Congratulations to Mindanao lawyer and peace advocate Mary Ann Arnado for receiving the first-ever World Vision International Peace Price.

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Should you pay parking fees when you go shop in your favorite? Or should shopping mall owners provide free car parks to their customers?

In the Philippines, you have to pay parking fees when you use mall carparks according to a recent decision handed down by the Philippine Supreme Court.

The Office of the Solicitor General apparently argued (in behalf of the car-owning public) that the collection of fees by mall owners is prohibited by the National Building Code but the Supreme Court concluded otherwise. From a Business Mirror report: Continue reading →

We don’t need more proof that lawyers, like journalists and truth-tellers, live a life that’s full of risk and danger but here’s a report on the shooting of labor lawyer Joseph Pajanustan.

He survived the attempt against his life and is currently in the hospital. We sure hope he recovers.

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And the best law schools in the Philippines are ………… hmmm, if we define “best” as the number of bar topnotchers that the school produced, then the best law school would be the UP College of Law. However, this is a very imperfect measure so the best law school in the country remains an issue that is worth debating.

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Our Pinoy Lawyer of the Day is Atty. Argee Guevarra who is facing a libel case filed by Dr. Vicky Belo. Belo alleges that the good attorney “libeled” her because he was posting anti-Belo malicious messages (such as calling her “Reyna ng Kaplastikan“) on his Facebook page.

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The Commission on Higher Education is closing at least seven law schools across the country for their failure to produce a bar passer for the past 10 years.

The schools are as follows:

• Abra Valley College in Bangued, Abra
• Polytechnic College of La Union in Agoo, La Union
• Ramon Magsaysay Technological University in Iba, Zambales
• East Central Colleges in San Fernando, Pampanga
• Southern Bicol College in Masbate
• Eastern Samar State University in Borongan, Eastern Samar
• Samar College in Catbalogan, Western Samar

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TITLE I
GENERAL PROVISIONS

Definitions and Classifications

Section 1. Title of the Code. – This Code shall be known as “The Corporation Code of the Philippines”.

Sec. 2. Corporation defined. – A corporation is an artificial being created by operation of law, having the right of succession and the powers, attributes and properties expressly authorized by law or incident to its existence.

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TITLE II
INCORPORATION AND ORGANIZATION
OF PRIVATE CORPORATIONS

Sec. 10. Number and qualifications of incorporators. – Any number of natural persons not less than five (5) but not more than fifteen (15), all of legal age and a majority of whom are residents of the Philippines, may form a private corporation for any lawful purpose or purposes. Each of the incorporators of s stock corporation must own or be a subscriber to at least one (1) share of the capital stock of the corporation.

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TITLE III
BOARD OF DIRECTORS/TRUSTEES/OFFICERS

Sec. 23. The board of directors or trustees. – Unless otherwise provided in this Code, the corporate powers of all corporations formed under this Code shall be exercised, all business conducted and all property of such corporations controlled and held by the board of directors or trustees to be elected from among the holders of stocks, or where there is no stock, from among the members of the corporation, who shall hold office for one (1) year until their successors are elected and qualified.

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TITLE IV
POWERS OF CORPORATIONS

Sec. 36. Corporate powers and capacity. – Every corporation incorporated under this Code has the power and capacity:

1. To sue and be sued in its corporate name;

2. Of succession by its corporate name for the period of time stated in the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation;

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