International Law Expert, Environmental Lawyer, & Legal Aid Director; Normandy Honor for Peace Awardee - for making Environmental Law mandatory in Law School
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When a client calls for a meeting at an expensive fine dining restaurant, I go out of my comfort zone and order food unfamiliar with me. I might like it, &that’s one benefit of being a lawyer. Too often, we only order those familiar to us,but it’s always good to go out of the box
For those who never understood the meaning of whitewash, this is it 👇
GOBYERNONG WALANG PUSO! paano nalulunok ng LGU PASAY ang magpa-temporary closed ng mga small businesses para sa ASEAN meeting???!!! Oct 29 inorder na magsara ang Diwata Pares at iba pang katabi nito, kasi raw para sa paghahanda ng ASEAN meeting, pag naka open sila may mga magpa-parking na sasakyan sa labas ???? SANA ALL BALIW!!
Hanggang Nov 18 pa ang end ng ASEAN summit, so 20 days silang walang sahod at di kakain ??? NAKAKAGALIT!!!
And my students cried privacy right when I tried to publicly announce their grades. People don’t simply get the extent of their privacy right.
You just can’t post any private matter for everyone to see.
Custom gone wrong. There was no unwritten rule like this in the early days. Apparently somebody got mad at a player shooting at the end of a won game and it grew from there.
In law, this is called a custom becoming customary law & now they’ve decided to up the ante.
to anyone wondering what happened bakit nagkagulo:
nagdunk pa si bayla with 2 seconds left in the game nalang. sure win na sila with the amount of time and the lead that they have.
hindi bawal ishoot ang bola kasi yes, may oras pa naman. pero unwritten rule siya na technically, tapos na ang game & panalo naman na sila and shooting the ball in the last few seconds is kind of disrespectul na rin sa kalaban. para siya insult in some way nern
again, hindi bawal yung ginawa pero disrespectful siya in a sense. that’s why😄
ps: di lang to sa uaap ha, baka sabihin gawa gawa pa kami as an excuse sa talo hahaha
From motion to pre trial to authentication and offer of evidence, my CLEP students had them all today. Gave everybody the chance to speak and to argue. And to imagine themselves as the great lawyer in a classic novel.
What a day to enjoy! CLEP CLEP hooray
One of the most exciting activities in law school is the moot court. Not many do it these days as the focus is the bar exam.
But look at how students love acting like lawyers. Impromptu, with no prior prep, just an instant activity.
They all survived the test. 85!
There is this holiday vibe for the ASEAN Summit. Everybody preparing for a long vacation, probably longer than Christmas. My students are already requesting online classes for the period prior to Nov 16. And gas prices are falling so much to look forward to.
“Sovereignty resides in the people and all government authority emanates from them.”
Best example: the Republicans lost the midterm polls by a wide margin.
This is the essence of democracy. It is a beautiful system whichever way you look at it.
Bakit ang babagal na ng mga provincial buses? I noticed this during the Undas break. Also, while riding a bus to the Ilocos months ago.
Finally, they’re learning a lesson that overspeeding could impact not only their families but the livelihood of fellow drivers as well.
My enviro law students would tell you this is AREA-BASED management. Very basic in environmental law and pollution control.
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I often talk about the sanctity of marriage. This is one instance when the parties are better off not getting married at all. Obviously, the importance is lost on the parties here.
But ever wonder why the law gives them preferential treatment on so many accommodations? What’s the reason why the law set up express lanes for them?
I am not yet senior, but I know many are hard of hearing, their vision are poor, and they’re not athletic as the young ones.
If that were my dog, I would sue them for estafa. All the while, you pay for a service that isn’t there. I could feel the pain of fur parents here.
demonyo lng ang makakaisip na gawin ito.....
nag bayad ang mga fur parents para sa maayos na cremation service sa mga babies nila pero mukhang modus lng!
tinatapon lng nila ang mga pet na parang basura.....
ang malupet binibigyan ng urn/ash un mga fur parents pero mukhang hindi un ang babies nila......
hindi ko ma-imagine un naramdaman ng mga mommies/daddies makita na kasama un baby nila sa mga tinapon pero may binigay na urn sa kanila!
ang tanong, ano un binigay na abo nila?
nakakaawa un mga dogs/cats
huhuhuhu
This Undas weekend, take time to visit your departed loved ones. Remembering is keeping them alive. It is simply sad to see dirty tombstones during this time of year. And Mexican legend tells us that if we don’t remember them, they eventually fade out, gone forever in our lives.
“Filipinos came out looking like movie stars.”
Ever wonder why pre war movies and history showed Filipinos in suits? We simply loved to dress because dressing well was all about dignity.
The National Museum of American History has an exhibit right now on Filipino American history. It includes the suits that Filipino immigrants bought using the money they earned as agricultural laborers. Photos from Mina Roces's article "These Guys Came Out Looking Like Movie Actors': Filipino Dress and Consumer Practices in the United States, 1920s-1930s"
The battle in social media continues. Malapit na ang decision so you get this and that to influence people’s opinion.
More Filipinos favor VP’s defense team in Senate trial – survey trib.al/44iBaCY
No matter what you call it, it is still stuffing pork in a barrel. Whatever the name, pork barrel pa rin.
'HINDI ITO GENERALLY MASAMA'
Palace Press Officer Claire Castro defended budget insertions amid scrutiny over ₱4.37 billion in additional public works projects for the district of Ilocos Norte Rep. Sandro Marcos.
Castro said insertions are not inherently wrong unless funds are misused, pocketed by politicians, or spent on questionable projects.
She did not directly say whether President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. would veto the allocations, stressing that legitimate projects should benefit the public.
El Niño and a depreciating dollar spell political death. The opposition need not even raise its voice on this issue (unfortunately).
PBBM ON HISTORIC LOW PESO: DON’T PANIC
President Bongbong Marcos urges the public to remain calm amid the continuous decline of the peso. The President says the administration has all the means to defend its value. @bncdotph