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Please be reminded that the deadline will be next year around May but better do it before the said month. With the COVID-19 pandemic, I just hope that the government can do something about this.

“REVENUE REGULATIONS NO. 15-2020 issued on June 19, 2020 further amends Revenue Regulations (RR) No. 4-2019, as amended, relative to the period and manner of availment of the Tax Amnesty on Delinquencies (TAD). These Regulations further amended Section 3 of RR No. 4-2019, as amended, by further extending the period for availment of the TADContinue reading “TAX AMNESTY ON DELINQUENCIES (TAD)- Philippines”

“That in all things, may God be glorified.” Thank you everyone who could come, and for your amazing gifts. We were lucky that we could celebrate the anniversary of FiPa Legal Consulting earlier on 15 August 2020 as the Monday that followed, the government of the Netherlands had imposed further restrictions and required a limitedContinue reading “FiPa Legal Consulting First Year Anniversary”

Legal practice has always been vested with public interest, and governed by legal and judicial ethics. Regardless, however, legal practice has and always been equated with high salary and money as almost everything that commensurate with best service is high price. I disagree to the latter, however. As an international lawyer working in another jurisdictionContinue reading “LEGAL PRACTICE: PROHIBITION ON ADVERTISING AND SOLICITATION”

Mediation, as a general rule, is simple and inexpensive process, and highly advised by the judicial authorities to clear their dockets. To some degree, I do agree. Mediation is also the fastest among the alternative modes of settling disputes for the right case, in a suitable place, or proper parties. Why for the right case?Continue reading “Why mediation is a very tricky legal process?”

Mediation is a legal process wherein the parties to a legal dispute agree to settle among themselves with the assistance of an impartial third-party (mediator), their conflicts or legal dispute(s). This process seems easy but in actual practice, this is very tricky so, at this stage, the assistance of a legal counsel is paramount. Next:Continue reading “Mediation”

Some people are confused by the word indictment. They think that an accused is already guilty when there is an indictment. Indictment does not mean that a person is already guilty beyond reasonable doubt. Indictment is a decision made by the public prosecutor or a fiscal formally charging an accused of a crime. This meansContinue reading “LEGAL WORD OF THE DAY: INDICTMENT”

The European Patent Office (EPO) grants patents to members of European Patent Convention which are Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Holland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, United Kingdom, Czech Republic and Sweden. The following countries also form part of the European PatentContinue reading “European Patent Office: PCT Competence”

The second session for Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence initiated by the World Intellectual Property Organization will be held online on July 7, 8, and 9 at 13:00-15:00 which maybe extended until 16:00. Recently, the European Patent Office denied two patent applications where AI systems were designated as inventors on the ground that an inventorContinue reading “Second Round for AI Conference”

Part II As a legal practitioner who is not really specialized in political science but science and business, I will try to write about this subject matter in a very simple and simplified manner which a layman can easily understand. The constitution serves as the fundamental law on which our laws should be based. ThisContinue reading “HOUSE BILL 6875 ANTI-TERRORISM BILL”