Interpretation of the law on redemption
NOTICE TO OUR READERS Our Manila Times Dear PAO Facebook page has been hacked. We have reported this matter to Meta. Dear PAO, I bought a certain lot from Jose which I have been renting for a long period of time. We signed a deed of absolute sale covering the transaction, but the sale is […]
Service charge should be distributed equally among covered employees
Dear PAO, I work as a dishwasher in a restaurant, and it came to my attention that the restaurant has been collecting a certain percentage of the service charge from all its customers. As such, I just wanted to ask if I am also entitled to the service charge being collected by the restaurant, even […]
Matchmaking a teenager to a foreigner a form of online sexual abuse
Dear PAO, Our family’s current living condition is in a tight neighborhood where food and water are scarce. Despite having one to two jobs, it is still hard to provide for the children and senior citizens relying on us for their daily sustenance. Most of the women in the neighborhood, to escape from this kind […]
Refusal to be promoted no basis for dismissal
Dear PAO, My boss wants to promote me from warehouse helper to supervisor. The supervisor’s job is difficult, and there is no extra pay, so I refused. He threatened to use my refusal as a basis for my dismissal. Is refusal of promotion a basis for an employee’s dismissal from work? Dan Dear Dan, Please […]
Creditor’s consent is required in substitution of the debtor
Dear PAO, A few years ago, I obtained a loan from a lending company. I have paid about 80 percent thereof. For the remaining 20 percent, my colleague and I had an agreement that she would be the one to pay it, as her payment for the money she borrowed from me a few months […]
Relentless request for personal details may constitute gender-based sexual harassment
Dear PAO, Yesterday, while walking on the sidewalk to work, someone approached me and asked for my name and my contact details. Since he is a stranger, I refused by shaking my head and walked away. Although he kept an appropriate distance, the man did not give up and followed me for several minutes, relentlessly […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]