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Archive for the ‘Legal News’ Category
Nacionalista Party identified its Senatorial Line-up
The Nacionalista Party unveiled nine of its senatorial candidates as Senators Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., and Pia Cayetano, Ilocos Norte Representative Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Colonel Ariel Querubin. The list also includes Atty. Adel Tamano, former labor undersecretary Susan “Toots” Ople, Gwendolyn Pimentel (daughter of Senator Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel Jr.), and Ramon “Mon-Mon” Mitra (son [...]
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Noynoy Aquino files Certificate of Candidacy
Noynoy Aquino and Mar Roxas led the Liberal Party in filing their Certificates of Candidacy (CoC). Aquino said that the Liberal Party would “continue to fight for change” by removing corruption from the system, opening new jobs, and raising the standard of education, health, and judicial systems. The senatorial line up of the Liberal Party [...]
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Cory Aquino Dies
Former President Corazon “Cory” Aquino has passed away today. She was 76 years old. Her death was confirmed by her son Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino who said that her mother died at exactly 3:18 am the the Makati Medical Center. She died of Cardio Vascular Arrest.
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2010 Philippine Holidays
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo issued Proclamation 1841 declaring 10 regular holidays, four special non-working holidays and a special holiday for year 2010. The early declaration of the official Philippine holidays was intended to benefit businessmen who could prepare for the impact of these holidays in their business operations.
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Rent Control Act of 2009 Signed into Law
Republic Act 9653 or the Rent Control Act of 2009 was signed into law today. This new law provides protection to tenants from indiscriminate increase in rental rates. It prevents those residential units covered under the law from increasing the rent within one year from the law’s effectivity.
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Pacquiao Sues “Wow Magic Sing” Executives
Top officials of Philippine companies accused of utilizing the name and image of Manny “PacMan” Pacquiao to sell karaoke microphones are to stand trial for violation of intellectual property after the Court of Appeals affirmed the ruling of a lower court in Manila and denied defendant Andres Sanchez’s petition to dismiss the lawsuit.
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Rugby is now a Prohibited Drug
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) announces that rugby and other toluene-based contact cement (TBCC) as “prohibited drugs” and as such these will no longer be available over the counter.
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Documentary Stamp Tax (DST) on Secondary Trading of Shares Abolished
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed into law a legislation removing the documentary stamp tax (DST) on secondary trading of shares, a move which could enhance stock market investment.
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Longer Load Expiration Imposed Upon Telecoms by NTC
The National Telecommunications Commission issued Memorandum Circular 03-07-2009 “Guidelines on Prepaid Loads” which requires telecommunication companies to extend the expiration period of phone loads.
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Google Sued Again for Trademark Infringement
The problem started when Ascentive payed $645,000 to be part of Google’s AdWords program. Considering that Ascentive owns numerous trademarks and since Google permitted other firms to use in its AdWords program Ascentive’s trademarks to launch pay-per-click advertisements, Ascentive tried to contact Google in several occasions to resolve this issue. Ascentive further alleged that Google wrongly erased the software company from their search engine results page .
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