David John Thaddeus Alba had barely warmed his seat as administrator of the embattled Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) when he suddenly resigned, just as the Senate was about to investigate the latest controversial importation of 440,000 metric tons of sugar. Given the questionable timing, it’s easy to understand why Alba’s resignation a mere seven months into his term — supposedly for “health reasons” — was met with intense skepticism, and triggered even more questions about
Though already reported by the media, the decision involving the Lazada delivery riders (Ditiangkin v. Lazada, Sept. 21, 2022, uploaded on Jan. 19, 2023, Second Division, ably written by Senior Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen, with the concurrence of JJ Amy C. Lazaro-Javier, Jhosep Y. Lopez, and Antonio T. Kho Jr.; Mario V. Lopez, on official business) still deserves a lookback because the Supreme Court once more demonstrated its activist and libertarian streak in going beyond two sets of normal rules in labor controversies. THE FIRST SET IS ON THE NORMAL PROCEDURE IN THE APPEALS OF LABOR CASES. Normally, decisions of
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