Q. I wish to seek your views as regards the following issues: The proceeds over the sale of a property of a deceased who acquired it as inheritance from his parents . This deceased was unmarried and without child. So in this case, I was told that the surviving siblings inherits from the deceased sibling. However, what will… Read More »
While America was upholding th= result of decades of battle for civil rights by electing an African American to the presidency, tens of thousands of Californians were institutionalizing inequality, injustice and bigotry by passing Proposition 8, which sought to ban gay marriages in California. They wanted to include in the state constitution a provision that would deprive a… Read More »
More than a year after the Supreme Court slapped a temporary restraining order on the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Muslim Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the MILF has now been reported as having sought the assistance of the United States to mediate in a peace… Read More »
Sobra naman! This is what many utter in the country these days as two typhoons came one after the other and devastated almost the whole Philippines- first, Ondoy which surprised the whole of Metro Manila with the briskness with which floodwaters submerged the cities of Marikina, Cainta, Antipolo, San Mateo, Pasig and lower parts of Manila. A big… Read More »
CHICAGO, Illinois (JGLi) — Staring over the photos and video clips on the Internet emerging from the Philippines during the past few days was not only disheartening but was also depressing. But I can only hope and pray that everybody is safe and out of harm’s way. Metro Manila and its environs used to be spared from… Read More »
Barely a week after typhoon “Ondoy “ wrought havoc in Metro Manila and Luzon provinces with destructive flash floods, another big storm, “Pepeng “ (code named Parma) ravaged this time the Northern Luzon parts of the Philippines further adding more woes to the already reeling storm-weary nation. Pepeng lingered in the Philippine area for at least… Read More »
Q. Hello Po Atty. Wong, I am always reading your article and now that I have a problem I need your advice, if possible. Namatay po nuong 1981 ang mother ko at 1984 naman ang father ko na walang naiwang Will. Dalawa po kaming babaeng magkapatid at ng nagbalikbayan ako nung 1991, e napag-alaman kong nawawala ang titulo… Read More »
One beautiful and endearing trait of the rural people of yesteryears was the spirit of damayan or mutual community help. This admirable spirit was a traditional expression of mutuality and communality among our forebears when existence was a continuous struggle for survival. Possibly, the provenance of damayan was borne out of experience, for without it the early… Read More »