Failure to appeal does not always result in violation of due process
Dear PAO, A private counsel represented me in a civil case involving a certain land. Unfortunately, we lost the case, and my counsel failed to inform me. Hence, no appeal was filed from the adverse decision rendered by the court, and the decision attained its finality. I have already terminated my lawyer’s services and am […]
Buon Ricordo Plates: Collectible Italian Ceramics That Started as a Marketing Tool
For his 73rd birthday in April, Felice Macchi had lunch at La Bettola Del Gusto, a restaurant in Pompeii, Italy, with a focus on seafood. He ordered the house specialty: spaghettoni, a thicker spaghetti, in a fermented anchovy sauce with black truffles and butter made with milk from water buffalo native to the Mediterranean region. […]
Reason why qualified theft will fail if agrarian dispute or tenancy is established between the parties
Dear PAO, I had an arrangement with Lino that I will till his land and the harvest will be divided between us. This has been our setup for a decade until we had a dispute pertaining to the division of the harvest, which eventually led to his demand for me to vacate the property. When […]
Barbara Joans, Who Studied Biker Culture on the Open Road, Dies at 89
Barbara Joans, an iconoclastic anthropologist and feminist who, in her early 60s, became something of a Margaret Mead in black leather, steering her Harley-Davidson deep into a biker culture and producing the 2001 book “Bike Lust: Harleys, Women, and American Society,” died on March 6 in Santa Cruz, Calif. She was 89. The cause of […]
Arbitrary Detention | The Manila Times
Dear PAO, I was driving along Alabang-Zapote Road when police officers flagged me for a defective headlight. I admitted my mistake and apologized to the apprehending police officers. However, the police officers accosted me and required me to go to the police station near the area. Upon arrival at the police station, I quickly offered […]
Amsterdam’s Latest Effort to Fight Excessive Tourism: No New Hotels
“The effect won’t be very big,” said Ko Koens, a professor of new urban tourism at Inholland University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He also said that in the long run, the capping of hotels could make them more expensive to stay at. While this ban alone would not make a huge dent in the number […]
Retrenchment and closure of business
Dear PAO, Can a company decide to unilaterally close? If the company claims that it is experiencing business losses, may it skip the requirement of notice and avoid the payment of separation pay? Emong Dear Emong, Please be informed of the Supreme Court’s ruling in the case of Keng Hua Paper Products Co., Inc. and […]
There’s Been an Airplane Emergency. Here’s What Flight Attendants Do Next.
To prepare for these terrifying but rare onboard crises, new flight attendants on all commercial carriers must undergo four to six weeks of training. Additional one- to two-day training, primarily focused on safety, recurs annually. It varies from airline to airline. We recently visited Alaska in Seattle to learn about flight attendant training, which includes […]
When sickness is a ground for valid termination
Dear PAO, Last year, I was diagnosed with multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis. My doctor told me to slow down and get some rest because my body is quite weak. When I informed my employer about my current condition, he told me I would be terminated from work. Can I be legally terminated right away because of my […]
Transportation Dept. and State Attorneys General Will Look Into Airline Complaints
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Tuesday announced a new partnership with more than a dozen state attorneys general to investigate consumer complaints against airlines. The partnership sets up a process for state attorney general’s offices to review complaints from travelers and then pass the baton to the federal Transportation Department, which could take enforcement action […]