Dennie Vieve D Idea

Qualifications, Disqualifications, Selection of the President, Senators, Members of the House of Representatives, Justices and Judges, Ombudsman, and Constitutional Commissions; Immunity of the President, privileges of Senators and Members of the House of Representatives

Labor Law – 3 questions
i. Basic principles
ii. Existence of employer-employee relationship, test
iii. Termination of employment
iv. Requirements for valid labor-only contracting
v. Rights of employees and of labor organizations; membership in unions
vi. Management prerogative
vii. Illegal recruitment of overseas Filipino workers
viii. Remedies (labor standards violations)

Topic: libel vis-à-vis the constitutional guarantee of freedom of the press and statements involving public officers in the exercise of their official functions. [Full case title: Raffy T. Tulfo Vs. People of the Philippines and Atty. Carlos T. So/ Allen A. Macasaet and Nicolas V. Quijano, Jr. Vs. Carlos T. So and People of the Philippines] These consolidated criminal cases originated from 14 Informations for libel filed against the writer, publisher, and managing editor of the Abante Tonite column, "Shoot to Kill", which covered stories on the alleged anomalous dealings of Atty. Carlos "Ding" So (Atty. So) of the Bureau of Customs. At issue are the Revised Penal Code provisions on libel vis-à-vis the constitutional guarantee of freedom of the press and statements involving public officers in the exercise of their official functions. FACTS: • On 12 April 1999, after the ninth publication in Abante Tonite about his purportedly dubious activities at the Bureau of Customs, Atty. So filed a Complaint-Affidavit for nine (9) counts of libel against the three accused (Tulfo, Macasaet and Quijano) for their abusive and malicious imputations against him. He later filed more complaint in connection with subsequent issues of Abante Tonite, when Tulfo refused to stop his alleged defamatory statements.