Atty. Gwen Alistaer Canale-Manila, CPA Law Office

19/11/2024

The importance attached to the act of notarization cannot be overemphasized.

30/10/2024

Good day! Here is our office schedule for the upcoming holiday:
Oct. 31- until 12 noon only
Nov. 1- Closed
Nov. 2- Closed
Nov. 4- Resume office

25/10/2024

DEADLINE EXTENSION PARA SA MGA RDO NA APEKTADO NG BAGYONG KRISTINE

October 31, 2024 na po ang bagong deadline para sa mga sumusnod na Revenue Regions Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7A, 7B, 8A, 8B, 9A, 9B, at 10, kasama na rin ang mga Authorized Agent Banks (AABs).

Abangan po ang buong abiso at iba pang detalye sa ating Revenue Memorandum Circular.

Mag ingat po tayong lahat!

24/10/2024

24/10/2024

Good day! The office is open today! 😊

As a kind gesture to those affected by the Typhoon Kristine, the Law Office is offering free drafting and notarization of Affidavit of Loss for lost documents due to the recent Typhoon as well as Affidavits related to insurance claims.

Kindly drop by at the office located in 2F Doña Pepita Bldg. II, Brgy 21-Binanuahan West, Legazpi City.
Praying for everyone's health and safety in these difficult times 🙏

24/10/2024

The Supreme Court issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) against Commission on Election Resolution No. 11044-A disqualifying Mandaue City Mayor Jonas C. Cortes, former Albay Governor Noel E. Rosal, and Cebu City Mayor Michael L. Rama from participating as candidates in the 2025 elections following their respective dismissals by the Ombudsman.

Their dismissals included the accessory penalty of perpetual disqualification to hold public office, but which the three argued are not yet final.

The Supreme Court also ordered COMELEC to comment on the consolidated petitions within a non-extendible period of 10 days from receipt of notice.

In another case, the Court affirmed the COMELEC’s disqualification of Noel E. Rosal as Governor of Albay, Carmen Geraldine Rosal as Mayor of Legazpi City, and Jose Alfonso V. Barizo as Councilor of Legazpi City, during the 2022 National and Local Elections.

They were disqualified for violating the Omnibus Election Code in disbursing and releasing government funds during the prohibited period before a regular election.

Read the press briefer at: https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/press-briefer-18/

A copy of the available pleadings may be downloaded from the Public Pleadings section of the Supreme Court website at: https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/public-pleadings/



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*Updated as of October 23, 2024, 12:00 pm

24/10/2024

Employees in the private sector who refused to go to work by reason of imminent danger resulting from weather disturbances or other similar occurences are not subject to any administrative sanction.

22/10/2024

Good morning! We are closed today due to bad weather. We'll resume office tomorrow.
Praying for everyone's safety during these times. 🙏God bless!

21/10/2024

The Supreme Court has affirmed the life imprisonment sentence of South Korean pastor Si Young Oh, a.k.a. “Steve Oh” (Si Young Oh), for qualified trafficking involving the recruitment of minors to his church under false pretenses, resulting in their forced labor.

In a Decision written by Associate Justice Samuel H. Gaerlan, the Supreme Court’s Third Division found Si Young Oh guilty of qualified trafficking in persons under Republic Act No. (RA) 9208 or the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003.

The Supreme Court found that all the elements of trafficking under RA 9208 were clearly met.

The Court highlighted that trafficking occurs when individuals are recruited, transported, or transferred – regardless of consent or knowledge – under threats, coercion, deception, or abuse of power, for exploitative purposes such as prostitution, forced labor, slavery, or removal or sale of organs.

In the present case, Si Young Oh, personally or through an assistant, recruited and transported three minors to become students in his church. He did this with fraud and deception, taking advantage of the minors’ vulnerability and exploiting their religious beliefs. Finally, instead of offering them theology classes as he promised, he forced them to do manual labor constructing the church’s building, practically for free.

The pastor was also fined PHP 2 million and ordered to pay the victims PHP 1.8 million in damages.

Si Young Oh, affiliated with the Korean Christian Presbyterian General Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, moved to the Philippines in 2008. He became the head of a theology school in Pampanga, where he recruited the minors to study theology and become pastors or missionaries, free of charge. But he took advantage of them by forcing them to perform hard labor on church construction projects for little to no compensation.

Read the full press release at: https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/sc-upholds-life-sentence-for-south-korean-pastor-convicted-of-trafficking-minors/

Read the full text of the Decision at: https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/262632-people-of-the-philippines-vs-si-young-oh-a-k-a-steve-oh/