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Yes—a store, stall, kiosk, shed, or other structure may be prohibited or ordered removed if it unlawfully occupies a public road, sidewalk, road right-of-way, or other public place, or if its location substantially obstructs lawful access to another person's property. Philippine law treats obstruction of a public street and substantial interferenc...


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An OFW who is deployed under a DMW-approved employment contract and is then required, upon arrival abroad, to accept a replacement contract with lower pay may have several Philippine legal remedies at the same time.

Philippine law expressly prohibits substituting or altering an approved and verified overseas employment contract to th...


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A wrong diagnosis can support a medical negligence or malpractice case in the Philippines only if the wrong diagnosis resulted from a failure to exercise the level of care, skill, and diligence expected of a reasonably competent doctor under similar circumstances, and that failure caused injury to the patient. A later doctor reaching a different d...


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Yes, a homeowners’ association (HOA) may in some circumstances charge a fee to a non-member entering or passing through a subdivision, including a person visiting a relative who lives there—but the charge is not automatically lawful simply because the subdivision is “private.”

Under the 2024 Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations...


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Yes—for a traditional paper Deed of Sale with wet signatures, every buyer or seller who signs the deed and is covered by its acknowledgment must personally appear before the notary public or another officer legally authorized to take the acknowledgment. The notary cannot properly certify that an absent person appeared merely because that person's ...


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