Archive for August, 2007

Checkpoint Rules (Filipino) »

Alamin ang inyong karapatan
POLICE/MILITARY
CHECKPOINT RULES
1. Ang lahat ng checkpoint ay kailangang isagawa ng mga unipormadong kagawad ng militar at pulisya, dapat din agad na matukoy ang kanilang pagkakilanlan. Ito ay dapat isagawa sa lugar na may sapat na liwanag.
2. Sa oras na paglapit sa checkpoint, hinaan ang inyong headlights, kung pinatabi, bahagyang buksan ang inyong […]

Checkpoints Checklist (English) »

Know Your Rights
Checkpoint Checklist
(for police/military checkpoints)
 
1. Checkpoints must be well-lighted, properly identified and manned by uniformed personnel. Be alert.
2. Upon approach, dim headlights. If pulled over, open window three fourths down. Greet police officer, note nameplate and maintain eye contact.
3. Lock all doors. Talk to police officers only on one side of the vehicle.
4. Ordinary/routine […]

Anti-corruption Lecture »

Ateneo School of Law
INTER-DISCIPLINARY COURSE
ON CORRUPTION, IMPUNITY AND GOVERNANCE
Session 2, 24 November 2006
Introduction: “Twice the citizen”
1. The Experience of Corruption
        Instances – process
        Typologies, a typology
        Corruption as a crime
2. Responses to Corruption
       a. Policies and Plans
       b. Anti-corruption bodies
       c. Criminal law
3. Case Study: ICAC
       a. Elements
       b. Execution
4. Minimizing corruption
     
Known solutions
5. A matter […]

Information Communication Technology Seminar »

Course Title
Popular Law Version 1.0
Emerging ICT Law Issues and Trends: Its Impact on Business
With focus on: HR Policy, Intellectual Property Rights, Financial fraud and Cyber crime
Description
This one-day interactive course gives a comprehensive review of the rule of law in the country. Participants are quickly drawn into new and specific legal issues focused on ICT that […]

Anti-Money Laundering Complete One-Day Seminar »

A Complete Guide to Dirty Funds:
Compliance with Anti Money Laundering Regime
Description
The first money laundering convict is a financial executive. Since the passage of R.A. No. 9160 and its quick amendment, the financial regulatory framework has changed dramatically. The course presents the background and substance of the law, works out the complex rules into specific practical […]

Legislators and Experts Workshop on Cybercrime »

Coming in October is the first ever Legislators and Experts Workshop on Cybercrime in Makati City that will hopefully push the e-governance agenda specially on cyber security. More announcements to follow.

Idealism and practicality »

Someone asked me before in a public forum: how can one be idealistic in a practical world? how can one maintain sanity in the bureaucracy? Well, the short answer is that our dreams will always be ideals that we work and aspire, the metaphor of reaching for the stars. At the same time, our feet […]

Reasons for failed marriages »

In my years of work experience, out of 10 cases of failed marriages, I can say that about six cases are because the husbands have mistresses, two cases the wives have lovers (gender equality!), one case the guy is actually not a guy and the last case, guys with no backbones. Surely there are more […]