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The government provides social welfare services to Filipinos through the Social Security System (SSS) and the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS). To ensure access to these services, both employers and employees are legally required to contribute to these agencies through salary deductions or contributions, as specified in the Social Security Act and the Government Service Insurance System Act.
In accordance with the 1987 Constitution and international law, particularly the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS):
a) The maritime zones of the Philippine archipelago is composed of the internal waters, archipelagic waters, territorial sea, contiguous zone, Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), and continental shelf; and
b) All other territories over which the Philippines has sovereignty or jurisdiction likewise have their respective maritime zones, as appropriate
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) issued Memorandum Circular (MC) 2023-001, which sets forth the Rules and Regulations on Trademarks, Service Marks, Trade Names and Marked or Stamped Containers of 2023 Replacing the Revised Trademark Regulations of 2017.
In its recent decision, the Supreme Court held that a quitclaim is void ab initio where the quitclaim obligates the workers concerned to forego their benefits while at the same time exempting the employer from any liability that it may choose to reject, as this would run counter to Article 22 of the Civil Code, which provides that no one shall be unjustly enriched at the expense of another.
Under Article VI, Section 26 of the Government Procurement Act, the Procuring Entity shall adopt any of the following modes of procurement consistent with the fit-for-purpose procurement approach:
Competitive Bidding;
Limited Source Bidding;
Competitive Dialogue;
Unsolicited Offer with Bid Matching;
Direct Contracting;
Direct Acquisition;
Repeat Order;
Small Value Procurement;
Negotiated Procurement;
Direct Sales; and
Direct Procurement for Science, Technology and Innovation
In 2018, Soliman was charged for online libel under Section 4(c)(4) of Republic Act No. (RA) 10175, or the Cybercrime Prevention Act, for a Facebook post against Waldo R. Carpio, then Assistant Secretary (Asec.) of the Department of Agriculture.
A court may sentence an accused found guilty of online libel to payment of fine only, rather than imprisonment.
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Estafa under Article 315(2)(d) of the Revised Penal Code and Batas Pambansa Blg. 22 both involve the issuance of a bounced check, but they differ in terms of their legal nature and specific requirements. A key similarity between the two offenses is that both necessitate a notice of dishonor for prosecution. Without proof of notice of dishonor, knowledge of insufficiency of funds cannot be presumed and no crime can be deemed to exist.
HLURB Administrative Order 03-2017 sets forth the Executive Committee Resolution No. 001, series of 2017 or the “Guidelines In The Kinds Of Dues, Fees, And Contributions That May Be Collected By Homeowners Associations”.
The said Administrative Order provides for the powers and functions of the Homeowners Association, its Board of Directors, various remedies for failure to pay the dues, fees and contributions legally imposed by the association, among others.
