Statement of the IBP Makati Chapter/Southern Luzon Region on the Marcos Burial

"It is now more than ever, that we are called to resist and oppose any and all attempts to fabricate our nation's history, distort truth, and suppress our people's desire for social justice."

Source: IBP Southern Luzon Region

Mapping the Philippine Claim: Spratlys and Pulo in Ancient Maps

The Institute for Maritime and Ocean Affairs is launching a new cartographic exhibit - Mapping the Philippine Claim: Spratlys and Pulo in Ancient Maps.  Based on the latest lectures of Justice Antonio Carpio on the South China Sea Dispute, the exhibit explores the Philippine claim to the Spratlys through ancient maps.  For details visit IMOA.

IBP SLR Convention Programme

"As climate change poses a real and present threat to us all, it presents numerous opportunities where well-meaning and inspired legal practitioners can participate and make a genuine difference."

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IBP Southern Luzon Regional Convention

The theme of this year's convention seeks to promote developmental legal aid in the face of the climate change challenge.

Viva Shipping Lines, Inc. v. Keppel Philippines Mining, Inc.

Citing my textbook, Credit Transactions: Notes and Cases, the Philippine Supreme Court, in Viva Shipping Lines, Inc. v. Keppel Philippines Mining, Inc., G.R. No. 177382, February 17, 2016 (Per J. Leonen, Second Division), said, inter alia:

"Clearly then, there are instances when corporate rehabilitation can no longer be achieved.  When rehabilitation will not result in a better present value  recovery  for  the  creditors, the more appropriate remedy is liquidation."

Erratum: Revised Pages 216, 564 and 566 of Credit Transactions: Notes and Cases

Thank you to Mr. Nicolo Mendiola (2-D) for pointing this problem out.

IMOA

The Institute for Maritime and Ocean Affairs (IMOA) will continue to mount its cartographic exhibit on Scarborough Shoal - Historical Truths and Lies - in partnership with concerned organizations. IMOA has also launched a new project advocating that the South China Sea Dispute be a paramount 2016 Election Issue.

For updates on these projects visit IMOA.

Second Edition of Credit Transactions: Notes and Cases

Volumes I and II of the Second Edition of Credit Transactions: Notes and Cases, are available at the UP Law Center, University of the Philippines, Diliman Campus.