THE TRAVAILS OF MANG RODRIGO Volume XVII NO. 38 (July 12-18, 2014) With the little pension money he got from the company where he toiled for 36 years, Mang Rodrigo, with his wife Tonya hardly agreeing, opted to buy and operate a Taxi service so he could support his family after retirement in 1997. For […]
How Do We Go About Legalizing Irregularly-Issued Franchises? Volume XVII NO 33 (June 7-13, 2014) First and foremost, we should work for the issuance by LTFRB en banc of a memorandum circular allowing holders of irregularly-issued franchises or CPCs to file petition for legalization individually in the Regional Board. It is similar to Memorandum Circular […]
Reasons Why I Am For Legalization Of Irregular Franchises Volume XVII NO 26 (April 19 – 25, 2014) To the various individuals and sectors including members of the City Council who are questioning and doubting my motive for pushing the legalization of irregular franchises when through the years from 1997, they allege, I have been […]
May Non-Lawyers Engage in Practice Reserved for Lawyers? VOL. XVII NO. 25 April 5 – 11, 2014 Obviously not, but in the LTFRB-CAR at Pacdal this practice is rampant and pervasive. So, franchise or CPC applications which under the LTFRB Rules can only be prepared and filed by lawyers are also being done by non-lawyers, […]
The Truth About LTFRB Case No. 97-01-1337; etc… VOL. XVII NO. 24 March 29 – April 4, 2014 During the hearing of our petition for legalization of irregularly-issued CPCs on 4 March 2014, I was almost castigated by the Honorable Board for allegedly seeking relief as counsel for petitioners “without clean hands”. This was because […]
Norms of Fixing (2) Volume VII NO. 11 (December 28 to January 3 , 2013) In terms of physical count of franchise applications, fixing in the DOTC-CAR by outside fixers comes only next to fixing by the personnel themselves. The explanation is that while transaction by walk-in applicants are already the exclusive domain of the […]