#ASKGOYO Atty. Gregorio Larrazabal Last week, we drove to Isabela province up north. We had a convoy to deliver goods and supplies which family and friends pooled together to help those affected by Typhoon Ulysses. The main roads to Isabela are passable, and I saw relief convoys on the way to...
#ASKGOYO Atty. Gregorio Larrazabal Typhoon Ulysses left a trail of destruction over a large area of Luzon. It could not have come at a worse time, with several provinces still reeling from several typhoons that hit the country, the latest of which was supertyphoon Rolly. In a span of about a month,...
#ASKGOYO Atty. Gregorio Larrazabal Mail-in voting is now in the center of a very contentious and yes, acrimonious presidential race with the refusal of President Donald Trump to accept defeat. With the recent development in the US and the significant role mail-in voting has in their elections, with...
#ASKGOYO Last Friday, the writing on the wall became clear for those among us who, with bated breath, awaited the outcome of the US presidential race when the vote lead in the states of Georgia (a Red/Republican state) and Pennsylvania (a Blue/Democrat state) shifted to Biden. The two states of...
#ASKGOYO Atty. Gregorio Larrazabal This week we saw a devastating super typhoon ravage parts of the Philippines. Super typhoon Rolly, the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines, left a path of destruction that will take some time to rebuild. Super typhoon Rolly had four landfalls. The first...
Atty. Gregorio Larrazabal #ASKGOYO On November 3, the US will conduct its elections for president/vice-president and other officials. It’s arguably the most important elections in its people’s lifetime. So, despite the pandemic, people have been energized to vote in the elections – whether...
#ASKGOYO Atty. Gregorio Larrazabal Q: Where do I go to apply as a voter? A: To apply as a voter, you need to go to the City/Municipal Comelec office where you reside. So, if you work in Quezon City, but reside in Hagonoy, Bulacan, you go to the Comelec office in Hagonoy to...
#ASKGOYO Atty. Gregorio Larrazabal Recently there was a discussion on voting systems for elections and the possibility of using online voting for future elections. Internet voting, though relatively new, was done by Comelec way back in the 2007 mid-term elections specifically, for Filipino voters...
#ASKGOYO Atty. Gregorio Larrazabal Quoted below is the statement of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines: “The tragic death of 3-month-old Baby River highlights the need to do MORE, BETTER, FASTER in the justice sector q uoted below is the statement of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines:...
#ASKGOYO Atty. Gregorio Larrazabal For those wondering, overlanding is described as “a self-reliant overland travel to remote destinations where the journey is the principal goal. Typically, but not exclusively, it is accomplished with mechanized off-road capable transport (from bicycles to...
#ASKGOYO Atty. Gregorio Larrazabal As a brief background, for every clustered precinct in an automated election, there are at least five people manning the precinct. In the last national automated elections, there were 85,769 clustered precincts. So, on election day there are at least 428,845...
#ASKGOYO Atty. Gregorio Larrazabal I was supposed to talk today about the preparations needed for the May 9, 2022 national elections. But I’ll set that aside for October 7, and instead, I’d like to talk about something whose time has come, which is, the need to require cyclists to wear a...
