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		<title>Conversion of Municipalities into Cities</title>
		<link>http://lexforiphilippines.com/2010/10/13/conversion-of-municipalities-into-cities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 04:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Section 10, Article X of the 1987 Constitution states that “(n)o province, city, municipality, or barangay shall be created, divided, merged, abolished, or its boundary substantially altered, except in accordance with the criteria established in the local government code and subject to approval by a majority of the votes cast in a plebiscite in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lexforiphilippines.com&#038;blog=10687614&#038;post=504&#038;subd=lexforiphilippines&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Looking for legal assistant</title>
		<link>http://lexforiphilippines.com/2010/10/07/looking-for-legal-assistant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 02:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Company  is looking for a legal assistant who will be: Reporting to the Chief Legal Counsel, with the main responsibility of providing legal advice and assistance on corporate and commercial activities for the Company and its subsidiaries/affiliates; Responsible for corporate housekeeping of the Company and its subsidiaries/affiliates; Ensuring the Company’s compliance with the reportorial [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lexforiphilippines.com&#038;blog=10687614&#038;post=501&#038;subd=lexforiphilippines&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Crime of Offending Religious Feelings</title>
		<link>http://lexforiphilippines.com/2010/10/06/the-crime-of-offending-religious-feelings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 03:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A man who, garbed as national hero, Jose Rizal, stood up near the altar of a Catholic church during a prayer service, shouting that the church should stop interfering in government affairs and holding a sign that read “Damaso” (referring to Fr. Damaso, the antagonist in Rizal’s novel “Noli Me Tangere”), was arrested for “Offending [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lexforiphilippines.com&#038;blog=10687614&#038;post=498&#038;subd=lexforiphilippines&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Can there be Immediate Disconnection of Electric Service?</title>
		<link>http://lexforiphilippines.com/2010/09/30/can-there-be-immediate-disconnection-of-electric-service/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MERALCO is within its rights to immediately disconnect the electric service of the consumer after due notice, upon discovery of a tampered, broken, or fake seal on, the meter, provided the discovery was personally witnessed and attested to by an officer of the law or a duly authorized representative of the Energy Regulatory Board.  It [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lexforiphilippines.com&#038;blog=10687614&#038;post=488&#038;subd=lexforiphilippines&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who Should Perform Drug-Testing?</title>
		<link>http://lexforiphilippines.com/2010/09/28/who-should-perform-drug-testing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 02:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Nacague vs. Sulpicio Lines, Inc. (G.R. No. 172589; 8 August 2010), the Supreme Court considered as doubtful basis for termination of employment, the results of a dangerous drug test performed by a medical clinic which was not accredited by the Department of Health.  The High Court cited Section 36 of Republic Act No. 9165 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lexforiphilippines.com&#038;blog=10687614&#038;post=466&#038;subd=lexforiphilippines&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BIR&#8217;s new abatement program</title>
		<link>http://lexforiphilippines.com/2010/09/23/birs-new-abatement-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 03:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Internal Revenue has issued Revenue Regulations No. 9-2010 last September 13, 2010 providing for the policies and guidelines on the abatement of surcharges and/or compromise penalties in relation to the filing of tax returns and payment of taxes under certain conditions. Note that only the surcharges and compromise penalty are abated. The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lexforiphilippines.com&#038;blog=10687614&#038;post=481&#038;subd=lexforiphilippines&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Withholding Agent’s Right to File a Claim for Tax Refund</title>
		<link>http://lexforiphilippines.com/2010/09/21/withholdings-agent%e2%80%99s-right-to-file-a-claim-for-tax-refund/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 02:18:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Commissioner of Internal Revenue vs. Smart Communications, Inc. (G.R. No. 179045-46; 25 August 2010), the Supreme Court held that the person entitled to claim a tax refund is the taxpayer [Sections 204(c) and 229 of the National Internal Revenue Code (NIRC)], but in case the taxpayer does not file a claim for refund, the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lexforiphilippines.com&#038;blog=10687614&#038;post=458&#038;subd=lexforiphilippines&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Promotion Only in Nomenclature</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 02:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When an employee’s position is converted to a higher job grade level but he is not given additional functions or responsibilities, can he be considered as “promoted” and claim conversion and promotion increase? In SCA Hygiene Products Corporation Employees Association-FFW vs. SCA Hygiene Products Corporation (G.R. No. 182877; 9 August 2010), the Supreme Court held [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lexforiphilippines.com&#038;blog=10687614&#038;post=470&#038;subd=lexforiphilippines&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bank’s General Lien on Deposits</title>
		<link>http://lexforiphilippines.com/2010/09/14/bank%e2%80%99s-general-lien-on-deposits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 02:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is a stipulation in bank-loan documents giving the bank a right to set-off or apply the borrower’s loan (including interest) against his bank deposits, valid? Yes.  In Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company vs. Mariñas (G.R. No. 179105; 26 July 2010), the Supreme Court sustained the bank’s authority to make deductions from a borrower’s deposits and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lexforiphilippines.com&#038;blog=10687614&#038;post=456&#038;subd=lexforiphilippines&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What is the status of children born before a marriage is annulled or nullified on the ground of psychological incapacity?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Children conceived or born before the judgment of annulment or absolute nullity of the marriage on the ground of psychological incapacity has become final and executory shall be considered legitimate. (Article 54, Family Code) Legitimate children have, in general, the right to bear the surnames of the father and the mother, to receive support from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lexforiphilippines.com&#038;blog=10687614&#038;post=442&#038;subd=lexforiphilippines&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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