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The Catálogo alfabético de apellidos (English: Alphabetical Catalogue of Surnames; Filipino: Alpabetikong Katalogo ng mga apelyido) is a book of surnames in the Philippines and other islands of Spanish East Indies published in the mid-19th century. That was in response to a Spanish colonial decree establishing the distribution of Spanish ...
18 Jun 1949. The Civil Code governs private law in the Philippines, including obligations and contracts, succession, torts and damages, property. It was enacted in 1950. Book I of the Civil Code, which governed marriage and family law, was supplanted by the Family Code in 1987. [ 2] Republic Act No. 6657.
Luzon, Captaincy General of the Philippines 17,000–22,000 [1] The Spanish and their Filipino allies carried out a large-scale massacre, in which 17,000 to 22,000 Chinese rebels died. Chinese Massacre of 1662: 1662 Manila Several thousand [1] Cholera massacre 9 October 1820 Manila 39
The United States administration introduced laws against sedition and libel in the Philippines in 1901 through the Sedition Act and the Criminal Libel Act. This has led to the closure of El Renacimiento which openly advocated for Philippine independence, advocated the usage of Spanish as an official language, and was critical of Governor ...
Official copy of the "Acta de la proclamación de independencia del pueblo Filipino", the Philippine Declaration of Independence. Spanish was the sole official language of the Philippines throughout its more than three centuries of Spanish rule, from the late 16th century to 1898, then a co-official language (with English) under its American rule, a status it retained (now alongside Filipino ...
Janette Toral is a Filipino practicing e-commerce, social media, and Internet marketing specialist. She is also a facilitator, blogger, lobbyist, business and social entrepreneur, educator, researcher, writer, ambassador, community leader, and business leader. She has been dubbed as the "mother of e-commerce law in the Philippines". [ 1][ 2][ 3]
The closest explicit mention of political dynasties in Philippine law can be seen in Republic Act 7160 or the Local Government Code, where Book I, Title Two, Chapter 1, Section 43 states the term limit of local government officials.
Owing to the unique history of the Philippines, its legal system is an equally unique blend of civil law ( Spanish law ), common law ( American law ), and, especially in Mindanao, Shariah law. Below is a list of Philippine legal terms : A case brought under administrative law in the form of a quasi-judicial proceeding by an agency of a non ...