Atty. Reynee G. Talisay, CPA, JD

15/05/2026

“⚠️ URGENT NOTICE FROM THE IBP NATIONAL OFFICE ⚠️

The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) reminds the public to always verify the credentials of anyone claiming to provide legal services or representing themselves as connected to any court or government agency.

We are officially warning the public regarding an individual using the name "Atty. Allyssa Ann Nordstrome Agustin." Please be informed that this individual is NOT authorized by, employed at, or affiliated with the government and legal offices she claims a connection to.

Protect yourself from unauthorized legal transactions and misrepresentation. Before paying any fees or sharing case details, it is your right to:
✅ Check the official Supreme Court Roll of Attorneys.
✅ Demand to see their Roll Number, IBP Number, and current MCLE compliance.
✅ Contact our National Office or your local IBP Chapter to confirm their standing.

Do not fall victim to individuals refusing to show proper identification. Report suspicious transactions and preserve your evidence.

Contact the IBP to verify legal credentials today:
📞 Helpdesk: 8634-4696 / 8634-4697
📱 Viber: 0919-095-5859
📧 Email: [email protected]

Mag-ingat. Mag-verify. Huwag basta magtiwala sa nagpapakilalang abogado. ⚖️”

⚠️ URGENT NOTICE FROM THE IBP NATIONAL OFFICE ⚠️

The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) reminds the public to always verify the credentials of anyone claiming to provide legal services or representing themselves as connected to any court or government agency.

We are officially warning the public regarding an individual using the name "Atty. Allyssa Ann Nordstrome Agustin." Please be informed that this individual is NOT authorized by, employed at, or affiliated with the government and legal offices she claims a connection to.

Protect yourself from unauthorized legal transactions and misrepresentation. Before paying any fees or sharing case details, it is your right to:
✅ Check the official Supreme Court Roll of Attorneys.
✅ Demand to see their Roll Number, IBP Number, and current MCLE compliance.
✅ Contact our National Office or your local IBP Chapter to confirm their standing.

Do not fall victim to individuals refusing to show proper identification. Report suspicious transactions and preserve your evidence.

Contact the IBP to verify legal credentials today:
📞 Helpdesk: 8634-4696 / 8634-4697
📱 Viber: 0919-095-5859
📧 Email: [email protected]

Mag-ingat. Mag-verify. Huwag basta magtiwala sa nagpapakilalang abogado. ⚖️

10/05/2026

Motherhood is one of the most beautiful forms of silent sacrifice.

It is waking up tired and still choosing to care.
It is carrying worries no one sees while making sure everyone else feels safe.
It is giving your last piece, your last strength, your last prayer - just to make sure your children are okay.

Some mothers work in offices.
Some work at home.
Some raise children alone.
Some silently grieve.
Some are exhausted.
Some are healing while still nurturing others.

But all mothers share one thing in common:
a love so deep that it continues even on the days they feel empty.

To every mother - whether you feel appreciated or unnoticed, strong or struggling - please remember this:

The little things you do every single day matter more than you know.

Your love becomes your children’s safe place.
Your sacrifices become part of their future.
Your presence becomes part of who they are.

You may not always hear “thank you.”
You may not always feel enough.
But to the people who call you “Mom,” you are a home, a comfort, and a blessing that can never truly be replaced.

And that kind of love is extraordinary.❤️

❤️

28/04/2026

3 advocates for justice, 2 criminal trials, 1 day. Mission accomplished. ⚖️✅

19/04/2026

Yes po sir, maaaring magkaroon ng criminal liability at makulong ang isang tao sa ganitong sitwasyon, depende sa mga pangyayari at sa presensya ng intensyon na mandaya (intent to defraud).

Sa ilalim ng Article 315, paragraph 2(e) of the Revised Penal Code, ang isang tao ay maaaring managot sa krimeng estafa. It states:

“(e) By obtaining any food, refreshment or accommodation at a hotel, inn, restaurant, boarding house, lodging house, or apartment house and the like, without paying therefor, with intent to defraud the proprietor or manager thereof, or by obtaining credit at a hotel, inn, restaurant, boarding house, lodging house, or apartment house by the use of any false pretense, or by abandoning or surreptitiously removing any part of his baggage from a hotel, inn, restaurant, boarding house, lodging house, or apartment house after obtaining credit, food, refreshment, or accommodation therein without paying for his food, refreshment or accommodation."

Simply put, maaaring maging estafa ang hindi pagbabayad ng renta sa boarding house kung:

1. Umalis ang boarder nang hindi nagbabayad, at
2. May intensyon siyang tumakas o umiwas sa obligasyon, tulad ng:
- Pag-alis nang walang paalam,
- Pagdadala ng lahat ng gamit nang palihim,
- Pag-iwas sa pakikipag-ugnayan sa may-ari (or landlord/landlady),
- Pagpapakita ng panlilinlang o bad faith

Pero, mahalagang tandaan na:

- Hindi lahat ng hindi nakabayad ng renta ay agad na kriminal na kaso.
- Kung ang dahilan ay kawalan lamang ng pera at may good faith na makipag-ayos o magbayad, karaniwang ito ay civil liability lamang (utang).
- Ngunit kung may panlilinlang o pagtakas na may layuning hindi magbayad, maaari na itong maging criminal case for estafa, na may kaakibat na parusang pagkakakulong depende sa halaga ng hindi nabayaran.

Bottom line:

Kung ang isang boarder ay umalis nang palihim, dinala ang lahat ng gamit, at hindi nagbayad ng renta, maaaring pumasok ang kasong estafa under Article 315(2)(e) of the Revised Penal Code, at posible siyang makulong kapag napatunayan ang intensyon na mandaya.

18/04/2026

“The incontrovertible fact remains: he was unfaithful to his wife, and this caused her irreparable mental and emotional hurt."

SUPREME COURT SLAPS HUSBAND WITH UP TO 8 YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR HAVING A MISTRESS THAT CAUSED WIFE MENTAL ANGUISH

The Supreme Court (SC) has convicted a man of psychological violence for causing mental and emotional anguish to his wife after abandoning her to live with his mistress, with whom he had two children, noting that criminal intent to cause such anguish is presumed from the act of infidelity.

In a 17-page decision penned by Associate Justice Amy Lazaro-Javier, the SC's Second Division has affirmed the criminal conviction of the accused for violating Section 5(i) of Republic Act No. 9262, or psychological violence, and sentenced him to suffer the penalty of four to eight years imprisonment.

The case stemmed from the criminal complaints filed by his own wife, whom he left for another woman. The accused and complainant were married in 2005 and had a son in 2008. While the wife was pregnant, she noticed the accused frequently coming home in the wee hours of the morning.

She later discovered a text message on his phone from another woman saying, "AYAW KO NG MAGING KABIT" (I don't want to be a mistress). When confronted, the accused dismissed it as a prank. The following day, he left their conjugal home and never returned, only visiting their son on weekends.

The wife later discovered that the accused was living with his mistress, with whom he fathered two children, and publicly flaunted their relationship and their children on social media. Because of this, the wife suffered mental and emotional anguish and was diagnosed by a psychiatrist with depression (dysthymia).

This prompted her to file a criminal complaint against the accused for psychological violence under Section 5(i) of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9262, or the Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004.

The Regional Trial Court (RTC) acquitted the accused based on reasonable doubt, reasoning that the complaint was filed belatedly four years after the separation. It noted that the accused continued to provide financial support, and the marital infidelity allegedly occurred after their de facto separation.

The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) filed a Petition for Certiorari under Rule 65 before the Court of Appeals (CA), arguing that the RTC committed grave abuse of discretion.

The CA reversed the RTC's decision and convicted the husband, ruling that the evidence clearly showed his infidelity caused the wife mental and emotional suffering. This paved the way for him to elevate the case before the Supreme Court, arguing that the CA's reversal of his acquittal violated his constitutional right against double jeopardy.

In dismissing his appeal, the high court ruled that double jeopardy does not attach to void judgments. While a judgment of acquittal is generally final and unappealable, it may be assailed by the People through a petition for certiorari under Rule 65 if it is shown that the trial court acted without jurisdiction or with grave abuse of discretion.

It noted that the trial court committed grave abuse of discretion by acting with an obstinate disregard of basic and established rules of law and erroneously held that marital infidelity committed after a de facto separation falls outside the scope of R.A. No. 9262.

The highest bench emphasized that a mere de facto separation does not sever marriage bonds; thus, any extramarital affair maintained by a spouse still constitutes marital infidelity.

It underscored that marital infidelity is expressly recognized as a form of psychological violence under Section 3(c) in relation to Section (i) of RA No. 9262. The court added that the requirement of specific criminal intent to cause mental and emotional suffering is already satisfied at the moment the perpetrator commits the act of infidelity, as the act is inherently immoral and depraved.

It gave credence to the psychiatric evaluation, which revealed that the wife suffered emotional anguish as a result of the breakdown of her marriage. She had sleep disturbances, constant self-pity, feelings of hopelessness and worthlessness, palpitations, social withdrawal, and depression.

"At any rate, the law does not require proof that the victim became psychologically ill due to the psychological violence done by her abuser. The law only requires emotional anguish and mental suffering to be proven. To establish emotional anguish or mental suffering, jurisprudence only requires that the testimony of the victim be presented in court since such experiences are personal to this party," the Supreme Court said.

"To be sure, whatever ###'s intention was when he chose another woman over his wife is immaterial. For his leaving their conjugal home and building a family with his mistress are acts that were done by him consciously and deliberately. He could not feign innocence by hiding behind good intentions-may they be excuses that he remained civil with AAA or he constantly supported his legitimate son, BBB. The incontrovertible fact remains: he was unfaithful to his wife, and this caused her irreparable mental and emotional hurt." it added.

Aside from imprisonment, he is also ordered to pay a fine of Php100,000.

16/04/2026

From the Iloilo Regional Trial Court to the Iloilo Port…real quick! 😅

Still talking law, strategy, and life with one of the sharpest legal minds, Atty. Keith.

Mga gwapo nga abogado, pero mas gwapo nga hustisya ang serbisyo. 😁🫰🏼⚖️

15/04/2026

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has asked banks and other financial institutions to grant a grace period of up to 6 months for loan payments as soaring oil prices continue to affect the country. | via ANC 24/7

Link to full story in the comments section.

14/04/2026

The BIR has recently issued RMC No. 030-2026 extending the deadline for the filing, payment, and submission of Annual ITRs from April 15 to May 15, 2026.

14/04/2026

Sa mga kapwa ko Accountants jan, pwede na po muna kayo matulog ngayon 😅😁

Pinalawig natin ang deadline ng filing ng 2025 Annual Income Tax Returns mula April 15 hanggang May 15, 2026. Mas may oras ang bawat taxpayer na makapag-file nang maayos, kasama ang lahat ng kailangang dokumento, at walang ipapataw na penalties.

Maaaring mag-file at magbayad sa pamamagitan ng BIR electronic platforms, o sa mga Authorized Agent Banks.

Ginawa natin ito para mas magaan ang pagbabayad ng bawat Pilipino, lalo na sa panahong ramdam ang pagtaas ng presyo ng langis. Tuloy-tuloy ang ating ginagawa para maibsan ang bigat sa araw-araw na buhay ng ating mga kababayan.