Cabacungan-Esbra Law Office

05/12/2023

LIVE at 12noon. Result ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Justice Ramon Paul L. Hernando, 2023 Bar Chair, announces the Results of the 2023 Bar Examinations.

13/04/2023

The New Lawyer’s Oath based on the Code of Professional Responsibility and Accountability (A.M. No. 02-09-21-SC)

22/03/2023

01/02/2023

SC Declares Unconstitutional the Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking Among Philippine, Vietnamese, and Chinese Oil Firms |

The Supreme Court En Banc, voting 12-2-1, declared unconstitutional and void the Tripartite Agreement for Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking (JMSU) by and among China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), Vietnam Oil and Gas Corporation (PETROVIETNAM), and Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) involving an area in the South China Sea covering 142,886 square kilometers (“Agreement Area”).

The Court ruled that the JSMU is unconstitutional for allowing wholly-owned foreign corporations to participate in the exploration of the country‟s natural resources without observing the safeguards provided in Section 2, Article XII of the 1987 Constitution.

The Court, noting that the term “exploration” pertains to a search or discovery of something in both its ordinary or technical sense, ruled that the JMSU involves the exploration of the country‟s natural resources, particularly petroleum.

Citing the text of the fifth whereas clause of the JMSU, which states the Parties‟ “expressed desire to engage in a joint research of petroleum resource potential of a certain area of the South China Sea as a pre-exploration activity,” the Court said that it is clear that the JMSU was executed for the purpose of determining if petroleum exists in the Agreement Area.

“That the Parties designated the joint research as a “pre- exploration activity‟ is of no moment,” said the Court. “Such designation does not detract from the fact that the intent and aim of the agreement is to discover petroleum which is tantamount to exploration.”

The Court further held that as the JMSU involves the exploration of the country‟s petroleum resources, it falls within the ambit of Section 2, Article XII of the 1987 Constitution.

Read more at https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/32108/.

16/01/2023

Notice to the Public: TARIPA SA MGA ABOGADO!
IBP Cebu Chapter - Integrated Bar of the Philippines

Please note that this schedule of fees only set the minimum. Lawyers may bill higher per your Legal Services Agreement, and/or per quantum meruit.

09/01/2023

📢 The Office of the Bar Confidant has issued a Notice to the 2023 Bar Applicants regarding the availability of the Bar Applicant Registration Information System and Tech Assistance (BARISTA) User Guide and Video Tutorials.

Read the Notice in full at https://t.co/TngMZ5eCJm.

For more information kindly visit the 2023 Bar microsite at https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/bar-2023/. Bar Examinations-related concerns may be raised through the 2023 Bar Examinations Helpdesk Form at https: L/bit.ly/2023BarExamsHelpdesk or through the OBC Hotline at (02) 8552 9690 or (02) 8552 9642 during office hours (8:00 AM - 4:30 PM).

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03/01/2023

𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠!
Sign na ni to file your VLs ahead! 🥰


Source: officialgazette.gov.ph/.../20221109-PROC-90-FRM.pdf

29/11/2022

25/11/2022

Another poser/fake

1. Lawyers are not under the PRC so we don't have PRC ID's. Instead, we have IBP ID's.
2. Unless a lawyer is suspended or disbarred by the Supreme Court, his authority to practice does not expire.
3. We don't have "Registration Numbers". We have Roll of Attorneys numbers.




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