by Atty. Joseph Plazo | Jan 22, 2016 | Criminal Law, Legal Issues, Remedial Law
So you made a careful right turn and a few meters away, a policeman magically appears from behind a darkened tree. He pulls you over. You grip the steering wheel and the circus routine begins. He utters anything like: “You made an illegal right turn. Let me see...
by Atty. Joseph Plazo | Jan 13, 2016 | Criminal Law, Legal Issues
You’re in your car- or near it – and in a flash, it’s hooked to a tow truck and dragged away. Faced this nightmare? Stories of this sort abound particularly in the territory of Bonifacio Global City. Just this week of January 2016, a hair-raising...
by Atty. Joseph Plazo | Nov 6, 2015 | Criminal Law, Legal Issues
Travel is an enervating experience.But blissful exploration turns into a horror story when you’re illegally incarcerated in a strange land. The horror story is very real and unfolds daily in the Philippines at the NAIA airport. Local intelligence agencies...
by Atty. Joseph Plazo | Nov 5, 2015 | Commercial Law, Criminal Law, Legal Issues
On October 2015, the reputation of Philippine Government plummeted to abysmal lows. The country was perceived “most violent in Asia next to Korea”,with law order virtually non-existent. The UN warned its staff to wrap its bags in plastic to prevent the...
by Atty. Joseph Plazo | Oct 30, 2015 | Criminal Law, Legal Issues
The Problem: You’re travelling out NAIA airport when a shady Filipino officer claims to find .45 caliber slug bunched between your jockeys. What is your remedy? You’ve experienced laglag bala scam first hand. Issue: Mounting claims of...
by Atty. Joseph Plazo | Oct 25, 2015 | Criminal Law, Legal Issues
Question: I work at a packing and processing plant. When evening arrives, several of the employees like to band together, wear paramilitary uniforms and proceed to break into homes at surrounding posh subdivisions. Several times the police have asked people in the...
