Bar Question: Eloise, an accomplished writer, was hired by Petong to write a bimonthly newspaper column for Diario de Manila, a newly-established newspaper of which Petong was the editor-in-chief. Eloise was to be paid P1,000 for each column that was published. In the course of two months, Eloise submitted three columns which, after some slight […]
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“A” was born in 1951 in the United States of a Chinese father and a Filipina mother. Under Chinese laws, ”A’s” mother automatically became a Chinese national by her marriage. In 1973, upon reaching the age of majority, “A” elected to acquire Philippine citizenship. However, “A” continued to reside in California and to carry an […]