In fairness masarap at affordable ang food!!! Medyo naumay lang ako sa sweet and sour pork (or hindi lang siguro talaga ako mahilig sa matamis na food)
LC’s Place Restaurant, Cabangan, Zambales, Philippines
Went to BGC Taguig City just to satisfy my cravings for Kraken Takoyaki!!!
Sooooo good!!!!
@Kraken Takoyaki, Uptown Mall, BGC, Taguig City, Philippines
Congress passed RA 13362 or the Community Service Act which was signed into law by President Duterte on August 8, 2019. The said RA authorizes the court, in its discretion, to require community service in lieu of imprisonment for minor offenses.
Under A.M. No. 20-06-14-SC, all judges concerned, after promulgation of judgment or order where the imposable penalty for the crime or offense is arresto menor or arresto mayor, shall be duty-bound to inform the accused in open court that he or she has an option to, among others, apply that the penalty be served by rendering community service in the place where the crime was committed. The judge should also explain to the accused, however, that the same will be barred to apply for community service or probation should he or she choose to appeal the conviction.
Application for community service must be filed within the period to perfect an appeal and that the said application shall be resolved within five days from filing thereof. The court should set a hearing to render or promulgate the ruling for this purpose.
Upon receipt of the application for community service, the court shall immediately notify the 1) barangay chairperson or authorized representative of the barangay where the crime was committed; 2) representative from the provincial or city’s Probation Office; and, 3) local government unit’s Social Welfare Development Officer. The Court may resort to electronic service of the notices to the said officers.
The court shall resolve the application for community service immediately after the hearing thereon. An order granting or denying the same shall not be appealable. Failure of the accused to appear at the said hearing, except for justified reasons, shall be a ground to deny the application and a warrant of arrest shall be issued against the accused.
The SC held that these should be taken into consideration in allowing community service ─ gravity of offense, circumstances of the case, welfare of the society, and reasonable probability that the accused shall not violate the law while rendering the service.
The Court, pursuant to Section 5(5), Article VIII of the 1987 Constitution, has the power to adopt and promulgate rules concerning the protection and enforcement of constitutional rights, among others.
To read A.M. No. 20-06-14-SC, please click this link https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/14279/
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has revised its rules on appeals from resolutions issued by city or provincial prosecutors and by the prosecutor general “in the interest of speedy, efficient, and effective administration of justice.”
In a Department Circular issued last July 13 by Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla, “the Office of the Secretary of Justice (OSEC) shall review appeals from resolutions of the Prosecutor General in cases subject to its preliminary investigation as referred to it by various government agencies, and from resolutions of the Provincial/City Prosecutors in cases cognizable by the Regional Trial Court.”
The circular also stated:
“Resolutions of the Provincial/City Prosecutors in cases cognizable by the Metropolitan Trial Court, Municipal Circuit Trial Court, Municipal Trial Court, and Municipal Trial Court in Cities shall be reviewed on appeal by the Prosecutor General in his/her capacity as the Regional State Prosecutor in the National Capital Region and by the Regional State Prosecutors with respect to their respective regions.
“Cases decided on appeal by the Prosecutor General and by the Regional State Prosecutors under this provision shall be considered final and no longer be appealable to the Office of the Secretary of Justice.
“Notwithstanding the above, the Secretary of Justice reserves the right to evaluate, in the interest of justice, to afford fair play and prevent the miscarriage of justice, muto proprio (on one’s initiative) or upon written and signed complaint, any resolution of the Prosecutor General, Regional State Prosecutors and Provincial/City Prosecutors. This residual power of review shall conform with the constitutional requirements of due process and will be covered by a relevant department circular to be issued by the Office of the Secretary of Justice.”
The circular will take effect 15 days after publication in two newspapers of general circulation and after copies have been furnished the Office of National Administrative Registrar (ONAR), UP Law Center, University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City.
The new rules modified Department Circular No. 70 issued on July 2, 2000 and Department Circular No. 70-A issued on July 10, 2000.
Kakaibang experience! Ang sarap ng foodies!!! Mukhang mauulit ang lafang!
Thank you LORD! Super busog!
@Cafe Adriatico Express, SM City North EDSA The Block, Quezon City
Yung nag-crave ka lang ng “authentic Japanese food”. 🙂
Medyo pricey pero ang sarap as in!
Ang paborito kong ramen!!!! happiness!!
Burpsog! Thank you LORD!
@Hanamaruken Ramen, TriNoMa Mall, Quezon City
Naging paborito na namin ang foodies dito sa Kuya J!
Burpsog! Thank you LORD 🙂
@Kuya J Restaurant, SM City San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan
The illicitness of a relationship a woman engages in does not diminish her dignity in any way. She will be protected just the same by the law that values her and her children’s dignity and guarantees full respect for their human rights.
In a Decision penned by Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen, the Court’s Second Division upheld a Permanent Protection Order (PPO) issued under Republic Act No. 9262, or the Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act, over contentions that sought to straitjacket the text and spirit of the law.
The petitioner was a man against whom the PPO had been issued to prevent further acts of violence against the respondents—his longtime live- in partner, a woman, and their children. He was 47 and admittedly married when he met the respondent woman, then 20, in 1979.
Before the Court, the petitioner primarily argues that Republic Act No. 9262 cannot provide relief for the respondent woman, as she was only his paramour. For him, although the law’s protection extends to a woman with whom one has or had a sexual or dating relationship, this should be interpreted to mean as a relationship without any legal impediment to marry each other. Otherwise, he says, the law would effectively tolerate adulterous relationships.
Applying the rule on statutory construction that when the law does not make any distinction, neither should the courts, the Court corrected the petitioner’s mistaken notion. It said that the law “protects women and their children from various forms of violence and abuse committed within a setting of an intimate relationship”—including the respondent woman and their children.
The Court applied the same rule in rejecting the petitioner’s other contention: that since their children have attained the age of majority by the time the PPO was issued, this precludes the application of Republic Act No. 9262, which defines “children” as those below 18 years old, or older but incapable of taking care of themselves.
Citing Estacio v. Estacio, a similar case of violence against women and their children, the Court explained that neither Republic Act No. 9262 nor the Rule on Violence Against Women and Their Children distinguishes the age at which children are included in protection orders.
On both issues, the Court upheld the State policy of protecting women and children from violence and threats to their security and safety, declaring that it “will not interpret a provision of Republic Act No. 9262 as to make it powerless and futile.”
The Supreme Court Public Information Office will upload the decision to the SC website once it receives an official copy from the Office of the Clerk Court Second Division. (G.R. No. 187175, Cabañez v. AAA)
Oh My Kwento!!!! 