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How to Title land in the Philippines (8 processes to get your title)

How to Title Land in the Philippines (8 Processes to get your Land Title)   The process of how to title land in the Philippines is different depending on the situation. One of the first things you need to know is whether the land has ever had a title before since the titling of unregistered land …

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Homestead Patent in the Philippines

What is homestead patent in the Philippines? A Homestead Patent is a document awarding untitled property to a Filipino citizen who must cultivate the land. A Homestead Patent – along with Residential Free Patents, Agricultural Free Patents and to some extent Miscellaneous Sales Patents help regular Filipinos title property that they have worked on or …

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Magna Carta of Women Leave: Rules and Eligibility

What is Magna Carta of Women (RA 9710) Magna Carta of Women provides equal opportunity for women to eliminate gender-based discrimination, as well as providing 2 months of full pay for gynecological surgery providing an employee has served 6 months in the last 12 months. For this article, I’ll focus mainly on Magna Carta for …

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Paternity Leave Philippines: How Working Dads get Paid Leave

Paternity Leave Philippines: Full Guide to Paid Leave for Dads and intro for HR Practitioners What is the Philippine Paternity Leave Law?   Philippine Paternity Leave Law is based on RA 8187 but dads can also avail of paid leave through the Solo Parent Act and RA 11210 or the Expanded Maternity Leave Act.   …

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PSA Certificate of No Record: Why it happens and What to do?

  PSA Certificate of No Record: Why it happens and what to Do A PSA Certificate of No Record appears when the birth, marriage or death certificate is not in the PSA database. There may be a negative certification from PSA when the document is too old, too new or was never registered. You might …

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Legalization: Authentication of documents for Non-Apostille Countries

Legalization: Authentication of documents for Non-Apostille Countries     Legalization of documents – instead of Apostille – is what you do if the country you will use the document in: is part of the list of non-Apostille countries has raised an objection to the Philippines In both these situations, you will be going through the …

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Retrenchment Philippines (What Retrenchment is, the Applicable Due Process and Separation Pay Calculation)

Retrenchment Philippines Retrenchment Philippines is when employees are separated from work to prevent company bankruptcy or losses. Retrenchment is often used as the reason for Termination in the Philippines. However, Retrenchment must follow certain rules so that it is valid [Art 283 Philippine Labor Code]: When Termination under Retrenchment is valid which includes showing proof …

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