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Patent waivers for vaccines became one of the interesting issues involving intellectual property rights during this COVID-19 pandemic. The intellectual property (IP) waivers aim to allow countries to choose not to enforce, apply or implement patents and…
An avatar called “Tumindig” recently became viral with the message that one must stand up for what he believes in and fight. The digital drawing posted last July 17 by satirical cartoonist Tarantadong Kalbo centered on a standing fist person…
While consumers enjoy driving their cars, transporting automobiles as cargoes on board vessels can have a toll to a seafarer’s health. Most seafarers live and work under extremely hazardous conditions that can cause serious short-term and long-term…
Matamlay. Sluggish. This is how Taytay Apostolic Vicar-designate Bishop Broderick Pabillo described the government’s treatment of Filipino fishermen despite the favorable arbitral tribunal’s ruling on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) territorial dispute. During his homily last Sea Sunday,…
Philippine folklore is filled with mythical and mysterious beings, including scary monsters like the Aswangs that gave us many sleepless nights. The Aswang is the Philippines’ most famous carnivorous monster, a boogeyman-like predatory figure in local folklore…
Thirty years ago, on June 15, 1991, the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines was considered the world’s largest volcanic eruption. Bursts of gas-charged magma exploded into umbrella ash clouds, hot flows of gas and ash descended…
I am the son of a hoarder and a collector. People wonder why we have several stuff in our house which my father did not want to dispose, especially the shoes. Papa justified this by saying that…
The employer cannot escape liability on the mere fact that the seafarer finished his contract if it should have been essentially a case of medical repatriation. There are instances when the officers on board will convince a seafarer…
Listen and respond to the clamor of the Filipinos to defend their sovereign rights and entitlements in the West Philippines Sea (WPS). In a published statement, the Maritime Law Association of the Philippines (MARLAWPh) called on the…
A seafarer who is penalized with delisting from the registry of Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) may be granted clemency under certain circumstances. Clemency is the power given to a public official to lower the harshness of…
Mutiny has become a common plot for blockbusters like the 1997 American historical drama film directed by Steven Spielberg. The film centered on the 1839 revolt aboard the Spanish-owned ship La Amistad during which Mende tribesmen abducted for the slave trade managed to gain…
Psychological incapacity is a legal concept, not a medical one, where the testimony of a psychologist or psychiatrist as evidence is not mandatory in declaration of nullity of marriage cases. This was the recent ruling by the…
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