Learn how Philippine law classifies physical injuries, including penalties, elements, defenses, evidence, and periods of incapacity.
What Crimes Involve Physical Injuries in the Philippines? Read More »
Learn when warehouse break-ins constitute robbery under Article 302, including forced entry, property value, evidence, and the distinction from theft.
How Are Warehouse Break-Ins Prosecuted as Robbery? Read More »
Learn how Philippine law classifies and penalizes the theft of tires, batteries, accessories, and spare parts from privately parked automobiles.
How Are Motor Vehicle Spare Parts Theft Prosecuted? Read More »
Learn how Article 268 of the Revised Penal Code penalizes private individuals who unlawfully restrain another person without demanding ransom.
What Is Slight Illegal Detention Under Philippine Law? Read More »
Learn how Philippine law prosecutes adults who induce minors to leave home, including Article 271’s elements, penalties, evidence, and defenses.
How Is Inducing Minors to Leave Home Prosecuted? Read More »
Learn how Philippine law defines slander by deed, its elements, penalties, provocation rules, and distinction from physical injuries and maltreatment.
What Is Slander by Deed in Private Altercations? Read More »
Workplace altercation cases under the Revised Penal Code: physical injuries classifications, evidence, HR response, and police involvement in the Philippines.
Guide to altering boundaries and moving land survey monuments under the Revised Penal Code, Act No. 3077, and P.D. No. 1529 in the Philippines.
This article explores the mitigating circumstance of voluntary surrender, detailing the Revised Penal Code requirements and the Supreme Court’s “totality of circumstances” standard for reducing criminal penalties.
Navigating Voluntary Surrender: A Legal Guide to Mitigating Criminal Liability Read More »
Failure to deliver an abandoned child under seven to authorities or a safe place is punished by arresto mayor.
