The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved on second reading House Bill 1 or the proposed “General Financial Institutions Unified Initiatives to Distressed Enterprises for Economic Recovery (GUIDE) Act”. It would provide financial assistance to micro,...
“All of us must learn the current trends and advances in technology. We must adapt, or we will stagnate.” This was the challenge posed by Supreme Court Associate Justice Jhosep Y. Lopez to the members legal profession as he urged all lawyers, especially the veterans,...
On August 20, 2022 in Parañaque City, operatives of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) arrested Mark Jasper C. Reyes a.k.a. Mark Gil Cloma De Guzman, a native of Cauayan City, Isabela, who has been misrepresenting himself as Atty. Jed Sherwin G. Uy, Deputy...
Speaking at the Joint Regional Convention of the Eastern and Western Visayas Regions of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) at Waterfront Hotel in Cebu City, Chief Justice Gesmundo challenged the members of the legal profession to “confront developments in...
“We need to modernize the manner in which we admit those who wish to join our profession if we are to keep up with the best practices that other legal jurisdictions observe and implement in their respective areas.” This was underscored by Supreme Court Associate...
Access to justice has increased and the poor and marginalized sectors of society have been assured a place in our judicial system through the Clinical Legal Education Program (CLEP). Thus underscored Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo in his keynote address on the...
