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December 15, 2020 | 12:04 am Font Size YOUTUBE/MUGSHOTSWITHATTYMAGGIE AS A video-sharing platform, YouTube has made it possible for many people to create content and share it with the world, and for a lawyer who cut her teeth in entertainment law, Marie Glen Abraham-Garduque saw YouTube as a way to not only share her life with her viewers but also inform them of their rights and answer their questions about laws in the Philippines. “To say that [knowledge of the law] is important is ...

Published December 14, 2020, 2:56 PM Another complaint against Quezon 2nd District Rep. David Suarez has reached the Office of the Ombudsman on Monday. This time, the raps alleged his involvement in series of “anomalous” cash advances amounting to P56.14 million made from 2013 to 2018 during his incumbency as governor of Quezon province. Suarez is facing the complaint together with Provincial Accountant Evangelina Ong, Provincial Treasurer Rosario Marilou Uy, and Provincial Budget Officer...

Press Release De Lima hails Houses approval of bill raising age of sexual consent to 16 Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has expressed elation over the House of Representatives approval on third and final reading of the measure increasing the age of sexual consent from 12 years old to 16 years old. De Lima, who has repeatedly pushed for this piece of legislation at the Senate, said the passage of the said bill at the Lower House "might as well be this years Christmas miracle that we all need...

(MANILA BULLETIN) NBI Officer-In-Charge Director Eric Distor said on Wednesday, Dec. 9, the NBI’s Anti-Graft Division (NBI-AGD) filed the complaint before the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) against Barangay 02 Chairman Marlon Aquino. Under the complaint, Aquino is accused of violating Republic Act 3019, the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act; falsification of official documents under the Revised Penal Code (RPC); technical malversation under the RPC; and violation of the Code of Conduct and ...