Requirements of Marriage in the Philippines

Requirements of Marriage in the Philippines

The requirements of a valid marriage in the Philippines are contained in the Family Code. This law mentions two classes of marriage requirements, namely the essential as well as the formal requirements of marriage. It is important for a person who is intending to get married to know what these requirements are to ensure that [...]

Read the rest of: Requirements of Marriage in the Philippines »

Illegal Recruitment Explained

Illegal Recruitment Explained

Several of our fellow Filipinos end up being victimized by unscrupulous illegal recruiters. Thus, instead of landing a dream job abroad and earning dollars, they find themselves not being able to leave the country despite spending hard earned money to pay the illegal recruiters, or worse, some OFWs become TNT or “tago ng tago” for [...]

Read the rest of: Illegal Recruitment Explained »

Anti-Photo and Video Voyeurism Act of 2009 (RA 9995)

Anti-Photo and Video Voyeurism Act of 2009 (RA 9995)

The Anti-Photo and Video Voyeurism Act of 2009 was passed as a solution to prevent the proliferation of scandals the most notable of which is the the one which involved Dr. Hayden Kho, Dr. Maricar Reyes as well as actress Katrina Halili. The law itself provides that its main objective is to penalize acts that [...]

Read the rest of: Anti-Photo and Video Voyeurism Act of 2009 (RA 9995) »

Cabinet Members of Pres. Noynoy Aquino

Cabinet Members of Pres. Noynoy Aquino

After days of speculation as to who will form part of Pres. Noynoy Aquino’s cabinet, he finally revealed the names of who will take these important positions in our government. Here are the departments as well as the names of the heads: Paquito Ochoa Jr., Executive Secretary Julia Abad, Presidential Management Staff Edwin Lacierda, Presidential [...]

Read the rest of: Cabinet Members of Pres. Noynoy Aquino »

How to Apply for Non-immigrant US Visa in the Philippines

How to Apply for Non-immigrant US Visa in the Philippines

If you are planning to go the United States, whatever your reasons may be, you are required to get a valid US visa before you will be allowed entry in its territories. Those who seek admission in the US are presumed to acquire an immigrant visa unless the person can demonstrate that he or she [...]

Read the rest of: How to Apply for Non-immigrant US Visa in the Philippines »

Legal Separation

Legal Separation

In recent years there has been an increase in the number of couples desiring to terminate their marriage for one reason or another. One of these is the physical abuse they experience from their partner or sometimes, bizarre traits, which they discovered in their partner such as excessive alcoholism or even tendencies to fall with [...]

Read the rest of: Legal Separation »

Apple buys iPad Trademark from Fujitsu

Apple buys iPad Trademark from Fujitsu

There’s no hint as to the kind of wild negotiations that took place behind closed doors, but Apple is now the proud owner of the “iPad” trademark that was once held by Fujitsu. Back in March 2003, Fujitsu filled for ownership of “iPad” in connection with a Windows CE device for point and sale. This [...]

Read the rest of: Apple buys iPad Trademark from Fujitsu »

Cebu Pacific Air Initial Public Offering (IPO) Approved by SEC

Cebu Pacific Air Initial Public Offering (IPO) Approved by SEC

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved today the planned initial public offering (IPO) of Cebu Pacific Air which amounts to Php25.7 billion. The approved IPO consists of 235.6 million shares at a price of Php95/share for a total of Php22.38 billion. In case however there’s a high demand for Cebu Pacific Air shares, the [...]

Read the rest of: Cebu Pacific Air Initial Public Offering (IPO) Approved by SEC »

Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010 (RA 9994)

Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010 (RA 9994)

Who are considered as senior citizens? Senior citizen or elderly refers to any resident citizen of the Philippines at least sixty years old. This definition of senior citizen has three requirements in order that a person may be considered as a senior citizen under RA 9994 – Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010, thus he/she [...]

Read the rest of: Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010 (RA 9994) »

List of Candidates for President, Vice President and Senator for the 2010 Election

List of Candidates for President, Vice President and Senator for the 2010 Election

Listed below are the names and nicknames of candidates for President, Vice President and Senators who are allowed by the COMELEC to participate in the incoming May 2010 election. Also indicated are the names of the political parties to which these candidates are officially part of. (Note: I plan to collect more images and update [...]

Read the rest of: List of Candidates for President, Vice President and Senator for the 2010 Election »

  • Atty. James Biron: Good day too! Thanks to our legislators for passing this important ...
  • ragem_radz: Good day, I already read the topics about the RA 9994 thru the newspa...
  • Atty. James Biron: Hi Mr. Ocampo, I already replied to your query. Please check the f...
  • E. Ocampo: Good day Atty. Biron, Sorry for the double post. I just registered, ...
  • Atty. James Biron: Good day too E. Ocampo, Kindly post your question at the fo...

Subscribe

Subscribe by Email

Subscribe by Feeds

Translator

English flagItalian flagKorean flagChinese (Simplified) flagChinese (Traditional) flagPortuguese flagGerman flagFrench flagSpanish flagJapanese flagArabic flagRussian flagGreek flagDutch flagBulgarian flagCzech flagCroatian flagDanish flagFinnish flagHindi flagPolish flagRomanian flagSwedish flagNorwegian flagCatalan flagFilipino flagHebrew flagIndonesian flagLatvian flagLithuanian flagSerbian flagSlovak flagSlovenian flagUkrainian flagVietnamese flagAlbanian flagEstonian flagGalician flagMaltese flagThai flagTurkish flagHungarian flagBelarus flagIrish flagIcelandic flagMacedonian flagMalay flagPersian flag

LInks

Freelance Jobs