By Atty. Eduardo T. Reyes III “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet” rued Juliet in her soliloquy in the immortal play Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare. She was ruminating this within the context of their forbidden love brought about by the feud between their families
November 9, 2020
By Atty. Eduardo T. Reyes III Being mortal. This is a universal truth that most are in denial about. But the fountain of life is being drained away by the mounting deaths (if not life-threatening experiences) of the many around us who had been infected by covid-19. For the spiritualist, life and death mean
November 4, 2020
By Atty. Eduardo T. Reyes III News had been up and about relative to the “red-tagging” of some celebrities either for speaking their minds or associating themselves with some organizations that the military deems more inclined to be on the left side of the civil society spectrum. The trending news was followed by the
October 28, 2020
By Atty. Eduardo T. Reyes III “MARRIAGE is a special contract of permanent union between a man and a woman entered into in accordance with law for the establishment of conjugal and family life. It is the foundation of the family and an inviolable social institution whose nature, consequences, and incidents are governed by
October 21, 2020
By Atty. Eduardo T. Reyes III (This is the beginning of the fourth and last part of the 4-part series of the article entitled: The law on searches and seizures). And finally the SIXTH and LAST CASE. Figuring prominently in this last case is a mayor who led the team of police officers
October 17, 2020
By Atty. Eduardo T. Reyes III (This is the beginning of the third part of the 4-part series of the article entitled: The law on searches and seizures). The FOURTH CASE prominently highlights the validity of out-of-court identifications or police line-ups. If the victim or witness to a crime identifies the suspect through
October 16, 2020
By Atty. Eduardo T. Reyes III (This is the beginning of the second part of the 4-part series of the article entitled: The law on searches and seizures). The SECOND CASE involves another checkpoint which was set-up but this time, instead of mere cursory or visual searches, the police officers stepped into or
October 15, 2020
By Atty. Eduardo T. Reyes III DEMOCRACY is said to be robust when the balance of exercise by the State of its inherent powers of Taxation, Eminent Domain and Police Power on one hand, is rightly tempered by the citizens’ proper and timely invocation of their civil liberties as outlined in the Bill of
October 14, 2020
By Atty. Eduardo T. Reyes III (This is the last of the 3-part series on the article entitled: The law on Boracay). To recall, in the case of SPS. ALBERTO and JOCELYN AZANA, v. CRISTOPHER LUMBO and ELIZABETH LUMBO-JIMENEZ, G.R. No. 157593 March 22, 2007, the Supreme Court recognized
October 8, 2020
By Atty. Eduardo T. Reyes III (This is the beginning of part 2 of the 3-part series on the article entitled: The law on Boracay). The key points in the decision of the SC in the twin cases involving Boracay are, to wit: Prior to 22 May 2006, the entire Boracay island was
October 7, 2020
By Atty. Eduardo T. Reyes III With the downgrading of its quarantine status classification, Aklan -which is the provincial home of the world-famous Boracay beach-, with the nod of the IATF, had decided to open its shores to welcome tourists back to its world-famous white-sand beaches that seem to run forever. Jurisprudence describes
October 6, 2020
By Atty. Eduardo T. Reyes III A brewing transport strike had been reported last week as a form of protest by public utility jeepney drivers and operators fuelled by the planned imposition of hefty fines by the LTO and LTFRB for violation of the 1-meter social-distancing rule by their passengers to be imposed in
September 29, 2020