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		<title>KILLING FIELDS, WARLORDISM, ELECTION FEVER, AND THE RULE OF LAW</title>
		<link>http://deborjalaw.com/2009/12/06/killing-fields-warlordism-election-fever-and-the-rule-of-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:23:24 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[IN THE NEWS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[57 people dead, including women, lawyers, and journalists just because a group of people wanted to file a certificate of candidacy. Elections hasn&#8217;t started yet. Naturally, the international community is appalled. It is reminiscent of Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge, only this time it is not a matter of clashing ideologies but unmitigated greed&#8212;for power, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A DISTORTION OF VALUES</title>
		<link>http://deborjalaw.com/2009/11/25/a-distortion-of-values/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two Filipino success stories filled the news in the last couple of weeks. 
There of course was the sensational  humiliation handed down by boxer Manny Pacquiao on Miguel Cotto, in the process winning an unprecedented 7 titles in different weight categories. President Macapagal Arroyo immediately  rewarded this with the highest civilian honor that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SOCIAL JUSTICE AND CORRUPTION&#8211;STRANGE BEDFELLOWS</title>
		<link>http://deborjalaw.com/2009/11/25/social-justice-and-corruption-strange-bedfellows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately, a survey of international businessmen again voted the Philippines as one of the more corrupt and graft-ridden countries in the world.  I have often wondered why that is so. Historically, they say that the padrino system of Philippine politics has something to do with it. In fact, when the Americans started their occupation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ELECTION FEVER</title>
		<link>http://deborjalaw.com/2009/11/21/election-fever/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One would think that in a small country like the Philippines, there would be very few people who would seriously be interested in being President. When we say seriously, we mean those individuals, who after bartering their souls for the political devil and after survey results do not even show them anywhere in the top [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ADOPTING FROM THE PHILIPPINES</title>
		<link>http://deborjalaw.com/2009/11/18/adopting-from-the-philippines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[U.S. IMMIGRATION LAWS]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ LEGAL BRIEF by Atty. Susan V. Perez.
INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION
One of the significant changes in immigration law was the incorporation of the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Inter-country Adoption or the Hague Adoption Convention into the rules for adopting children from a foreign Convention country.  The Hague Adoption Covention, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GETTING YOUR SPOUSE A U.S. VISA</title>
		<link>http://deborjalaw.com/2009/11/18/getting-your-spouse-a-u-s-visa/</link>
		<comments>http://deborjalaw.com/2009/11/18/getting-your-spouse-a-u-s-visa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LEGAL BRIEF by Atty Susan V. Perez, svplaw@aol.com  &#124; SAN DIEGO, 10/30/09 &#8212; I’ve been receiving a lot of inquiries whether legal permanent residents or greencard holders can sponsor their spouses to live or stay in the United States. Most of these inquiries involve a foreign national who is in the U.S. on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FINALLY, A  COMPLETE LIST OF LAWYERS AND ATTORNEYS IN THE PHILIPPINES</title>
		<link>http://deborjalaw.com/2009/11/13/finally-a-masterlist-of-lawyers-and-attorneys-in-the-philippines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:35:35 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[LIST OF LAWYERS AND ATTORNEYS IN THE PHILIPPINES]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An earlier  blog discussed the need for a definitive list of lawyers and attorneys in the Philippines.  That was just a week ago and we contented ourselves with a list of the recent members of the Philippine Bar. But the wonders of technology have allowed us to merge the Roll of Attorneys of the Philippine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PHILIPPINE LAWYERS AND ATTORNEYS-THE NEED FOR A COMPLETE LIST</title>
		<link>http://deborjalaw.com/2009/11/08/philippine-lawyers-and-attorneys-the-need-for-a-definitive-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was one judge in Quezon City  who used to require lawyers and attorneys appearing before him to show their Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) identification Cards. This, I thought , was a very good practice because too often I have wondered if all the lawyers and attorneys appearing in our courts and quasi-judicial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ANNULMENT AND THE CHRISTIAN LAWYER</title>
		<link>http://deborjalaw.com/2009/08/30/annulment-and-the-christian-lawyer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I do not know if this blog is the proper place or the opportunity to say something about the holiness of marriage and whether annulment or divorce is antithetical to this concept. After all, a lawyer’s blog is expected to promote a service for a fee. But then again, lawyers believe it or not are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE BANALITY OF PHILIPPINE POLITICS</title>
		<link>http://deborjalaw.com/2009/08/16/the-banality-of-philippine-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://deborjalaw.com/2009/08/16/the-banality-of-philippine-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[PHILIPPINES]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After spending almost four months in the United States , I planed to Manila while the final rites on the late President Corazon Aquino were being held at the Manila Cathedral. She was the guest speaker at my graduation from the Ateneo School of Law way back in 1988, and I could still recall the [...]]]></description>
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