http://philippinelawcentral.com Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:57:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Congratulations to Mindanao lawyer and peace advocate Mary Ann Arnado for receiving the first-ever World Vision International Peace Price. From the World Vision website: World Vision has announced the recipients of its Peace Prize on the International Day of Peace. The prize includes two awards: the Peacemaking Award, which honours an individual, and ... http://philippinelawcentral.com/2009/10/atty-mary-ann-arnado-gets-peace-award.html 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 ... http://philippinelawcentral.com/2009/10/shopping-mall-parking-fees-legal-or-not.html 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. The Inquirer ... http://philippinelawcentral.com/2009/09/joseph-pajanustan-labor-lawyer-wounded-in-shooting.html 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 ... http://philippinelawcentral.com/2009/09/best-philippine-law-schools-bar-topnotchers.html 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. The Inquirer reports: Represented by ... http://philippinelawcentral.com/2009/09/vicky-belo-vs-argee-guevarra-facebook-libel-case.html 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 ... http://philippinelawcentral.com/2009/09/ched-closes-seven-philippine-law-schools.html TITLE IGENERAL PROVISIONSDefinitions and ClassificationsSection 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 ... http://philippinelawcentral.com/2008/08/corporation-code-of-philippines-bp-68_7561.html TITLE IIINCORPORATION AND ORGANIZATIONOF PRIVATE CORPORATIONSSec. 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 ... http://philippinelawcentral.com/2008/08/corporation-code-of-philippines-bp-68_3609.html TITLE IIIBOARD OF DIRECTORS/TRUSTEES/OFFICERSSec. 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 ... http://philippinelawcentral.com/2008/08/corporation-code-of-philippines-bp-68_1721.html TITLE IVPOWERS OF CORPORATIONSSec. 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. ... http://philippinelawcentral.com/2008/08/corporation-code-of-philippines-bp-68_7871.html