WitsArk Research: Recent Episodes
Grace D. CRISOSTOMO-DIGMA
WitsArk Research is a channel where anyone can learn many things about legal stories and other interesting laws and useful day to day knowledge to enrich your life.
Law Episode 1: The Anti Photo and Video Voyeurism Act RA 9995. The sexually explicit photo or video of you that you sent as requested by your bf or gf or husband or wife was shared on line without your consent. What can you do legally under the Philippine law? What if it was done to shame you? What if it was done for profit at a pornographic website? These questions shall be answered by this law episode.
Here is the father who fought zealously to take custody of his daughter from the girl he did not marry. Will the illegitimate child be automatically placed under the custody of her mother or will the choice of a child be considered?
Legal Story S1 Ep. 4. A story of a woman who does not want her illegitimate children to use the surname of their father despite being financially supported and recognized. She fought all the way to the Supreme Court against her rich ex lover. It was surprising how the Court resolved this big issue including who should take full custody. Did she succeed to have her illegitimate children use her surname instead of the insisting father?
This is a story of a man who is soooo head over heels in love with his pretty wife who introduced him as an elder brother to her Japanese lover visiting their home. Out of fear of being deserted, the husband permitted the two to sleep in their bedroom. Did the annulment of their marriage succeed after the Solicitor General opposed the same in the Supreme Court?
Legal Story Season 1 Ep. 2. Rodolfo, the supposedly sole compulsory heir is not being recognized by his relatives as the real son of his deceased mother Candelaria and his father. His filiation is challenged by his cousin who acted as the caregiver of Candelaria. This caregiver was entrusted with the land titles of Candelaria and claims not to know Rodolfo. The latter has no birth certificate and no DNA test done. Was his case hopeless?
LEGAL STORY S1 Ep. 1. A union of a Filipina and Italian turned sour after 18 years. What happens to their common property? Are their contracts about the land valid under the laws. Are property agreements similar to a pre-nuptial agreement allowed if the couples are not married?
Legal Story S1 Ep.11 Part 12. BLOCKING ACCESS OF ACCUSED to his content/computer data? Can this be done by the Department of Justice without a warrant immediately upon your complaint for cybercrimes?
Legal Story S1 Ep 11 Part 11. SEARCH & SEIZURE OF THE ACCUSED COMPUTER DATA, is this constitutional? When you filed a complaint, say for cybersex, child pornography, on line libel, or identity theft, what can you tell the police officers to do which they do not normally do or which they forget to do? What if the data was not preserved well, what can the accused do?
Legal Story S 1 Ep 11 Part 10 DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PRIVATE INFO BY your service provider is it constitutional? Is this a violation of your right to privacy? These questions shall be answered by this case.
Legal Story S1 Ep.11 Part 9...PRESERVATION OF YOUR DATA BY your service provider and social media app. Can this data be used in the tracing how the crime was committed? Do you have power to require your service provider and content host like fb, Twitter and Instagram to preserve the traffic data and its contents to see how your loved ones became a victim of a crime? What if they did not cooperate? What can you do? Are there any penalty attached to their non cooperation? These questions shall be answered in this episode.
Legal Story Season 1 Ep.11 Part 8 COLLECTION OF DATA BY LAW ENFORCERS. If you are called by the law ENFORCERS for an investigation of a crime and asked for your phone and social media conversation with any person, as well as the exchange of photos, should you give in? Are they authorized to do it under the CYBER Crime LAW? Can you object? Is it invasion of tour privacy?
DATA INTERFERENCE S1, Ep. 11 Part 7 How is this crime committed? Are your social media messaging and contents' alteration by another, deletion or deterioration of your electronic document and photos and infecting your website or pages considered a crime? What is the length of imprisonment and how much damages should be paid? Listen for answers.
Legal Story S1, Ep. 11 Part 6. What is ILLEGAL ACCESS? How is this crime committed? What is the length of imprisonment if a hacker accessed a private individual's website? What about if he accessed a corporate website and erased information there? How much is the penalty? What if it is committed against a government's infrastructure? How long is the imprisonment and how much is the fine to be paid plus damages? These and other information is tackled in this episode.
Legal Story Cyber Squatting is S.1.Ep.11 Part 5. Have you been victimized by a website pretending to be your bank, or an on line shopping store like Zara/Levis/Forever 21/Armani? Have you paid for nothing because you literally transacted with a website pretending to be the real website of your bank or on line store? Have you paid for a reservation at a zoo, restaurant only to find out, you paid for a hacker of their website?
Have you ever found your picture and your name being used by somebody else in FB, Twitter, Instagram or any other social media? Are these scammers liable to you if you did not sustain any monetary damage at all? If you are a victim of a love scam, can you sue when you willingly gave money? Are the news agencies liable to you for mentioning your personal details over the internet? These shall be answered by this case episode...
JD Season 1 Ep.11 Part 3 CHILD PORNOGRAPHY IN CYBER SPACE-What you need to know. The unlawful acts are not only committed by pedophiles? Is receiving on your social media a child pornographic content a crime? What if it's the parents themselves who engaged their children in pornography? What if you simply possess these sexually explicit content? How long is the imprisonment and how much are the fine penalties? These and other questions shall be answered by this ANTI CYBER CRIME LAW. Narrated by WitsArk Research.
JD Season 1 Ep.11 part 2. CYBER SEX. What sexually explicit content are punishable under the CYBER Crime Law?Can you just send sexually explicit images and videos online as a job? Can anyone work from the Philippines as an on line sex worker just like those in Western countries? Will you be punished if you send bold images of you to your husband/wife/bf/gf?
JD Season 1 Episode 11 part 1. CYBER LIBEL as to original post is punishable. But what about the posted likes, comments and shares? What if another commented but the content of the comment is not about the same topic but an altogether new defamatory story? What are the penalties? Are these cyber libel provisions applicable in FB, Twitter, Instagram and other social media posts?
A case for recognition of foreign decree of divorce in the Philippines. The requirements...that must be submitted in order to have a successful filing are detailed in the story. This shall save you precious years.
The Dangerous Drugs law has provisions that protect the innocent. Non presentation of the informant in this case seemed to militate against the claim of the police for any buy bust operation. Weight of shabu/methamphetamine hydrochloride was not indicated in any of the documentary evidence done by the police officers and it was only in the chemistry report which made their operation suspicious. Three tiered witnesses not completed, no justifiable ground offered. PP. vs. Marvin Madrona Otico GR No. 231133
Legal Story: Dangerous Drugs case. Learn how the two women got acquitted from the false charges of the police. What are the requirements that the police failed to offer in evidence? What is the three tiered witnesses that must accompany any illegal drugs operation in order to prevent the innocent from being indicted? These and other questions will be answered by the case of PP v. HILARIO GR. No. 210610
Legal Story- A divorce decree was obtained by a Filipina in Japan and she was denied recognition in the Philippines by the lower court. How did the Supreme Court resolved it on appeal? What are the requirements under the law to be offered in evidence from the start to be granted a recognition of foreign divorce decree to shorten the process? These questions shall be answered by this case...RP v. TANEDO MANALO
A contract terminated earlier where lessor asks for future rentals contained in the stipulations. Are rallies considered fortuitous event to excuse non payment? Are penalty clause allowable? What is the difference between termination of contract and rescission of contracts? What are its respective effects on payment? These questions shall be answered in the case of PRYCE CORP vs. PAGCOR.