Why I am advising Grace Poe FEBRUARY 23, 2016 (Reproduced from https://rappler.com/voices/thought-leaders/why-advise-grace-poe) DEAN TONY LA VIÑA 'All presidential candidates can request that advice.... I like all our 5 candidates. None of them are perfect, but none of them will necessarily be a disaster that some fear.' There are those who argue that Secretary Mar Roxas,  by going on the attack early and differentiating himself from the candidate, won. He also won points for defending the successes of the Aquino government. Others would claim that Senator Miram Defensor Santiago was the clear winner, being her usual witty self and delivering, as…

South China Sea Event Timeline: 1900–1969 (Reproduced from https://scstt.org/books/2018/1319) The South China Sea Event Timeline aims to become the world’s most accurate and comprehensive chronological reference about the history of the South China Sea maritime territorial disputes. From major incidents at sea to meetings and statements of world leaders, events of all types are included in the event timeline, the complete volumes of which span over a century of history in the region. Today, the event timeline is one of the few indispensable sources of information to date for policymakers, researchers, students, the media, and others interested in the disputes. The…

Solicitor General Florin T. Hilbay interviewed by the Judicial and Bar Council https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koJ-ix2ePeQ  

Professor Dante Gatmaytan's "Judicial Restraint and the Enforcement of Environmental Rights in the Philippines", originally published by the Oregon Review of International Law in 2010 is reproduced in ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTITUTIONALISM (James R. May & Erin Daly eds., 2016). Access the publication here: https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/environmental-constitutionalism-9781784711689.html

Intermediate Zones of Privacy in Social Media Dean Raul C. Pangalangan delivered the Enrique O. Chan Professorial Chair in Law Lecture entitled “Intermediate Zones of Privacy in Social Media.” In his lecture, Dean Pangalangan applied the concepts of the right to be let alone, right to be forgotten, informational privacy, and decisional privacy to Social Media, Google, and Mobile Phone data. He also discussed instances when citizens become "involuntary public figures", and how the blurred distinction between public and private makes citizens vulnerable to defamation by abusive netizens. The lecture was held last 09 September 2015, 9:00 A.M., at the…

Citizenship Issues and the Presidential Elections in the Philippines —Dante Gatmaytan, University of the Philippines, College of Law There is an issue shadowing the presidential elections in the Philippines in May 2016. The leading candidate is Senator Mary Grace Poe Llamanzares. Senator Poe (she does not use her husband’s name) was the daughter of movie royalty but she stayed out of the limelight for most of her life. She was naturalized as a citizen of the United States in 2001 after being petitioned by her husband who has dual citizenship.[1] Her father Fernando Poe, Jr. ran for President in 2004, but…