tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-214422232024-03-17T00:29:13.430+08:00Breathing SpaceJay Dejarescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236199330503896232noreply@blogger.comBlogger616125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21442223.post-10763964695111515342020-07-04T16:46:00.002+08:002020-07-04T16:50:48.526+08:00What excludes terrorist acts?
What is not a "terrorist act" according to Australia's Criminal Code of 1995?
According to Australia's anti terror law under their Criminal Code of 1995, a terrorist act does not cover engaging in advocacy, protest, dissent or industrial action where a person does not have the intention to urge force or violence or cause harm to others.
Meanwhile, under the Philippines anti terror law Jay Dejarescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236199330503896232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21442223.post-26143380680593864652020-05-05T01:12:00.000+08:002020-05-05T01:12:05.082+08:00Ban frontliner migration during Covid emergency I was asked to give a legal opinion to a query in the Office of the President’s Commission on Filipinos Overseas regarding emigrant Filipino health frontliners set to migrate/leave to other countries during this period of national emergency.
Section 4, Article II of the 1987 Constitution states: “The prime duty of the Government is to serve and protect the people. The Government may call upon Jay Dejarescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236199330503896232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21442223.post-73094466693516622562013-10-31T11:00:00.003+08:002013-10-31T11:25:13.955+08:00Hooking up with GregI take pleasure in relaying that my very good friend and law school classmate, Greg Macaltao, is doing very well as a businessman in Vancouver. I hooked up with Greg in our recent Vancouver visit just to know how he is doing. I re-connected with him at Facebook and told him I would be in town. We met at a Starbucks outlet inside a grocery store near the place we parked. We had a nice time talkingJay Dejarescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236199330503896232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21442223.post-56644242127472565282013-10-29T00:01:00.000+08:002013-11-01T21:26:04.978+08:00For The Love of HairAnnie Edison wrote an article on hair loss, that I would like to share:
For the Love of Hair
There comes a time in every man's life when one has to face up to the inevitable. Dealing with a few more wrinkles and a bit of sagging around the chin is one thing, but facing up to the thought of losing your hair is something else altogether. I've always been secretly proud of my hair, but I have to Jay Dejarescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236199330503896232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21442223.post-62750024674695900512013-10-16T00:48:00.000+08:002013-10-29T00:15:23.629+08:00Bohol's churchesMy heart bleeds seeing Bohol’s historical churches felled by nature’s wrath. I suddenly reflected our pilgrimage to some of these magnificent cathedrals a year ago. It seemed God had wanted us to view, visit, pray and commune inside these churches, in all its beauty and splendor, one last time. In Christianity’s history, churches have been conquered, razed, and destroyed. But they are meant toJay Dejarescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236199330503896232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21442223.post-33985694886330613522013-08-27T20:43:00.002+08:002013-10-29T00:16:14.439+08:00PNoy's P1B 'Pork' in illegal NegOr contracts---COANearly One Billion Pesos of President Benigno Aquino’s ‘Pork Barrel’ officially listed under “Calamity Funds” in 2012 were channeled to illegal infrastructure contracts by the Governor of Negros Oriental, of which half, or P480-million, has already been illegally disbursed, the latest report of Commission on Audit disclosed.
On June 5 2012, the Department of Budget and Management issued Special Jay Dejarescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236199330503896232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21442223.post-7776045649354169662013-08-16T21:24:00.001+08:002013-10-29T00:18:23.172+08:00CoA: P.9B NegrOr Calamity projects illegalIn its latest audit report, the Commission on Audit (CoA) has found that the P961,550,000.00 infrastructure projects for the repair and rehabilitation of roads and bridges in Negros Oriental are illegal.
As a consequence of its audit findings, the CoA has recommended that the provincial government:
1. Stop all on-going projects under implementation pursuant to the awarded contracts amounting to Jay Dejarescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236199330503896232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21442223.post-67674758396978492662013-08-16T21:22:00.001+08:002013-10-29T00:19:05.762+08:00P.9 Billion NegOr Calamity fund mess exposedA nearly One Billion Peso anomaly has been reported in connection with the rehabilitation of roads, and bridges in Negros Oriental after the massive destruction by the typhoon Sendong in 2011, and the 2012 killer earthquake in Negros Oriental.
This one billion peso Negros Oriental anomaly has, so far, been the ‘mother of all anomalies’, that has reduced the controversial multi-million peso Jay Dejarescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236199330503896232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21442223.post-89067649570025556722012-07-28T11:39:00.001+08:002013-10-29T00:20:36.124+08:00The piano and my past
Some people say the best things in life are free.
In many ways, I find it true.
A few days ago, I dropped the Yupangco building along Buendia looking for an electronic keyboard that a brother-in-law wanted to buy.
The Yupangcos, I learned are one of the biggest dealers of musical instruments in the Philippines.
Upon entrance to their grand store, what immediately caught Jay Dejarescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236199330503896232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21442223.post-18626457367304230072012-05-13T00:20:00.000+08:002013-10-29T00:21:03.150+08:00Mother, the greatest blessing
What is God’s greatest, most significant gift to you?
To this question, I never hesitate an answer.
In my world, the greatest gift God has given me was that which I received the moment I was born--- my mother.
My mother is Marlen Icamen Dejaresco, daughter of Christian missionaries, a teacher, government worker, most of all a loving, devoted and faithful wife and Jay Dejarescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236199330503896232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21442223.post-59405185216765401592012-01-10T18:51:00.002+08:002013-10-29T00:21:41.417+08:00Angels amidst Sendong's wrath?Pilar Benitez, a sister in the Brotherhood of Christian Businessmen and Professionals tells an inspiring story of unwaivering faith in the midst of the devastation by typhoon Sendong in Iligan City. Here's her account: Dear Brothers and Sisters,Let me just share with you a heartwarming story of faith and trust in our Father. As you know, Holcim has a cement plant in Iligan, thus quite a number Jay Dejarescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236199330503896232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21442223.post-25156575063438972562012-01-01T14:10:00.000+08:002012-01-01T14:11:10.433+08:00Hope for the New YearFriends,We wake up to a new year full of trials and uncertainty.But having had a Christmas break that was truly worthwhile and full of meaning, we are re-charged.For your good deeds, I pray with confidence God will shower you with abundant blessings this coming year.Giving is always a blessing.In our native language, “Sa inyong pagka-matabangon, ang Ginoo na’y mag-igo.”I am not praying for more Jay Dejarescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236199330503896232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21442223.post-22384230458293245812011-12-25T13:44:00.000+08:002013-10-29T00:22:38.397+08:00TRO effective sans compliance of conditionsMy Christmas eve celebration was spoiled a bit by a disturbing read of a dissenting opinion of the Supreme Court that I am attaching. http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/resolutions/2011/december2011/199034_sereno.htmI am referring to the dissenting opinion of Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno in connection with the petition of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo seeking to leave the country (G.R. Nos. Jay Dejarescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236199330503896232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21442223.post-91553292930084675392011-12-23T17:52:00.007+08:002011-12-24T20:01:00.589+08:00Christmas in our heartsChristmas is in the air.But we must make sure Christmas is in our hearts too.The true spirit of Christmas is giving.But this time, giving should not be in the nature of exchange gifts.So many have been distressed because of the devastation brought by typhoon Sendong.Just yesterday, we received stories that the affected hinterland areas of Valencia, particularly Palimpinon, Puhagan, Mala-unay, Jay Dejarescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236199330503896232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21442223.post-558495548449814082011-10-31T20:15:00.009+08:002011-12-23T17:54:56.458+08:00Ageless Jose Mari ChanThe other night, we watched a concert-for-a-cause featuring Jose Mari Chan titled “Constant Care” at the cozy open-air venue of Panglao Nature Island Resort in Bohol.The affair is a project of the radio network of the Bohol Chronicle, under the flagship of DYRD in Tagbilaran City.DYRD is marking its golden anniversary after fifty years of broadcast service.DYRD first went on the air in October Jay Dejarescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236199330503896232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21442223.post-70983818905399019892011-10-08T00:27:00.001+08:002011-10-08T00:28:57.144+08:00Needed: Jobs at AppleSad to learn: No more Jobs at AppleJay Dejarescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236199330503896232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21442223.post-20968200402746397842011-04-27T10:44:00.004+08:002013-10-29T00:23:17.104+08:00My goodness, the Bulls are BackAfter the end of the reigning Bulls dynasty in the nineties, I have lost interest in the NBA.This morning I was casually watching the Bulls-Pacers Game 5 first round playoffs, and suddenly I felt getting into a time warp back to the nineties saga.Michael Jordan is right. Derrick Rose is going to be a star.Rose, NBA rookie of the year awardee, already played in the All-Star this year.A Chicago Jay Dejarescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236199330503896232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21442223.post-66690401249114123662011-04-17T12:47:00.002+08:002013-10-29T00:23:56.726+08:00Credit card charges: only 2% monthlyIn the Philippines the Supreme Court has declared that credit card charges should only be two percent (2%) per month or twenty-four percent (24%) per annum.This drastically reduces the contractual stipulation by credit card companies, which impose as high as one hundred eleven percent (111%) of interest, penalty and finance charges on credit card holders.Based on contract, credit card companies Jay Dejarescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236199330503896232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21442223.post-91863243481018164122011-02-25T23:30:00.001+08:002011-02-25T23:31:17.500+08:00Life Insurance BeneficiaryI got an interesting query on life insurance. Here is the situation:Tatay lived a colorful life. In his lifetime he had a legal wife and children.Later tatay separated from his legitimate family and lived with a paramour.Tatay and paramour bore a child named R-Jay.While living with paramour, Tatay got a life insurance naming his paramour and their minor illegitimate child R-Jay as Jay Dejarescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236199330503896232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21442223.post-82793839683087983052011-02-11T15:53:00.002+08:002011-02-11T15:56:00.203+08:00Angelo T. Reyes: Lessons learnedThere are many lessons to be learned from the tragic death of Angelo T. Reyes, former Armed Forces Chief of Staff and Defense Secretary.Reyes, who served government for almost half a century, shot himself Tuesday after hearings in the senate and congress linked him to anomalies in the Armed Forces.Reyes plunged deep into depression after having been publicly pilloried in the senate hearings.He Jay Dejarescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236199330503896232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21442223.post-24328468873041779852011-01-22T00:07:00.011+08:002011-04-17T17:18:48.757+08:00Practical benefits of dual citizenshipThere is a law that allows two citizenships to Filipinos.Republic Act No. 9225 allows the retention and re-acquisition of Filipino citizenship.This law is applicable to one form of dual citizenship.The dual citizenship circumstance to which this law applies, covers natural born Filipinos who loose their Philippine citizenship. Millions of natural-born Filipinos have gone abroad to seek greener Jay Dejarescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236199330503896232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21442223.post-42064365946480745872011-01-08T15:13:00.001+08:002011-01-08T15:15:14.116+08:00Family roots and reunionLast December 31, just before the new year dawned, I attended the annual Tale family reunion in Valencia of which I am a member by affinity.My wife, Ruby is the great-great grand daughter of Policarpio Tale and Lucia Verduguillo, who lived in Dauin, Negros Oriental generations ago.Yearly, the Tale family rewinds, replays, and rekindles the story of their ancestors Policarpio and Lucia Jay Dejarescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236199330503896232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21442223.post-34887248965965180302010-12-18T14:22:00.001+08:002011-01-08T15:15:51.254+08:00Divorce recognition expanded in PHIt is not correct to say there is an absolute ban on divorce in the Philippines.Truth is, there are instances where divorce is recognized here.The trend seems to expand divorce recgonition.This is contained in Article 26 of the Family Code.“Where a marriage between a Filipino citizen and a foreigner is validly celebrated and a divorce is thereafter validly obtained abroad by the alien spouse Jay Dejarescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236199330503896232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21442223.post-72590931984540044432010-12-17T19:07:00.004+08:002011-01-08T15:16:27.288+08:00Hubert Webb: Not guilty verdict is not innocence?I really pity Hubert Webb.After the Supreme Court acquitted him of the crime of rape with homicide, he is still vilified by the disgruntled.Some people, legal observers, maintain that a “not guilty” verdict is not tantamount to innocence.Some say the supreme court merely declared that the prosecution was not able to prove the guilt of the accused beyond reasonable doubt.This does not mean the Jay Dejarescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236199330503896232noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21442223.post-84635817485950381312010-11-03T00:39:00.001+08:002011-01-08T15:15:58.897+08:00Speechwriter legally liableThe controversial speech writer of the President, Maria Carmen Mislang (an assistant secretary), can be held liable for violating Republic Act No. 6713, known as the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for public officials.While being part of a presidential delegation to Vietnam recently, the presidential speech writer made unsavory, embarrassing comments on her Twitter account by saying the Jay Dejarescohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236199330503896232noreply@blogger.com0