1.

Right To Own Philippine Real Property

Under the pertinent provisions of the Philippine Constitution only
Filipino citizens and corporations or partnerships at least 60% Philippine
owned are entitled to acquire LAND in the Philippines. As an exception
to this rule, foreign acquisition of Philippine real estate is allowed in the
following cases. Acquisition before the 1935 constitution. Acquisition
thru hereditary succession if the foreign national is a legal heir. Purchase
of not more than 40% interest as a whole in a condominium project.
Purchase by a former natural born Filipino citizen subject to the
limitations prescribed by law. A Filipino who is married to an alien
retains their Philippine citizenship, unless by their act or omission they
are deemed to have renounced their Philippine citizenship.
Article XIII section 1
Taking Title to Philippine Real Estate
The "Deed of Sale" is the document showing legal transfer of real estate
property ownership. The deed of sale is then taken to the Registry of
Deeds to be officially recorded. "Tax Declarations" are sometimes used
but are not very enforceable in court because there may be many others
with a tax declaration claiming ownership to the same property. A
property may be Titled by taking the Tax Declaration to the Registry of
Deeds to process to be officially titled.

Always purchase property with a proper deed of sale if possible, and if
there is not one, a tax declaration is your last choice. Owners must be
active in enforcing their property rights. Possession is 90 percent
ownership. If the property owner can only show a tax declaration as an
evidence of ownership, that means the land is untitled and not registered
under the Torrens system, the buyer will not get as much protection, as
his title will not be absolute and can yield to one who has a better right,
like the person actually possessing and occupying or tilling the land, and
who subsequently applies for the titling of the land in his name. It is
possible for two or more tax declarations issued to different persons with
exactly the same technical description, or referring to the same property.
2. Right to be informed of his right to remain silent and to have competent
and independent counsel preferably of his own choice
No torture, force, violence, threat, intimidation, or any other means
which vitiate the free will shall be used against him. Secret detention
places, solitary, incommunicado, or other similar forms of detention are
prohibited
Article III Section 12
3. Right to bail
All persons, except those charged with offenses punishable by reclusion
perpetua when evidence of guilt is strong, shall, before conviction, be
bailable by sufficient sureties, or be released on recognizance as may
provided by law. The right to bail shall not be impaired even when the
privilege of the writ of habeas corpus is suspended. Excessive bail shall
not be required
Article III Section 13
4. Right of the people to information on matters of public concern shall be
recognized
Access to official records, and to documents, and papers pertaining to
official acts, transaction, or decisions, as well as to government research
data used as basis for policy development, shall be afforded the citizen,
subject to such limitations as may provided by law.
Article III Section 7
5. Right of teachers to professional advancement
The state shall enhance the right of teachers to professional advancement.
Non-teaching academic and non-academic personnel shall enjoy the
protection of the state.
Article XIV Section 5
6. Right to Select a Profession
Every citizen has a right to select a profession or course of study, subject
to fair, reasonable, and equitable admission and academic requirements
Article XIV Section 5
7. Right of Citizens to Quality Education
Establish, maintain, and support a complete, adequate, and integrated
system of education relevant to the needs of the people and society.
Establish and maintain a system off free public education in elementary
and high school levels. Without limiting the natural right of parents to
rear their children, elementary education is compulsory for all children of
school age. Establish and maintain a system of scholarship grants, student
loan programs, subsidies, and other incentives which shall be available to
deserving students in both public and private schools, especially to the
underprivileged. Encourage non-formal, informal, and indigenous
learning systems, as well as self learning, independent, and out-of-school
study programs particularly those that respond to community needs and
provide adult citizens, the disabled, and the out-of-school youth with
training in civics, vocational efficiency, and other skills
Article XIV Section 1
8. Rights of Workers to Self-Organization
Collective bargaining and negotiations, and peaceful concerted activities,
including the right to strike in accordance with the law.
Article XIII Section 3
9. Right to Suffrage
The right to vote may be exercised by all citizens of the Philippines not
otherwise disqualified by law, who are at least eighteen years of age, and
who shall have resided in the Philippines for at least one year and in the
place wherein the propose to vote for at least six months immediately
preceding the election. No literacy, property, or other substantive
requirement shall be imposed on the exercise of suffrage.
Article V Section 1
10. Right to self-determination
the cardinal principle in modern international law juridical status to the
rank of imperative principles of international law (jus cogens), binding,
as such, on the United Nations as authoritative interpretation of the
Charters norms and entering into general international law in the result
Article V Section 1
11. Right to Freedom of Religion
is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or community, in
public or private, to manifest religion or belief in teaching, practice
,worship , and observance; the concept is generally recognized also to
include the freedom to change religion or not to follow any religion.
Article III Section 5
12. Right to marry and have a family
The right to marry and the right to found a family shall be guaranteed in
accordance with the national laws governing the exercise of these rights.
Article IV Section 1
13. Right to Privacy
Right to be left alone, the right of a person to be free from unwarranted
publicity, or disclosure and as the right to live without unwarranted
interference by the public in matters with which the public is not
necessarily concerned
Article III Section 3
14. Right to work
Is the concept that people have a human right to work, or engage in
productive employment, and may not be prevented from doing so. The
right to work is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and recognized in international human rights law through its
inclusion in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights, where the right to work emphasizes economic, social and cultural
development.
15. Right to security of Tenure
Is a universal entitlement to education, a right that is recognized as
a human right.
Article XIII Section 3
16. Right to Presumption of Innocence
Is one of the most important and ancient rights embodied in criminal
justice systems around the world. The right to be presumed innocent until
proved guilty is one of that principle that influences the treatment to
which an accused person is subjected from the criminal investigations
through the trial proceedings, up to and including the end of the final
appeal
Article III Section 14
17. Speedy trial
This can be waived by asking for additional time for the preparation of
your defense.
Article III Section 14
18. Right to confrontation of witness
The fundamental right of a defendant in a criminal action to come face-
to-face with an adverse witness in the court's presence so the defendant
has a fair chance to object to the testimony of the witness, and the
opportunity to cross-examine him or her.
Article III Section 14
19. Right to self-determination
The cardinal principle in modern international law juridical status to the
rank of imperative principles of international law (jus cogens), binding,
as such, on the United Nations as authoritative interpretation of the
Charters norms and entering into general international law in the result
Article V Section 1
20. Right to liberty
Any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in
whose exercise a government may not interfere (including rights to life
and liberty as well as freedom of thought and expression and equality
before the law)
Article V Section 6
21. Right to Due Process of Law
Due Process of law implies and comprehends the administration of laws
equally applicable to all under established rules which do not violate
fundamental principles of private rights, and in a competent tribunal
possessing jurisdiction of the cause and proceeding upon justice. It is
founded upon the basic principle that every man shall have his day in
court, and the benefit of the general law which proceeds only upon notice
and which hears and considers before judgment is rendered."
Article III Section 1
22. Right to freedom of thought
Right to hold unpopular ideas, basic right or freedom to which all human
beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere.
Article XVIII
23. Right to freedom of expression
Freedom of expression is a derivative of a basic human right sometimes
expressed in more limited language such as freedom of speech, freedom
of thought or freedom of the press.
Article X Section 2
24. Right to freedom of association
The individual right to come together with other individuals and
collectively express, promote, pursue and defend common interests.
Article III Section 8
25. Right to Travel
The right to travel should not be construed as delimiting the inherent
power of the courts to use all means necessary to carry their orders into
effect in criminal cases pending before them. When by law jurisdiction is
conferred on a court or judicial officer, all auxiliary writs, processes and
other means necessary to carry it into effect may be employed by such
court or officer. The executive department is claiming similar
discretionary power and without relation to national security, public
safety, and public health.
Article III Section 12
26. Right against self-discrimination
Is an internationally recognized human right and enshrines the principle
of egalitarianism.
Article III Section 17
27. Right to appeal in criminal cases
Our rights and responsibilities to file an appeal to Superior Court from an
order or final judgment and your right to an attorney to represent you.
Article III Section 21
28. Right to education
Is a term used in political science to describe a constitutional or legal
guarantee that an office-holder cannot be removed from office except in
exceptional and specified circumstances
29. Right to owner
The owner has a right that the articles seized are returned, unless they are
in themselves.
Article III Section 4


30. Liberty of Abode
The liberty of abode and of changing the same within the limits
prescribed by law shall not be impaired except upon lawful order of the
court. Neither shall the right to travel be impaired except in the interest of
national security, public safety, or public health, as may provided by law.
Article III Section 6