When do utterances become a crime?
Courts have long recognized that language must be examined in its entirety — its context, purpose, surrounding circumstances, and the intent behind it.
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Courts have long recognized that language must be examined in its entirety — its context, purpose, surrounding circumstances, and the intent behind it.
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Perhaps it is time for the Senate to take control of its own process. Less courtroom theater. Fewer technical entanglements. More substance. More clarity. More…
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Democracy demands debate, but debate should produce clarity, not more confusion; accountability, not simply another cycle of outrage.
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The country has struggled to make progress because officials seek to enrich themselves through public office, Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla said.
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Government authority is not a license to preach, and the MMDA should never become Go’s personal pulpit for roadside morality plays.
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Like Corona, Duterte is accused of deliberately failing to truthfully and accurately declare her net worth and properties
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The House of Representatives is crafting an artificial intelligence (AI) law that will emphasize developing the technology while imposing strict rules on…
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Cainta Mayor Keith Nieto has ordered local traffic law enforcement to crack down on motorcycle riders who drive on sidewalks along Ortigas Avenue, calling the…
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Pasig Mayor Vico Sotto urged graduating law students of the University of the Philippines to resist everyday ethical compromises, warning that corruption…
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The Manila city government has reunited 22 rehabilitated children in conflict with the law (CICLs) with their families after they completed counseling,…
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Motorists in Metro Manila can now use their smartphones to check if they have violated traffic laws under the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority’s…
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Supreme Court associate justice Joseph Y. Lopez urged graduating law students of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) to consider careers in…
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The Department of Education (DepEd) has strengthened oversight of its localized classroom construction program as 168 local government units (LGUs) move…
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SEOUL (AFP) — South Korea on Tuesday began enforcing a revised law targeting false information posted online, imposing tougher penalties on repeat offenders…
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NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — Six people including five children were killed when a building collapsed in Mumbai, officials said Monday, as monsoon rains pounded…
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A public official may be held criminally liable for plunder even if acting alone, or together with family members, business associates or private individuals…
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There can be no greater reward than knowing that the column has become, in its own modest way, a useful resource for the study, teaching and practice of law.
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