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Dec 22, 2023
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....
Oct 28, 2023
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....
Mar 18, 2022
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....
Mar 11, 2022
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....
Oct 27, 2020
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....