Congratulatory tarps for new lawyers Marawi as the City of Streamers

ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO 05/23/2023

MARAWI City — After the release of the results of the 2022 bar examinations, Marawi City will again be flooded with huge congratulatory tarpaulins for its new lawyers. When I visited Marawi last February, I was really…

Spending time on Mother’s Day with cancer-afflicted kids

ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO 05/16/2023

The month of May has three significant dates for our family: Mothers’ day, Mama’s birthday and her death anniversary. My mother, fondly called Mama Linda, died on May 17, 2002 due to pericarditis and lymphoma three days…

Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers as translation of President Magsaysay’s ‘He who has less in life should have more in law’

ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO 05/03/2023

“He who has less in life should have more in law” is the wisdom popularized by the late President Ramon Magsaysay as far as the constitutional social justice principle is concerned. The pending Magna Carta for Filipino…

Proposed Escrow provision in the Magna Carta  prejudicial  for seafarers

ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO 01/24/2023

The inclusion of an escrow provision in the pending Magna Carta for Filipino seafarers will adversely affect the legal battle for labor claims. The employers and manning agencies again proposed the provision which in essence aimed to…

Non-deployment as basis for total and permanent disability benefits

ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO 10/11/2022

A seafarer, who was no longer deployed back to work, may be entitled to total and permanent disability benefits due to an illness that he suffered while on board the vessel. This was the ruling of the…

Magna Carta for Filipino seafarers and bullying  

ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO 09/13/2022

Seafarers are susceptible to mental health issues due to harassment and bullying that can take a wide variety of forms, ranging from physical or verbal aggression, ill-treatment, cyber-bullying or sexual discrimination. The pending bills on Magna Carta…

Higher CBA benefits even without Accident Report

ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO 08/30/2022

It is incumbent upon the employers, not the seafarer, to present the accident report in disability benefits claims since they are in possession of said documentary evidence. This was the ruling of the Supreme Court in the…

Films on Mindanao conflict win major Cinemalaya awards

ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO 08/16/2022

Films on troubled relationships and shattered dreams due to the Mindanao conflict won  major awards for this year’s Cinemalaya  Independent Film Festival: The Baseball Player, 12 Weeks and Bula Sa Langit.  “The Baseball Player” by Carlo Obispo won as best film…

Love where no spoken words exist

ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO 08/09/2022

“Sa edukasyon, magkakaroon sya ng  boses.” (In education, he will have a voice). One of the lines by mute teacher Miguel (JC DeVera) to the mother of a deaf child (who is a young talented visual artist)…

Cinemalaya through the years

ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO 08/02/2022

I have been watching Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival since it started in 2004, or 18 years ago, which is held annually at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and various cinemas. The films, often called “indie…

Close encounters with 2022 National Artists awardees

ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO 06/14/2022

“Walang himala! Ang himala ay nasa puso ng tao, nasa puso nating lahat! Tayo ang gumagawa ng himala, tayo ang gumagawa ng mga sumpa at ng mga Diyos, walang himala!” These are famous lines popularized by Nora…

LEGAL BYTES: Absence of receipts in illegal recruitment case

ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO 05/31/2022

The absence of receipts issued by the accused in an illegal recruitment case is not fatal to their conviction if the prosecution establishes, through credible evidence, that the accused has engaged in illegal  recruitment. The Supreme Court…

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