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In the Supreme Court En Banc session on March 4, 2025, the Supreme Court granted the petition of Marie Grace David, and reversed the COMELEC’s resolution rejecting her certificate of candidacy for Vice Mayor of Limay, Bataan, in the 2025 National and Local Elections.
Under Article IX, Section 9 of the 1987 Constitution, that as a general rule, the election period shall commence ninety (90) days before the day of election and shall end thirty days thereafter.
In the case of Macalintal v. COMELEC (G.R. No. 263590, June 23, 2023) the Supreme Court declared RA 11935 unconstitutional for violating the right to due process of law, and accordingly, infringing the constitutional right of the Filipino people to suffrage. In the said decision, the Court laid down the criteria which shall serve as guidelines in the determination of the validity of any future laws or rules postponing elections.
In forcible entry cases, a person is deprived of physical possession of any land or building by means of force, intimidation, threat, strategy, or stealth. The possession is illegal from the beginning and the only issue is who has the prior possession de facto.
The only issue in forcible entry cases is whether the claimant has proved, by preponderance of evidence, prior physical possession of contested property. The question of ownership may only be provisionally resolved if it is raised by the parties and its resolution is essential to determine which party has the better right of possession.
The whole government budget process in the Philippines may be a bit complicated for those who are not involved in the said process. Therefore, to simplify it, we discuss below the Basic Principles in Budgeting according to the Department of Budget and Management.
Sometime in 2006, Jeffery, a United States Navy retiree, met Rowena in a bar owner by Rowena’s mother. At that time they started dating, Jeffery knew Rowena had two children from a previous relationship, and Rowena knew Jeffery was married to another, but that his divorce was still pending.
Labor Day, celebrated every first day of May, is a regular holiday in the Philippines. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) issued Labor Advisory No. 05, Series of 2025, setting the guidelines to be followed for the payment of wages for this holiday.
Following the increasing reports of civilian deaths resulting from the execution of warrants issued by trial courts, the causes and conditions surrounding such details being widely disputed, the advances in technology, particularly the availability of body-worn cameras, make it possible to integrate its use to support law enforcement and to guarantee the protection of fundamental rights.
Art. 2209. If the obligation consists in the payment of a sum of money, and the debtor incurs in delay, the indemnity for damages, there being no stipulation to the contrary, shall be the payment of the interest agreed upon, and in the absence of stipulation, the legal interest, which is six percent per annum.
Appointive government officials, active members of the AFP, and other officers and employees in GOCCs shall be considered ipso facto resigned from office upon filing the filing of their certificate of candidacy. An elected official, on the other hand, is not deemed to have resigned from his office.
