For those who are wondering why most lawyers stick to a standard minimum fee for each type of transaction or legal work, it is because the local chapters of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines…
I have been practicing privately since I became a member of the Philippine bar on May 6, 2014, although from June 2, 2014 to August 1, 2016, I was employed by the Children’s Legal Bureau,…
My worst experience with a client so far was with an American national accused of raping a child. From the very start, he wanted me to file motions which are out of order in our…
Make it a habit to have somebody check on you periodically to make sure that you are some place expected at a given time. The moment that you are not at some place where you…
Question: What is the citizenship of a child born on a plane?
If Mr. Fred Languido wants to insinuate that the former mayor Tomas Osmeña has something to do with this case because of the appearance of Atty. Benjamin Militar, a lawyer associated with Tomas, I would like…
This afternoon, Atty. Benjamin Militar, assisted by two non-lawyers who took up the challenge to assert the rule of law in this challenging time, confirmed that Ms. Maria Victoria Beltran was held at the Police…
Upon advice of counsel, Ms. Victoria Beltran had temporarily taken down the post characterized by the Hon. Mayor Edgar Labella as fake news and violative of our laws.
Sometime in July 2018, I was interviewing three of the four suspects in the killing of Atty. Salvador Solima (the alleged fourth suspect had not been arrested or even at least identified until now). This…
A lot of people were surprised with the Not Guilty plea of Renato Llenes, the accused in the gruesome murder of Christine Silawan. The case is now in the headlines again, after having subsided from…