The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights recognize and proclaim the integrity of the family and the sanctity of marriage. So do our Constitution, Family Code, and other laws, and the decisions and rules of our Supreme Court….
Last Feb. 4, the Supreme Court held oral arguments on the petition filed by Sen. Aquilino Pimentel Jr. and others against the House of Representatives, the Senate, the Department of Finance (DOF), the Executive Secretary, and the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth). Similar petitions—that were consolidated with the Pimentel case—were also filed by Bayan Muna…
In litigations between the parents, the children’s interest is paramount. Even while abroad, the mother is still preferred over the father in the sole custody of children under seven years of age. Since her work abroad as an overseas contract worker (OFW) is temporary, she can (as she did three times in this case) visit…
Among the hundreds of executive orders (EOs) signed on Jan. 20 by United States President Donald Trump, the EO which unduly limits birthright citizenship—the inherent right to American citizenship of those born in the US—is plainly disadvantageous to the Fil-Ams (and many other nationals) and ultimately to the Philippines. Why? Because Fil-Ams remitted a whopping…
In my Jan. 6 piece concluding my four-part series on stem cell therapy, I said that in 2003, I wrote a book titled, “The Bio-age Dawns on the Judiciary.” Many readers asked: Why were the Supreme Court and I interested in the latest in science? Well, the giant strides in science and technology at that…