Laws and Found

Lady Justice (Dublin) Source: Wikimedia Commons , original by Lucy Skywalker (photo with License CC Share a Like 3.0) I found an article in Philippine Daily Inquirer written by Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban about the Bar Exams and legal education in the country and I thought it would be good to share here because the subject concerns law students or future lawyers. Last weekend,  I was able to talk with some friends who are now based in Dublin and I realized that Philippine law students are lucky to be pursuing law education here.  I found out that in Ireland,  a law student needs to undergo a series of exams,  not just one.   Mind you, each exam is quiet expensive and I can only imagine how crazy it is to review for a battery of exams. This reminds me of the steps a medical professional has to go through before he or she can become a specialist.  It would be utterly difficult if lawyers will undergo that kind of process.  It would defi...

NATU v Republic G. R. No. 93468, December 29, 1994 Facts of the Case: Petitioner NATU filed a petition for certification election to determine the exclusive bargaining agent of its supervisory employees.  The bank (Private respondent) moved to dismiss the petition alleging that the supervisory employees are actually managerial employees hence prohibited from joining unions.  The Med Arbiter granted the petition but the decision was modified by the Sec. of Labor on the ground that the ff employees are deemed as managerial and/or confidential employees and are therefore ineligible to join or form labor unions (Dept. Managers,  Asst. Managers,  branch Cashiers and Controllers). ISSUE :   W/N the Department Managers, Assistant Managers, Branch Managers/OICs, Cashiers and Controllers of respondent Bank are managerial and/or confidential employees hence ineligible to join or assist the union of petitioner. RULING: The subject employees are supervisory and...

Travel bug. One of my simplest wish is to find a job that would make me hop on a plane at least once a month.  No,  not domestic,  but international!  Don't get me wrong because I don't want to live in a suitcase,   I simply want to breathe different air and culture regularly.   (My ultimate dream job is one that allows me to jump off a plane in a sleek skydiving suit, but since there is no such thing as a Skydiving Lawyer,  I better stick to my front -- the Travelling Lawyer part.lol)   They often say that if you want to live a happy life,  you have to find your passion.  After finding that passion,  find a way to make a living out of it, that is the only way to have a wonderful existence.   So all I could think about is to find a job that will allow me to travel. I used to think that becoming a lawyer will bring me closer to that dream, oh-oh! Maybe... maybe not,  depending on how I look at it.   Is there ev...

Villuga v. National Labor Relations Commission Petitioner Villuga was employed by Private Respondent Zapanta (of Broad St. Tailoring) as a cutter.  He was also tasked to distribute work to other tailors and sewers when the shop manager or assistant is not around and makes sure that the work conform to the pattern given. The other petitioners  were ironers,  repairmen and sewers who were paid on piecerate basis.  The petitioners did not fill in any time record since they did not work on fixed hours,  they also work at home when job orders increased.  Villuga got ill and was not able to report to work for a few days but has notified the employer.  Subsequently,  he was considered to have abandoned his job.  This prompted Villuga to file a complaint on the ground that he was refused back to work due to an alleged participation to a union organized by the tailors.  The other petitioners claimed that they were dismissed due to union part...

MacBook Air (right).  Just ignore the food, I cannot work without food. :) My company was kind enough to provide me with a MacBook Air to be used for work-related things so I was able to get it a few weeks ago.  I was asked to chose a laptop and my main consideration is one with a long battery life.  After doing some research I found out that the MacBook Air (13inch) has 12 hours of battery life,  so why not,  coconut?  I was actually thinking that this same feature will be helpful when I'm in the school library which has limited plugging sockets.  So off I went and got the Macbook! I admit I am really a Windows OS person so using the Mac is quite a challenge function-wise.  No, honestly,  it is a pain (to my bangs) to use it for encoding and creating documents.  Moreover,  I use a lot of programs in design, transcription, etc. and until today,  I still could not figure out how to put them all in the Mac! Since m...

I have been busy these past couple of weeks and I admit my unofficial reading and review is badly affected.  My study coach is truly mad at me for not doing any reading.  I mean,  I feel bad and I am guilty.  This is something I have to do for myself and here I am not holding up my end. Work has been crazy and I have other commitments to myself that I have to fulfill.  One is that I should lose some weight,  not much weight,  just the right amount.  Then I have to do different jobs and as you can imagine there are only 24 hours in a day.  I really cannot waste time with task that are not important so I feel that sometimes I would cheat myself on sleeping time. Despite all these,  I miss blogging,  law books,  my codals,  reading and studying.  I miss spending overnight in a coffee shop just reading all those cases.  I hope my work and schedule will allow me to go back to law school and finish my unfinished bu...