Law Firm of Juanbe, Bartolo, and Associates. JoAnna Law Office

27/12/2025

Season's Greetings from the Law Firm of Juanbe, Bartolo, and Associates!

Happy Holidays!

Thank you for being part of our journey this year. To allow our team time to rest and celebrate with their families, our office will be closed from December 21, 2025 to January 5, 2026.

We will resume normal business operations on January 6, 2026.

May your New Year be filled with peace, happiness, and success. We look forward to seeing you in 2026!

Warmly,
The Law Firm of Juanbe, Bartolo, and Associates

07/01/2025

17/12/2024

Happy Holidays!
Our staff will have their holiday break this festive holiday season from Dec. 21 - Jan 06. We will be open to serve you again on January 07, 2025. Hoping for another great year together!

28/03/2024

How Much Salary will you receive this Holy Week?

The holy week is the observance of the following holidays: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Black Saturday.

In relation to the Philippine Labor law, how much salary will you receive during these holidays?**

March 28 and March 29, are considered regular holidays. You will receive 100% of your salary even if you did not report to work. If you worked, you will receive a double pay. The formula if you worked is 200% x (Basic Pay + COLA (if any).

March 30, is a special non-working holiday. It means that you will not receive any payment if you did not report to work (No work, no pay).
If you worked, you will receive an additional 30% of your salary. The formula is 130% x (Basic Pay+COLA (if any)).

Any employee, regardless of religion, can enjoy this benefit.

**Subject to exceptions.

21/03/2024

Holiday Schedule for the Holy Week:
March 28 (Maunday Thursday), March 29 (Good Friday), and March 30 (Black Saturday). You may still send us your inquiries and we will answer them starting April 2, 2024. Thank you!

30/08/2023

For appointments and consultations, please send us an email at [email protected]. 🫶

Thank you very much!

02/06/2021

Three Ways to Legally End a Marriage in the Philippines Part 1

Marriage is an inviolable social institution and a permanent union between spouses – Art. 1 of EO 209 The Philippine law prefers to keep the marriage intact rather than terminate it. The Philippines do not have a Divorce Law, but we have other legal means to terminate or end a marriage. Ending (Te...

19/09/2020

Did you know that under Proclamation No. 1477, s. 1975, September 19 of every year is National Law Day?

Happy Law Day!

The Legal Education Board joins all lawyers and all members of the legal community in celebrating the Philippine National Law Day in accordance with Proclamation No. 1477, s. 1975 declaring September 19 of every year as Law Day.

Mabuhay!

04/09/2020

For everyone's health and safety, we are reminding all visitors to observe the follow guidelines.

Please be guided accordingly. Thank you.

13/08/2020

Bar examinees from Visayas and Mindanao have the option to choose whether to take the bar exam in Manila or Cebu.

Bar Matter No. 3490 stated that simultaneous Bar Examinations will be held in Cebu for law graduates from Visayas and Mindanao.

The resolution was made after a survey was conducted last February 2020 by the Philippine Association of Law Schools.