The TRAIN Law is a scam
Atty. Vincent S. Isles The TRAIN law is a scam. Purportedly it aimed to increase the net take home pay of ordinary employees. In reality, the reduction in the taxes to be paid out…
A cat pissed on my face on November 11, 2004?
This is her first appearance in my journal where I referred to her by her nickname. Earlier, when she ran for office as a Supreme Student Council (SSC) senator (the…
About books
One of the benefits of growing up poor your family can’t even buy a TV set (yes, we were that poor and TV sets were that expensive before) is you…
The difficulty of collecting from acquitted clients
Kelly: Now when he was arrested for armed robbery and kidnapping, years later, did he call you? Shapiro: No. Kelly: Why not? You know? Shapiro: Up to him. I wouldn’t…
The selfishness of the respondent…
Me: Did you at any time love the petitioner? Respondent: No. We just had sex. It sounds selfish, and I am sorry, but I never loved her, I just used…
Continuous trial of criminal cases will lead to less lawyers doing cases pro bono
Strict implementation of the Revised Guidelines for Continuous Trial of Criminal Cases will ultimately lead to less and less private lawyers taking on criminal cases pro bono or for lower…
<rant> If you are a newer lawyer than me and you want to ask me how to do things around, listen to me and do it the legal, moral, ethical…
Sun Cellular’s service becomes worse the 2nd time around?
This is the second time that I noticed that Sun Cellular’s service becomes worse during the second 24-month period if you are on a plan. I first applied for a…
Gihikap ang lubot Part 2
I don’t have time to respond individually to each comment on my previous Facebook post re responsibility for our postings, but here are some points I would like to raise…
Gen. Bato defending the indefensible
From my notes in Criminal Law 1: “The mistake must be without fault or carelessness on the part of the accused, otherwise the fault or carelessness would be the culpa…