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WHAT MATTERS MOST
What is the crime of grave threats?
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - July 22, 2026 - 12:00am
It is the prosecution's thesis that the vice president committed the felony of grave threats under the Revised Penal Code.
When the judge acts as defense counsel
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - July 21, 2026 - 12:00am
You should either be blind and deaf or be a rabid fanatical supporter of the vice president if you have not seen the obvious metamorphosis of at the very least three among the remaining eight minority senators, from...
The importance of being a lawyer if you’re a senator
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - July 17, 2026 - 12:00am
If I were not a lawyer but I happened to become a senator, I would rather keep my mouth shut just like Senator-judge Lito Lapid.
How to evaluate the impeachment witnesses' testimonies?
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - July 15, 2026 - 12:00am
Since the impeachment proceedings are primarily governed by the Revised Rules of Court, as amended, it is important that senator-judges, especially the majority who are not lawyers, may take note of the following...
Credibility of impeachment witnesses
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - July 14, 2026 - 12:00am
Based on my little knowledge of evidence, which I learned from my esteemed professors, Atty. Matoy Seno, Judge Jesus Narvios, Judge Romulo Senining, and Judge Lorenzo Paradiang, and on my limited practice in trial...
Is asking someone to kill another person a crime?
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - July 10, 2026 - 12:00am
Yes, it is a crime when the actual killing is implemented but not a crime when it is merely an instruction unless it constitutes grave threats.
Legal implications of not attending one's trial
by Atty. Josephus Jimenez - July 9, 2026 - 12:00am
Of course, there is a difference between an impeachment proceeding and a criminal trial.
Culpable violation of the Constitution
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - July 8, 2026 - 12:00am
One of the grounds for impeachment under Section 2, Article XI of the 1987 Philippine Constitution is culpable violation of the Constitution. Lawyers, Law professors, authors, and justices of the Supreme Court and...
Pope Leo's encyclical on humanity and AI
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - July 7, 2026 - 12:00am
Last month was a very trying time for our country. Aside from a devastating earthquake, too much political upheaval rocked our government, and there was the Tacloban school shooting, Aurora drowning of athletes,...
The separation between Church and State
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - July 6, 2026 - 12:00am
The active interest in, and participation of, both the Catholic Church and the Iglesia Ni Cristo in the affairs of the State calls our attention to a very fundamental principle and foundational philosophy embedded...
Gungun Gica, Cebu's rising political star  
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - July 3, 2026 - 12:00am
`Mayor Gungun Gica is now a national celebrity. Even the president, according to Usec Claire Castro, has expressed agreement to his many innovations and proactive initiatives in local governance, with only a minor...
Freedom of Assembly And Yesterday's Blitzkrieg Mass Actions
by Atty. Josephus B Jimenez - July 2, 2026 - 12:00am
The INC mass actions last June 30 and yesterday, July1 are sought to be justified by invoking the freedom of assembly.
Criminal proceedings and impeachment, distinguished
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - July 1, 2026 - 12:00am
Under Philippine laws and jurisprudence, there is a whale of a difference between a criminal proceedings and impeachment.
Inadmissibility of illegally obtained evidence
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - June 30, 2026 - 12:00am
The forces of the American and Philippine criminal law jurisprudence both postulate that illegally-obtained evidence is not admissible in a criminal court.
Students' deaths & injuries inside school premises
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - June 26, 2026 - 12:00am
Aside from the case of Jose Amadora v. CA and Colegio de San Jose-Recoletos, GR L-47745, April 15, 1988, which involved the shooting and death on April 13, 1972 of Alfredo Amadora, a 17-year-old high school graduating...
Liability for death of students in school shooting
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - June 24, 2026 - 12:00am
The fatal shooting of school children in Tacloban City yesterday brings to mind the principle of "in loco parentis", which is a Latin legal doctrine meaning "in the place of a parent".
The strong and stable Church leadership
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - June 22, 2026 - 12:00am
While Philippine politics today is unpredictable and even adversarial, the Catholic hierarchy in the Philippines has remained strong, stable, and in harmony with the more than 93 million Catholics in the country...
Imagine if Dr. Jose Rizal were a senator today
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - June 19, 2026 - 12:00am
Today is the 165th birth anniversary of the greatest Malayan who ever lived, Dr. Jose Proctacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda, the national hero of this forsaken land which he called the Pearl of the Orient Seas,...
The thunderous voice of Sugarlandia
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - June 18, 2026 - 12:00am
The genuine old rich in the country comes from the sugar barons of Negros: the Yulos, Aranetas, Lacsons, Ledesmas, Gastons, Lopezes, Montelibanos, Teveses, Lizareses, and Benedictos.
The greatest Boholanos who ever lived
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - June 17, 2026 - 12:00am
With apologies to our "sano" from Bohol, I humbly believe there are no more political titans today we can compare to the icons of old Bohol.
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