In some graft cases before the Sandiganbayan, is it easier for an accused to seek a plea bargaining and plead guilty to a lesser offense, pay the fine if found guilty, and settle the cost of the civil liability instead of undergoing rigorous trial? While plea bargaining is not a constitutional...
Rizal 4th district Rep. Fidel Nograles House Committee on Labor and Employment Chairman Rep. Fidel Nograles thanked the lower chamber for its approval of a bill reducing the duration and validity of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) in terms...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill reducing the duration and validity of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) in terms of its representation from the current five...
IF SYMPTOMS PERSIST Dr. Jose Pujalte, Jr. “Come lovely and soothing death” Walt Whitman (1819-1892), American poet “Leaves of Grass” (1900) I missed my mother’s death that Friday by an hour or so. I was at the Philippine Orthopedic Center seeing OPD patients when my sister from the US...