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Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez
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13 laws you may not know about 13th month pay
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - December 23, 2024 - 12:00am
There are still employers and employees who are clueless about Presidential Decree No 851, the law mandating 13th month pay to all wage-earners or salaried personnel, whether daily-paid, wage-earner, or monthly paid...
The philosophy of giving Christmas gifts
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - December 20, 2024 - 12:00am
My most favorite poet and philosopher, Kahlil Gibran, wrote an amazing piece, titled "On Giving" which I wish to share with you before Christmas Day.
Rumors of another Senate coup
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - December 16, 2024 - 12:00am
To be Senate president is to occupy the third-highest position in the Philippine government. My little birdie in the Senate and another in the Palace plus one more in the House confirmed there is real talk on ousting...
Democracy's tyranny of numbers
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - December 12, 2024 - 12:00am
The problem with elections is that they make choices for the most popular and not for the most competent.
Managing Confidential Funds 101
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - December 3, 2024 - 12:00am
The problem with our public officials is that they spend public funds as if there are no tomorrows, as if they own this money, and as if these funds are not borrowed from domestic and foreign loans.
Pinoys excited for US polls
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - October 28, 2024 - 12:00am
The US elections on November 5 is going to be a very tight race. It is anybody's ball game
Politics splitting family members & close relatives
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - October 21, 2024 - 12:00am
These are times of not only a fight for survival between or among family dynasties.
Senator Imee Marcos' “independent” political gambit
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - October 16, 2024 - 12:00am
Imee doesn’t need BBM to win. She is one of the richest senators and even one of the richest Filipinos in the country.
Labor laws in conflict with laws on marriage and women rights
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - September 27, 2024 - 12:00am
Which law has superior strength: the labor law that allows employers their management prerogatives to, among others, discipline their employees, or the laws that protect marriage as an inviolable social institution?...
How VP Kamala Harris is "demolishing" Pres. Donald Trump
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - September 20, 2024 - 12:00am
Former President Donald Trump was mumbling, fumbling and stumbling all the way in that debate, while vice president Kamala Harris attacked him with a barrage of frontal jabs and uppercuts right to his nose, quickly...
Protocols 101 for senators and senatoriables
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - September 12, 2024 - 12:00am
It disgusts me as a Filipino, and even exasperates my guts to see that I am living in a country where many highly placed public officials, despite their lofty positions, still do not know the fundamentals on how...
Congressional investigations: the good things and the bad
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - September 10, 2024 - 12:00am
Both houses of Congress, more than the executive and the judiciary, are giving more than enough information to the public on such important issues that have direct bearing on the lives of citizens and the whole nation....
VP Sara before the House of her "friends"
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - August 30, 2024 - 12:00am
Appearing alone before the House of Representatives on August 27, 2024 in order to defend the budget of the Office of the Vice President was an act of extraordinary bravery on the part of Vice President Sara Duterte...
US presidential elections, decided on issues, not personalities
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - August 28, 2024 - 12:00am
Unlike most of the elections in our country, the US presidential polls are usually decided principally on the basis of issues and only secondarily based on the personalities of the contenders.
China's gifts to Phl: gambling, drugs, and landgrabbing
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - August 20, 2024 - 12:00am
History tells us that Spain gifted the Philippines with the Christian faith, along with its discovery of the islands for the Western World.
Between Democrats and Republicans, palpable divergences
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - August 16, 2024 - 12:00am
Unlike here in our country, where we do not find any distinction among various political parties, in the US, the differences between the Democratic Party and the Republican Party are very clear, distinctive, palpable,...
The Philippines' waterloos: typhoons and calamities
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - August 2, 2024 - 12:00am
Last week's Super Typhoon Carina brought tremendous devastation to Luzon, in terms of loss of multiple lives lost, incalculable damage to properties, far-reaching destruction of infrastructure, and agricultural assets...
The gentle art of SONAs and sonatas
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - July 22, 2024 - 12:00am
A sonata is a piece of instrumental music with notes designed to evoke emotions of love, affection, longings, and dreams that may transform into sadness and even deep sorrow.
The True State of the Nation - A view from the ground
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - July 19, 2024 - 12:00am
The true state of the nation is definitely not the one we shall be hearing on Monday.
Better resigned than being fired
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - June 21, 2024 - 12:00am
A graceful exit is much preferable than an acrimonious parting of ways after the obvious and palpable falling out between the two highest officials of the nation.
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