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…

NON EXCUSAT | Atty. Rene John M. Velasco:

OWNERSHIP OF SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT

In a fairly recent case, the Supreme Court, thru Associate Justice Ramon Paul L. Hernando, laid down guide post for proving ownership and/or control of a social media account, like…

NON EXCUSAT | Atty. Rene John M. Velasco:

BREACH OF PROMISE TO MARRY

At the turn of the year, news about a supposedly missing bride-to-be surfaced and filled the internet and our social networking sites. Purportedly, this bride-to-be went missing four (4) days…

NON EXCUSAT | Atty. Rene John M. Velasco:

FUGITIVE DISENTITLEMENT DOCTRINE

In this era, where evading arrest and fleeing to avoid prosecution had become a trend for suspected malefactors, the Honorable Supreme Court in a relatively recent case, laid down the…

NON EXCUSAT | Atty. Rene John M. Velasco:

TECHNICAL MALVERSATION

During my law school days, in my Criminal Law 2 under now Court of Appeals Associate Justice Juliet San Gaspar, one particular provision of the Revised Penal Code – Article…

NON EXCUSAT | Atty. Rene John M. Velasco:

FORFEITURE LAW

Up until now, the entire Filipino population is still following the investigation of the inexistent and anomalous flood control projects and the billion peso corruption that they represent. From the…

NON EXCUSAT | Atty. Rene John M. Velasco:

STRONGER PROTECTION AGAINST RAPE AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE

President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law Republic Act No. 11648, which redefines the crime of Statutory Rape as stated under Article 266-A of the Revised Penal Code, among others. The…

NON EXCUSAT Atty. Rene John M. Velasco:

Child Safety in Motor Vehicle Act

Republic Act No. 11229 or An Act Providing for the Special Protection of Child Passengers in Motor Vehicles and Appropriating Funds Therefor, declared that it is the policy of the…

NON EXCUSAT | Atty. Rene John M. Velasco:

THE QUINTESSENTIAL POLITICIAN

President Manuel Luis Quezon was labeled as such by former Senate President Edgardo Angara during the latter’s interview with TV5 journalist Lourd De Veyra for the “Diskarteng Quezon” segment of…