By Atty. Eduardo T. Reyes III A stark paradox came about because of the pandemic. Executives of leading companies abroad are befuddled by workers running in short supply when the economy is in the doldrums so work should be in demand. But that is not the case because while work is available, workers are missing.
August 28, 2021
By Atty. Eduardo T. Reyes III In litigation, the ideal often yields to the practical. Ideally, the opposing lawyers are supposed to point out rules of procedure relevant to the case to assist the court in the efficient administration of justice. Yet most of the time, in their zeal to achieve success for their clients,
August 21, 2021
By Atty. Eduardo T. Reyes III As President Rodrigo Roa Duterte is counting the final days of his presidential term, much of the legal controversy relating to the charges filed against him before the International Criminal Court (ICC) and his unilateral act of withdrawing from the international body, looks likely to linger. News abounds
August 18, 2021
By Atty. Eduardo T. Reyes III Short of ordering a total “disallowance”, the Commission on Audit (COA) reportedly found “deficiencies” on the part of the Department of Health (DOH) and its key officials in the handling and expenditure of the P67.32-billion fund to address the Covid-19 pandemic. The noted “deficiencies” centered on: 1) the billions
August 14, 2021
By Atty. Eduardo T. Reyes III More than fifteen (15) years ago, when commercial flights started taking off and landing at the New Iloilo International Airport in Cabatuan-Santa Barbara after this new airport of international standards had opened, controversy arose when the Association of Taxi Operators in Panay (ATOP) petitioned the Land Transportation Franchising and
August 10, 2021
By Atty. Eduardo T. Reyes III “The proper initial question for any court to ask is whether it has jurisdiction over a particular case; if the answer is no, it need not- and should not- decide the merits”(p. 184, A March of Liberty: A Constitutional History of the United States, by Urofsky, Knopf, New York
August 7, 2021
By Atty. Eduardo T. Reyes III According to Marcus Tullius Cicero, “In times of war, the law falls silent.” (“silent enim leges inter arma”). While we are not at war, it feels that way no thanks to the abrupt changes in quarantine classification that the national government hands down every Fifteen (15) days since last
August 5, 2021
By Atty. Eduardo T. Reyes III The series of pictures on the news of Ms. Hidilyn Diaz lifting a combined total of 224kg on her way to a gold medal finish in the Tokyo Olympics – the first ever for the Philippines- had brought the much-needed euphoria to the downtrodden Filipino soul. Standing at 4’11
July 31, 2021
By Atty. Eduardo T. Reyes III The private practice of law is essentially a rolling-out of legal services to clients for a fee. There was a time when the law office was operated by a solo practitioner and his or her solitary secretary. The secretary serves mainly as a receptionist who types the lawyer’s pleadings
July 29, 2021
By Atty. Eduardo T. Reyes III While writing this article, a total of 119 cases of infections caused by the much-dreaded Delta variant in the Philippines had been reported. Suddenly the mood turned febrile with this latest development as it came at a time when vaccine roll-outs are starting to gain steam nationwide. As a
July 27, 2021
By Atty. Eduardo T. Reyes III “So many memories and so little worth remembering, and in front of me — a long, long road without a goal…” rued Ivan Turgenev in his novel Fathers and Sons. This heartrending novel is eponymous in the sense that it strikes at the heart of the relationship between fathers
July 24, 2021
By Atty. Eduardo T. Reyes III If there is one constant in the different iterations of the executive orders being handed down by local government units (LGUs) to adapt to the quarantine classifications which are being imposed on them by the national government every two weeks, it is for us to stay within our own
July 21, 2021