Babatuan, Capon, and Partners Law Office

01/10/2025

𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐞𝐛𝐮 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐬

Babatuan, Capon, Barloso & Partners is offering FREE Notarization Services to our fellow Cebuanos who have been affected by the recent earthquake.

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙊𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙?

1. Affidavits of Loss for IDs, Passports, Documents, or Damage to Property.
2. Simple Affidavits (Sworn statements for acts/situations related to the earthquake).

𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝘾𝙖𝙣 𝘼𝙫𝙖𝙞𝙡?

Any individual who has been impacted by the recent earthquake.

𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝘼𝙫𝙖𝙞𝙡?

Visit our office with the following:

1. Supporting documents related to your loss or situation (e.g., police reports, photos, etc.).
2. A valid ID.

𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝘿𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙨

Our Office Location: Units 1&2, A.D. Bldg., Tojong St., Camputhaw, Cebu City

Operating Hours (FREE Notarization Service ONLY):
Monday - Friday
1:00 PM - 4:30 PM

𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙐𝙨

You may Call our office (032 2525723) or send us a Direct Message (DM) here on Facebook for any inquiries.

05/09/2024

https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/sc-criminal-intent-to-cause-anguish-presumed-in-marital-infidelity-under-anti-vawc-act/

14/05/2024

Client acquitted. Congratulations to the lead counsel, Atty. Donn Capon 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽

19/12/2023

Just for laughs! 😉

Wishing everyone a joyous and peaceful holiday season!

— BCB Law Office

24/09/2023

Agree 💯

31/05/2023

interesting 🤔

Philippine mother-of-three Stella Sibonga is desperate to end a marriage she never wanted. But divorce in the Catholic-majority country is illegal, and a court annulment takes years.

The Philippines is the only place outside the Vatican where divorce is outlawed, with the Catholic Church—which holds great influence on Philippine society—opposing the practice as against its teachings.

"I don't understand why it has to be this difficult," said Sibonga, who has spent 11 years trying to get out of a marriage that her parents forced her into after she became pregnant.

Sibonga's legal battle began in 2012, when she applied to a court to cancel her marriage on the basis of her husband's alleged "psychological incapacity", one of the grounds for terminating a matrimony.

'Dysfunctional marriages'

Around 78 percent of the country's 110 million people are Catholic, according to official census data, and many politicians are wary of contradicting the Church on sensitive social issues.

In 2005, 43 percent of Filipinos supported legalising divorce "for irreconcilably separated couples", while 45 percent disagreed.

The same survey in 2017 showed 53 percent in favour, while only 32 percent disagreed.

Annulment scams

The burdensome process for getting a court order to end a marriage has spawned online scams offering to secure a quick ruling without time-consuming court appearances.

But Father Jerome Secillano, of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, said the nation should be "proud" to be the only country outside the Vatican "holding on to the traditional concept of marriage".

"There will always be imperfections in a relationship," he said. | via Agence France-Presse

09/05/2023

Thoughts? 🤔

Retired Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban was surprised at the high passing rate in the recent bar exams and said in his newspaper column that he believes entering the legal profession should not be so easy. He does not think the law schools and recent batch of graduates have improved so much “as to justify a tsunami of entrants.”

Read the full story in the comment section.

16/04/2023

‘An allegation is defined as a claim of fact not yet proven to be true. In a lawsuit, a party puts forth their allegations in a complaint, indictment or affirmative defense, and then uses evidence at trial to attempt to prove their truth.’

Thank you, Ylau Prints for these cool coffee mugs ☕️

14/04/2023

2022 Bar Examinations — List of Successful Examinees 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽

11/03/2023

Interesting..

10/03/2023

SC: Recipients of Disallowed Benefits cannot Invoke Good Faith |

Good faith is no longer a defense for recipients of subsequently disallowed public benefits or allowances.

Thus reiterated the Supreme Court En Banc in a Decision penned by Justice Rodil V. Zalameda denying the Petition for Certiorari filed by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). The petition challenged the ruling of the Commission on Audit (COA) which had affirmed the notices of disallowance (ND) on PhilHealth’s grant of various allowances amounting to P15,287,405.63.

In denying PhilHealth’s petition, the Supreme Court ruled that the fiscal autonomy enjoyed by PhilHealth under its charter, Republic Act No. 7585, or the National Health Insurance Act of 1995, is not absolute and cannot be the sole basis for the grant of benefits or allowances.

In the present case, the Court found there was no legal basis for the grant of the disallowed amounts. The grant of transportation allowance and project completion incentive to contractual employees was contrary to the express provision in the job order contracts that the only compensation due to the contractor was the daily rate agreed upon. As to the educational assistance allowance given to regular employees, there is no law or issuance from the Department of Budget Management allowing for such grant.

The Court also ruled that consistent with the guidelines laid down in the 2020 case of Madera v. Commission on Audit, recipients of the disallowed benefits are bound to return the amounts, regardless of whether or not they received them in good faith.

Read the Decision in full at https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/33323/.