Q: Can the President be compelled by mandamus to defend the WPS against Chinese incursions? A: No. Mandamus applies only to ministerial duties, not discretionary acts. The President's duty to defend the national territory involves discretion. G.R. No. 256288 #BARniJLo2024

R.A. 9225 covers only natural-born Filipinos who personally and voluntarily become naturalized foreign citizens, not those who acquired foreign citizenship by birth. G.R. No. 257453 #BARniJLo2024

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wala kang karapatang matulog kasi ambisyoso ka

Gusto ko lang magpasalamat sa lahat ng mga nakasama ko dito sa X, hindi ko man kayo kilala, pero malaki naitulong niyo sa Bar journey ko.

LOOK: Heidi Mendoza, a former commissioner of the Commission in Audit, files her candidacy for senator. “Kaya po ako’y nangahas para maituloy ko po yung pagsasalita, pagtuturo ng budget information, pagiging transparent,” she says. | via Jauhn Etienne Villaruel #Halalan2025

Setbacks are unavoidable, but giving up is unforgivable.

All Glory to Him.

As promised, I will help bar candidates as they prepare for and work toward passing the bar exam.

While passing the bar examinations remains to be the rule before someone gets admitted to become a lawyer, the exam rating never measures how the incoming lawyer will competently discharge his/her duties. Passing the bar exam with an average determined unanimously by the Supreme

Learn to practice, kababaang loob.

Don’t measure your worth by comparing it to someone else’s success. Focus on your own goals instead of worrying about theirs.

Justice should grow and change with society to make sure the law helps, not harms, and protects the dignity of everyone, especially the poor and vulnerable.

“I have been a labor leader for 10 years, isn’t that leadership that I can bring into the Senate?…. Kung galing ka sa dynasties, anong napro-produce na lider dyan? Mga incompetent, gumagamit ng budots, walang diskurso, walang katalinuhan.” Shots fired, Atty Luke Espiritu.

Bakit si Senator Bam Aquino? Libreng Tuition! Daig pa ang ayuda, kinabukasan ng inyong mga anak ang makikinabang! Pakisama po sa listahan niyo. Salamat 🙏

Presidential immunity only applies during the President’s term. But speaking of being a co-equal body, the recent Supreme Court decision seems to grant a form of immunity to a collegial body that has no clear time limit. Does this mean the immunity is indefinite?

When you become an adult, you’re your own person with your own problems and situation. Your job and career will affect your life differently than they do for others. You need to decide for yourself how to balance your time, what’s worth keeping, and what goals you want to chase.

Sadly, history shows that in times of crisis, most choose safety, conformity, or personal gain over moral courage. Only a brave few resist—because resistance almost always comes with great risk.

The past exists only in your memory, and memories aren’t always true. Rewrite the story you tell yourself, and you can rewrite who you are.

The Philippines is in crisis along with the rest of the world because President Trump’s brinkmanship did not work. In fact, it has boomeranged. He should be held to account by the whole world, including his own country, the USA.