April 8, 2012 CodeRed FAITH AND REASON By: Atty. Tito R. Bundang The website of the National Center for Victims of Crime, a nonprofit organization in the U.S. which advocates for victims’ rights, defines ‘domestic violence’ as that which constitutes willful intimidation, assault, battery, sexual assault or other abusive behavior perpetrated by one family…
February 2, 2012 CODE RED FAITH AND REASON By: Atty. Tito Bundang Whoever said that “an apple a day keeps the doctor away” may have been unaware that it is not only the apple that maintains a person’s health, but the presence of a loving mother who carefully hands the apple and provides him…
July 8, 2011 CodeRed Proposed Column Title: “Fides et Ratio” CUSTODY DISPUTE: CHILD’S BEST INTEREST by: Atty. Tito R. Bundang I sat motionless but perturbed, my heart beating fast, yet I could not take my eyes off the theater screen. The characters in the scene were in a courtroom, husband…
Unreasonable Non-Deployment Will the unreasonable nondeployment of a seafarer entitle him to payment of actual damages? The most recent case of Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group, Inc. and Chung Gai Ship Management vs. Sulpecio Medequillo, Jr. (G.R. No. 177498, January 18, 2012) confirms the standing rule that a seafarer must indeed be compensated as a result of…
Partners, Lawyers & Staff of SAPALO VELEZ BUNDANG & BULILAN LAW OFFICES during the firm’s 38th ANNIVERSARY held at the Makati Sports Club, Makati City, on August 1, 2014. SVBB celebrates 38th year anniversary The Philippines is considered a major supplier of maritime labor globally. Per POEA data for the year 2013, there were…