in Exchange for Money

The Supreme Court has dismissed a court stenographer who solicited money from the mother of an accused in exchange for the dismissal of the criminal case.

Read the article at: http://palasanlaw.com/sc-dismisses-bukidnon-rtc-court-stenographer-for-promising-dismissal-of-case-in-exchange-for-money/

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1. Title Transfer/ Conveyance of Title
2. Due Diligence or Title Verification
3. Assistance in Settlement or Payment of Real Estate Property Tax
4. Cancellation of Annotations on Title
5. Verification of Property Location
6. Assitance in Consolidation / Subdivision of Title

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1. Extra-Judicial Settlement of Estate of Real Properties
2. Assistance in Re-issuance of Owner’s Duplicate of Title (Lost Title)
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Results of the 2023 Bar Examinations Justice Ramon Paul L. Hernando, 2023 Bar Chair, announces the Results of the 2023 Bar Examinations.

SC Affirms Sandiganbayan Dismissal of Complaint for ill-Gotten Wealth Recovery Against Lucio Tan, et al.

As the party seeking recovery, the Republic has the burden of proving, through preponderance of evidence, allegations in civil cases filed to recover unlawfully acquired property or ill-gotten wealth.

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SC Sets Guidelines for Establishing Validity of Administrative Warrants

In a 65-page Decision penned by Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo, the Supreme Court En Banc resolved the issue of the constitutional validity of administrative warrants to allow prospective litigants a reasonable opportunity to adjust their future actions to avoid any situation where laws or private rights may be breached.

Read the article at: https://bit.ly/3sp1oDB

SC: Theory on Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome Can Help in Determining Credibility of Child R**e Victims

Read the article at: https://bit.ly/3Qg7Iqb

Lawyer Galahad Pe Benito advised his experienced colleagues to respect the newbies in the profession and not to bully them.

All of them were newbies once, he said, and it’s good if the young lawyers will have good memories of their older colleagues.

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SC: BDO Negligent for Allowing Unauthorized Withdrawals

The RTC ruled that BDO, through its employees, failed to fulfill its obligation to treat the accounts of its customers, particularly Seastres, with meticulous care and extraordinary diligence. BDO, together with Nakanishi, BDO People Support Branch Head, and Duldulao, BDO Rufino Branch Head, were thus ordered to pay Seastres over PhP8,000,000.00 in actual and moral damages, attorney’s fees, and costs of suit. The Court also ordered Benaje to indemnify and pay BDO, Nakanishi, and Duldulao.

Read the article at: https://bit.ly/46HoPGN

SC Sentences Two Human Traffickers to Life Imprisonment for Prostituting Minors

The accused were floor managers of a bar in Cavite where they hired victims AAA and BBB, both 15 years old, and PPP and GGG, both aged 18, and other young girls in their early 20s. Following a tip that prostitution was taking place in the bar, undercover agents went into the bar as customers on October 10, 2014. There, Gumba and Rellma told the undercover agents that they could pay to have sexual in*******se with the girls in the bar’s VIP room, for the price of PhP1,500.00 per girl.

Read the article at: https://bit.ly/3tlzSqI