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Business Law and Labor Law Updates
CAN FOREIGNERS BECOME CITIZENS OF THE PHILIPPINES?
Generally, a Filipino citizen is one whose either parent is a citizen of the Philippines
Filipino citizenship is based on blood relationship and not on one’s place of birth
Those who do not have Filipino blood can obtain Philippine citizenship
SUSPENSION OF THE PAYMENT OF RENT
The lessee may suspend the payment of the rent if the lessor fails to make the necessary repairs.
The lessee may suspend the payment of the rent if the lessor fails to maintain the lessee in peaceful and adequate enjoyment of the property leased.
In case the lessor fails to make the necessary repairs, the lessee has the right to make the suspension of payment from the time he made the demand for said repairs, and the demand went.
MAY A SHAREHOLDER PUT AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS?
Stockholders’ meetings are either regular or special
A Shareholder may put an item on the agenda for stockholders’ meetings
Any officer of the corporation may not unjustly refuse to allow a shareholder to exercise his or her right to put items on the agenda
IS MERE REGISTRATION OF A CHILD IN HIS OR HER BIRTH CERTIFICATE AS A CHILD OF THE SUPPOSED PARENTS CONSTITUTES A VALID ADOPTION?
Mere registration of a child in his or her birth certificate as a child of the supposed parents is not tantamount to adoption
Mere registration of a child in his or her birth certificate as a child of the supposed parents amounts to simulation of the child’s birth or falsification in his or her birth certificate
Simulation of the child’s birth certificate may be rectified