In a case[1] decided by the Supreme Court on February 03, 2025, it was clarified that the 2019 Revised Rules on Evidence (A.M. No. 19-08-15-SC) modified the title of the Best…
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NON EXCUSAT | Atty. Rene John M. Velasco:
ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUDICATORY POWER
quasi-judicial or administrative adjudicatory power is the power by administrative agencies to hear and determine questions of fact to which the legislative policy is to apply and to decide in…
NON EXCUSAT | Atty. Rene John M. Velasco:
VOLUNTARY SURRENDER
The Revised Penal Code (Act No. 3815), particularly Article 13, paragraph 7, considers as a mitigating circumstance the scenario where the offender voluntarily surrender himself to a person in authority…
NON EXCUSAT | Atty. Rene John M. Velasco:
ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE VS FRUSTRATED HOMICIDE
In one of my earlier columns, I discussed the difference between Homicide and Murder as defined and penalized under Article 249 and 248 of the Revised Penal Code, respectively. Aside…
NON EXCUSAT | Atty. Rene John M. Velasco:
ROPERTY REGIME FOR SAME SEX COUPLES
As declared by Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen, in interpreting our laws, we should be mindful of the reality that our freedoms should be individually and socially meaningful. This was…
NON EXCUSAT | Atty. Rene John M. Velasco:
CREATION AND ABOLITION OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES
Under Section 2 of the 1987 Administrative Code of the Philippines, Agency of the Government refers to any of the various units of the Government, including a department, bureau, office,…
NON EXCUSAT | Atty. Rene John M. Velasco:
DEVELOPMENT IN CHILD ABUSE CASES
In interpreting Section 5(b) of Republic Act No. 7610 or the Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act, the bar and the bench had been relying on…
NON EXCUSAT | Atty. Rene John M. Velasco:
PSYCHOLOGICAL INCAPACITY
At the outset, as enshrined in Article 36 of the Family Code: A marriage contracted by any party who, at the time of the celebration, was psychologically incapacitated to comply…
NON EXCUSAT | Atty. Rene John M. Velasco:
PHILIPPINE NATIONAL FLAG
From our elementary and high school days up until now that we are already employed in the government, it has been a daily morning practice and mandate to attend the…
NON EXCUSAT | Atty. Rene John M. Velasco:
REMEMBERING THE MAMBA
Kobe Bean Bryant, also known for his moniker “The Black Mamba”, a professional basketball player who played as shooting guard for the Los Angeles Lakers franchise for his entire 20-year…