PSEi at fresh high on earnings, bargain hunting
BusinessWorld Online - 2017-11-06
THE Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) finished at a fresh record high on Monday, bouncing back on selected positive earnings results of companies abroad and bargain hunting by investors. The index closed at 8,523.07, showing an increase of 146.94 ...

$5-million GEF-funded project to boost drive against wildlife trafficking
BusinessMirror. - 2017-11-06
Under this component, the DENR will conduct training for law enforcers on the use of Environmental Law Enforcement Management Information Service and CITES e-permitting system. CITES, or the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild ...

Philippine PEN to hold 60th congress in UST on Nov. 21-22
Inquirer Lifestyle - 2017-11-06
Keynote address on Nov. 21 will be delivered by screenplay writer, filmmaker and scholar Clodualdo Del Mundo, Jr. The Jose Rizal Lecture on Nov. 22 will be delivered by Ombudsman and former Supreme Court Associate Justice Conchita Carpio Morales.

GenSan sets auction of 600 delinquent real properties
Mindanews - 2017-11-06
Such provision was set in Title II of the Local Government Code or Republic Act 7160 and its implementing rules and regulations. Sevilla said they initially listed more than 900 "delinquent" real properties such as homes, lands, machineries and ...

Chill, FDA tells backers, opponents of RH law
Philippine Daily Inquirer - 2017-11-05
The government agency screening medicines and food products for safety prior to their sale in Philippine markets appealed for sobriety as it reviews 51 contraceptives in relation to a Supreme Court order that banned some of these for causing abortions.

7,227 law graduates take 2017 Bar exam at the University of Santo Tomas
BusinessMirror. - 2017-11-05
The Philippine National Police, the National Bureau of Investigation, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, and the Coast Guard were deputized to ensure the safe and orderly conduct of the Bar examinations at the University of Santo Tomas in ...

C and C in regulation
BusinessMirror. - 2017-11-05
During the first ever Philippine Aviation Day organized by the Air Carriers ... Such was the general theme of one panel discussion wherein a colleague in the airline industry even suggested the idea of self-regulation to allow businesses to implement ...

IFRS 17: In search of better answers
BusinessWorld Online - 2017-11-05
For many MNEs, technology is an inevitable medium to help them penetrate the international market. Due to the growing complexity of evolving business models, more and more MNEs are adopting cloud computing into their operations. Cloud computing is ...

Checks and balances in public accountability
Inquirer Opinion - 2017-11-04
The 1935 Constitution allocated the three great powers of the government--to make laws, to execute them, and to interpret them--to Congress, the president, and the Supreme Court (and other courts), respectively. Checks and balances. Using the lessons ...

Rookie defensive end Derek Barnett has racked up three sacks over two preseason games, and the 14th overall pick could b
natv.ig.com.br - 2017-11-04
Business is so good that they use garbage cans to hold the ... This translates to a $16.82 hourly wage before tax and benefits for a 40 hour workweek. Green Bay held the ball for 39 minutes (see full recap).Stafford helps Lions past Cardinals, who lose ...

RH Law ready for full implementation
Inquirer Opinion - 2017-11-03
More than five years since it was signed into law, the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law is ready to be fully implemented with the near-completion of an evaluation by the Food and Drug Administration as required by the Supreme Court.

Intellectual Property Meets Real Property: Recent Copyright Infringement Cases
JD Supra - 2017-11-03
Two recent copyright infringement disputes involved the rare intersection of intellectual property with real property. In the first, the Ontario Court of Appeal determined who owned copyright in land surveys deposited with the registry office (hint--it ...

Elliott cleared to play in NFL after judge grants order
News Philippines Yahoo - 2017-11-03
The ruling by the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals was granted following a request on Elliott's behalf by the NFL Players Association. It means Elliott can now play on Sunday in the Cowboys game against the Kansas City Chiefs. Elliott has been embroiled in ...

7,227 law graduates to take Bar Exams tomorrow; over 700 cops to secure venue
The Daily Tribune - 2017-11-03
Exams will be held on four Sundays of this month starting November 5, 12, 19 and 26 at the University of Santo Tomas (UST ... beneath the flyover), Greenbelt and Glorietta, Ayala Center, Makati (two buses) and at the Marikina Sports Complex (one bus ...

Globe Q3 profit rises amid strong demand for data
BusinessWorld Online - 2017-11-03
EARNINGS of Globe Telecom, Inc. attributable to the parent soared 76% in the third quarter of 2017, as the company continued to benefit from the expansion of its data segment in mobile and home broadband. In a regulatory filing on Friday, the ...

De Lima asks high court to reconsider decision that junked request to recall arrest
BusinessWorld Online - 2017-11-03
Sen. Leila M. de Lima answers questions from the media outside her office in the Senate building on Feb. 24, 2017. -- PHILIPPINE STAR DETAINED senator Leila M. De Lima, through one of her lawyers Florin T. Hilbay, asked the Supreme Court to reconsider its ...

SC to deploy buses for bar examinees, personnel in case of bad weather
Philippine Daily Inquirer - 2017-11-03
Christina Layusa, 10 SC buses would be deployed in case of heavy rains to fetch the examinees as well as duty personnel of the high court from designated pick-up points in Metro Manila, and transport them to the University ... for Makati area-bound ...

Alcohol tax stamp scheme starts in Jan
Inquirer - 2017-11-03
In January, she said the Bureau of Internal Revenue would start to affix tax stamps on alcohol. The scheme is expected to be fully implemented by June next year. "We have to give the manufacturers time to adjust," Tionko said. Manufacturers will be ...

Next year, work permits are required for kids in showbiz, game shows
Philippine Daily Inquirer - 2017-11-03
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has issued a circular requiring work permits for children contestants in talent shows as well as for child actors appearing in advocacy materials or political advertisements. In Department Circular No. 2 ...

WHAT WENT BEFORE: Malampaya Fund
Philippine Daily Inquirer - 2017-11-02
The court ruled in favor of the province but this was reversed by the Court of Appeals in 2006, prompting the local government to bring the matter to the Supreme Court. The high court ordered to put the disputed local government share in escrow until the ...

Does Sharing A Link To Online Content Amount To Copyright Infringement?
Above The Law - 2017-11-02
Providing a link to content is a pretty standard way of pointing your friends, family, or colleagues to an interesting article you read, a funny picture you saw, or information you want to share. I know that I provide links on a daily basis, including them ...

New alcohol tax stamps out by January
Philstar - 2017-11-02
MANILA, Philippines -- The Department of Finance is planning to roll out by January new tax stamps for alcoholic products. In an interview, Finance Undersecretary Antonette Tionko said the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is targeting to issue by January ...

Automation to make PHL business-friendly
BusinessMirror. - 2017-11-02
In December Lopez said the government would be able to link all agencies involved in setting up a business, such as the DTI, Securities and Exchange Commission, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Social Security System, PhilHealth, etc. The DTI chief added the ...

GOP tax overhaul plan at a glance
News Philippines Yahoo - 2017-11-02
It has been criticized for excessive complexity. --Estate tax: Would immediately double the exemption on taxation of large estates from $11.2 million to $22.4 million and repeal the estate tax entirely after six years.

Catalan politicians to be quizzed in Spain rebellion, sedition cases
BusinessMirror. - 2017-11-02
Four ex-ministers were to stay with Puigdemont. Besides the ex-Cabinet members, six regional parliament members are to appear before the Supreme Court in a parallel probe. They include former Catalan Parliament Speaker Carme Forcadell, one of the leading ...

DoF expects excise stamp scheme for alcohol in place by mid-2018
BusinessWorld Online - 2017-11-02
Finance Undersecretary Antonette C. Tionko said that the Internal Revenue Stamp Integrated System (IRSIS) for alcohol products is currently being reviewed, with rules to be issued in January. "The issuance is January 2018. But (the implementation ...

LuMee Bolsters Intellectual Property Position With Expansion Of Patent Portfolio
Yahoo Finance - 2017-11-02
PARK CITY, Utah, Nov. 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- LuMee LLC, the maker of the original and patented illuminated LuMee® smart phone cases, announced today that it has expanded its patent portfolio through an agreement with Windy Place, Inc. The Windy Place ...

Over 100 Filipino victims of human trafficking in Abu Dhabi return to the Philippines
News Philippines Yahoo - 2017-11-02
"Stated there is decent recruitment of the workers for UAE which means once the UAE Domestic Workers Law takes effect, like what Usec says, maybe in the first quarter of next year, all OFWs going to UAE will strictly undergo the process of the POEA ...

Coming Soon: A Small Claims Court for Copyright Infringement
Digital Music News - 2017-11-02
According to Jeffries and Marino, piracy and theft affect the majority of copyright owners. Yet, filing paperwork to file an infringement claim usually costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not millions. If passed, the US Government would create a ...

Duterte banks on China promise on Sandy Cay, Scarborough
Global Nation - 2017-11-02
Pag-asa Island (Thitu Island) is the biggest island controlled by the Philippines in the Spratlys. In August, Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio warned that Chinese vessels, including a Coast Guard ship and two fishing boats, were ...

Suspension of SSS officials sought
Philippine Daily Inquirer - 2017-11-02
ALU-TUCP spokesperson Alan Tanjusay said the labor group was also calling for a transparent and ... filed his complaint on Oct. 24 with the Social Security Commission, which gave the four officials until last Monday to reply. The alleged malfeasance ...

Telescope permit decision appealed to Hawaii Supreme Court
News Philippines Yahoo - 2017-11-02
The opponents appealed directly to the state Supreme Court because of a law that allows certain contested-case hearing decisions to bypass the Intermediate Court of Appeals. Kealoha Pisciotta, one of the leaders fighting the telescope, says other ...

Roque wants House to expedite expulsion of fellow Kabayan lawmaker
Philippine Daily Inquirer - 2017-11-02
The infighting within the Kabayan partylist prompted Salo to launch a disbarment case against Roque at the Supreme Court (SC) and Roque, in turn, filed ethics complaints against Salo for allegedly using government resources to malign him. READ: Party-list ...

National Football League roundup
News Philippines Yahoo - 2017-11-02
(The Sports Xchange) - The NFL Players Association filed a motion on behalf of Ezekiel Elliott with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday, seeking an emergency injunction to prevent the league from going forward with the Dallas Cowboys running ...

Intellectual Property Meets Real Property: Recent Copyright Infringement Cases
Lexology - 2017-11-02
Two recent copyright infringement disputes involved the rare intersection of intellectual property with real property. In the first, the Ontario Court of Appeal determined who owned copyright in land surveys deposited with the registry office (hint--it ...

4 Ways AI Startups Can Target the Music Industry
Inc. - 2017-11-01
Imagine the returns on investment if your startup could find a way to maximize these functions with a system that better enables hassle-free sharing of tracks across social media without copyright infringement. Even with all of these exciting new ...

Senate on track to pass tax-reform bill before Christmas recess-Sotto
BusinessMirror. - 2017-11-01
Senate Majority Leader Vicente C. Sotto III said on Wednesday that their original target date to approve the Palace-endorsed Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) bill, projected to raise over P150 billion on its first year of implementation ...

Rich nations need a cure for the baby bust
BusinessWorld Online - 2017-11-01
SHOULD RICH COUNTRIES try to get their citizens to have more children? Social conservatives generally say yes. Centrists often tentatively agree, worrying that the financial burden of paying for aging populations will be intolerable for a shrinking base of ...

Around 100 workers repatriated from UAE get livelihood packages, aid
Philstar - 2017-11-01
Cacdac added that a certificate will be handed to the workers that will be presented to the OWWA regional office. A non-cash "livelihood package" worth P10,000 will then be given to the repatriated OFW to jumpstart their life after returning home.

2 SSS officials resign; 2 put on floating status amid profiteering probe
Inquirer - 2017-11-01
An official of the Social Security System (SSS) resigned on Wednesday amid a complaint lodged against him and other key members of the investment unit of the state-administered pension fund for workers in the private sector. The equities investment ...

Roque: Police cannot have own definition of extrajudicial killings
Philstar - 2017-11-01
"There is an accepted definition by the international community and the Supreme Court," the lawyer said. He stressed that "the police will have to accept the fact that they don't make the definitions of extrajudicial killings." On October 7, the PNP said ...

Tense standoff at Australia refugee camp
News Philippines Yahoo - 2017-11-01
Canberra agreed to close its Manus Island facility by the end of October after the PNG Supreme Court ruled that holding people there was unconstitutional. It was due to be handed over to local authorities on Tuesday, with some 600 men inside told to move ...

ESPN Must Face Copyright Trial Over Football Documentary
Hollywood Reporter - 2017-10-31
ESPN can't evade a trial for copyright infringement after a Mississippi federal judge on Monday denied the sports giant's motion for summary judgment. The dispute centers on two documentaries about the life of college football player Chucky Mullins ...

New Iloilo City mayor sworn in
Philippine Daily Inquirer - 2017-10-31
ILOILO CITY -- Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog, who has been on medical leave and out of the country for two months now, was removed from office on Monday after the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) served a dismissal order from the Office ...

DOLE releases new rules on labor law enforcement
Philstar - 2017-10-31
The DOLE said routine inspections and complaint inspections or occupational safety and health (OSH) standard investigations can now be conducted pursuant to the visitorial power of the labor secretary or authorized representatives, particularly the special ...

Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) - Designate Your Agent.
JD Supra - 2017-10-31
The DMCA provides a safe harbor from copyright infringement liability for online service providers (including related or affiliated providers that are separate legal entities, each of which must have its own separate Agent designation) that host user ...

Remedy against human rights abuses
Philstar - 2017-10-31
Then they filed a petition in court which was later on amended to a petition for a writ of Amparo against the Secretary of National Defense (DND) and the Armed Forces (AFP) Chief, which the Supreme Court referred to the Court of Appeals (CA) for hearing.

Tax reform for a higher level of economic development
Philstar - 2017-10-31
CROSSROADS (Toward Philippine Economic and Social Progress) By Gerardo P. Sicat (The Philippine Star) | Updated November 1, 2017 - 12:00am I take up a topic of great importance and immediacy and will postpone the articulation of the Filipino dream as I had ...

Intellectual Property High Court Soon to be Established in Ukraine
Lexology - 2017-10-31
On 29 September 2017 the President of Ukraine issued the Order establishing an Intellectual Property High Court (the "High Court on IP"), followed by the Order of the State Court Administration of Ukraine of 30 September 2017. Both documents are ...

OUR MARAWI: Why the people of Marawi City and Lanao need Congress to investigate the Marawi Siege
Mindanews - 2017-10-31
3 to 5 billion peso budget spent for military and bombing operations When news broke out on the death of a Law student of the University of Santo Tomas ... National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council" (NDRMCC) and the existing Provincial ...