The Supreme Court... recently passed the Code of Professional Responsibility and Accountability with specific provisions on the responsible use of social mediaSocial media are forms of electronic communication by which users create online communities to share information, ideas, Read More....
All the president's booksBy Saul Hofileña Jr.BOOKS are like spoons; once invented, they cannot be bettered, said the Italian polymath, Umberto Eco. Some may think that Eco's words are no longer true because of the internet. However, an everlasting medium for storing information Read More....
16 is the new age of sexual consent
By: Tranquil G.S. Salvador III
“The need to protect children from all forms of abuse is consistent with the State’s duty to uphold human rights.”
The enactment of Republic Act No. 11648, which raises the age of sexual consent to 16 y Read More....
Character
as evidenceBy: Tranquil
G.S. Salvador III “While
the real character of a person is not determined by his reputation, it can be
used to prove character evidence in court.”Character
is defined as the “qualities of mind and morals possessed by a person which
d Read More....
Barely two years after its enactment, the effectiveness of Republic Act 11203 or the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) has again been thrust into the spotlight. The RTL, which was passed into law last February 2019, removed the quantitative restriction (QR) or import ban on rice to ma Read More....