
Not every franchise violation a crime
In Philippine law, criminal liability exists only when the act complained of is expressly defined and penalized by law.
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In Philippine law, criminal liability exists only when the act complained of is expressly defined and penalized by law.
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A divorce between a foreigner and a Filipino may be recognized in the Philippines if it was validly obtained in accordance with the personal law of the foreign…
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Companies, brokers, lawyers and investors may no longer need to navigate years of scattered circulars and amendments to keep up with securities regulations…
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Enough is enough. ASEAN and China have danced around a binding CoC for so long while Beijing’s gray-zone aggression escalates.
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Maya and Lydian are collaborating to enable the use of digital assets in everyday commerce in the Philippines.
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The United States is considering new oversight measures for artificial intelligence (AI), marking a shift from its earlier hands-off approach as concerns grow…
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EPIRA did not bring about genuine market reform. And amendments are long overdue.
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The country, based on the World Press Freedom Index, is ranked 114th out of 180 countries, from its previous 116th ranking.
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Representation without power is theater. Participation without enforcement is aspiration.
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Solving the housing shortage is not just about building more homes.
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Health officials placed Central Visayas on a “Code Blue” alert Thursday as part of large-scale medical preparations for the upcoming ASEAN Leaders’ Summit.
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The Department of Transportation (DoTr) has uncovered widespread irregularities involving “ghost riders” within transport network services, revealing that…
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For a practice declared illegal since 1974, endo, or the so-called 5-5-5 scheme, has shown remarkable staying power not in workplaces, but in speeches,…
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Three ambitious sisters who inherited a 73-year-old Philippine empire in educational publishing just suffered another stinging reversal in their bitter power…
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In practice, decentralization has created a fragmented regulatory environment that global capital finds intolerable.
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The University of the Philippines (UP) Los Baños is the top-performing school on the results of the April 2026 Registered Electrical Engineers Licensure…
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