By Atty. Eduardo T. Reyes III Just a week after the US Supreme Court came down with a landmark decision upholding LGBTQ rights to be within the purview of its Civil Rights Act that eschews discrimination; locally, a group of LGBTQ protesters was arrested in Manila last June 26th for holding a rally decrying
June 30, 2020
By Atty. Eduardo T. Reyes III With the seasonable opening of law school classes still hanging in the balance because of health concerns brought about by covid-19, anxiety mounts for law students especially those about to take their comprehensive examinations, or the Bar. The pandemic poses as a daunting challenge because of the impact it
June 24, 2020
By Atty. Eduardo T. Reyes III In the wake of the death by asphyxiation of George Floyd on the knee of a police officer in Minnesota, USA, not only that the civil rights movement against racial discrimination had resurged, but the call for a more circumspect policing had reverberated around the world. Flaunting possible infection
June 12, 2020
By Atty. Eduardo T. Reyes III In yet another twist to what seems to be an unending pandemic saga, the government authorities had again imposed the stay-at-home order on senior citizens 60 years old and above and those below 21 years of age. The decree commands of them to remain tucked inside their homes subject
June 9, 2020
By Atty. Eduardo T. Reyes III It seems propitious that House Bill 6875 or the “Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020” will be passed into law anytime soon. Much had been written about the provisions of the bill that seem overly sweeping as to embrace in its wingspan the most innocent of acts merely performed in the
June 4, 2020
By Atty. Eduardo Reyes, III In just a short span of time, we have seen stringent guidelines either lifted, imposed or re-imposed and we cannot help but look at these governmental regulations from the lens of Constitutional and legal considerations that we need to ponder on. Among the standouts in the guidelines that govern
May 28, 2020
By Atty. Eduardo Reyes III It is most regrettable that in the wake of the more than two (2) months of lockdown in most parts of the country; and still counting in Luzon, Laguna and Cebu areas, one of the most badly-hit by the mandatory closure of businesses and stay-at-home dictates are the small and
May 27, 2020
By Atty. Eduardo Reyes III The eternal battle in every democratic set-up will always be between the Government’s exercise of its Stately powers to govern and the people’s Constitutional right to enjoy their liberties. The recent pandemic had served as another occasion for the clash of these two interests. With the government’s aim to curb
May 19, 2020
By Atty. Eduardo Reyes III Whether Executive Orders (E.O.s) are intrinsically valid would be a totally different issue altogether. However, granting that they are valid, the issue is whether they should be published in a newspaper of general circulation as a pre-condition for effectivity. With the series of executive orders being issued by heads of
May 16, 2020