C.D.C. Investigating Gastrointestinal Illness on Queen Victoria Luxury Cruise Ship
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating an outbreak on a luxury cruise ship after more than 150 people reported symptoms of gastrointestinal illness, including diarrhea and vomiting. The ship, the Queen Victoria, operated by Cunard Line, departed Southampton, England, on Jan. 11 on a 107-night cruise that included recent stops in Florida […]
Importance of a DoJ or media representative during drug inventory
Dear PAO, Our neighbor’s son, around 19 years old, along with two of his friends, was arrested for a drug-related violation. From what I have heard, there was neither a representative from the media nor from the fiscal’s office during the inventory of the confiscated drugs. Is the absence of such a representative crucial to […]
Dipping Into the World’s Most Stunning Hot Springs
Some hot springs look like palaces, others like holes in the ground. Some feel like parties, others like prayers. There are hot baths within cities, on remote islands, in the desert, inside thick forests. Thermal water can be green, orange, blue, yellow or turquoise. It can be milky and opaque, silty with sediment or as […]
Divorce abroad obtained by both spouses may be recognized in the Philippines
Dear PAO, My brother married a foreigner. But because of several factors, they ended up getting divorced. According to my brother, it was his then wife who processed their divorce, but essentially, it was based on their mutual agreement as they both believed that their marriage was unsalvageable. The divorce was filed in the country […]
On Board Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas for its First Cruise
One man got down on his knees and kissed the rug emblazoned with the ship’s logo. Another lifted his wife and swung her around, ecstatic to be among the roughly 5,000 passengers to embark on the inaugural sailing of the world’s largest cruise ship, the Icon of the Seas. For months, the 250,800-ton ship, which […]
Slightest penetration consummates rape | The Manila Times
Dear PAO, C wants to file a complaint for rape, but she is worried that it might just be dismissed because, from what she was told, the male organ should have penetrated inside the female organ. What happened to C was that she was walking on her way home when the assailant grabbed her and […]
Rome Hotels – The New York Times
While Rome’s charms may be, as they say, eternal, it’s never been a city particularly prized for its hotels. Until recently, upmarket lodging in the Italian capital usually meant an ostentatiously decorated pile meant to evoke the city’s 16th- and 17th-century palazzi, stuffed with gilded furniture and vague nostalgia. Over the past year or so, […]
The test to determine reasonableness in self-defense
Dear PAO, My brother was employed as a laborer or “kargador” in a rice market business. One day, while he was physically unloading sacks of rice from their delivery truck, he was boxed by an unprovoked drunk person who ran amok. He continued working but, upon his return, he was boxed again. This time, he […]
5 Romantic Hotels for Valentine’s Day
Whether you want to stroll along a beach or cuddle beside a fire, these getaways prove that romantic accommodations come in many forms, including a new luxury resort in Mexico, an estate in the English countryside, just-opened cabins for stargazing in the Catskills, a farmhouse in California wine country, and hotels with February discounts on […]
New ruling on counting prescriptive period for cyber libel
Dear PAO, My former friend posted defamatory statements against me on a social media platform. Although she posted it two years ago, it is still available up to the present. I discovered her defamatory posts only two months ago after I reactivated my Facebook. Is it true that the crime has prescribed, considering the lapse […]