10 PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY March 16 - 31 , 2018
The Notary Corner
By Editha Corrales Nelson Immigration Consultant , Notary Public , Mediation / Arbitrator
I had the opportunity to meet a client at a hospital while he was undergoing treatment . He needed to have a Notary Public come to his hospital room to draw up a Power of Attorney giving one of his children in the Philippines the power to act on his own behalf to obtain a cheque from the bank and to have it deposited into his bank account . So with my laptop and portable printer in tow , I trotted off to the hospital , chatted with this man and assisted him in preparing his Power of Attorney . I was satisfied that he knew what he was doing and what he wanted from this legal document . He had his identification in hand to provide to me as an assurance and evidence that he was who he said he was .
After a lengthy chat , the preparation of the Power of Attorney took place in his hospital room and
Legal Documents for use in the Philippines Requirements for Authentication
I witnessed his signature and officer certified the document . My signature and seal on this document identified the maker and authenticated his signature . My signature was essential because I am the person who guaranteed the identity of the maker to the foreign authorities ( i . e .
the Philippines ). The instrument I prepared is referred to as a Special Power of Attorney : giving a specific power to an attorney by the donor .
I also had another client who had a civil case in the Philippines regarding his land . Because he was here and it would have been too expensive for him to travel to the Philippines to deal with formal matters regarding his land , he appointed a trusted family member to act on his own behalf and to deal with the civil matter . Again , as one of my many preferred practices , I prepared a Special Power of Attorney and had the gentleman sign it and I executed
and “ officer certified ” his identity .
Unfortunately , my preparation of these documents is only step 1 of the process in enabling the use of this document in the Philippines . The document must comply with the requirements of the Philippine government before it can be recognized and ultimately effected .
The Department of Justice and the Consulate General of the Philippines requires the following :
1 . The document must be signed in the presence of the consular officer by the person executing or making the declaration in the document .
2 . If the person cannot appear before the consular officer , the following procedure must be observed : a . The document must be notarized by a Notary Public ; b . The signature of the Notary Public shall be authenticated by the
Society of the Notaries Public of British Columbia - this requires an additional cost and a waiting period of 2 days
3 . a fee payment in cash or money order payable to the Philippine Consulate General . You need not attend in person to the Philippine Consulate . Your local Notary Public can provide that service for you .
It is very important to remember that legalization of documents do take a few days to effect as the above steps have to be undertaken . •
A Notary Public in the City of Burnaby , Editha Corrales Nelson ’ s preferred areas of practice are Powers of Attorney , Wills Preparation , International Legal Documents , Affidavits , Letters of Invitation , Statutory Declarations , Drafting of Business Contracts and other notarial services . For an appointment , please call : 218-2534 .
A howling success
ceremony , the doors were opened to the public and people came in droves ! Most of them would enter and upon seeing the millions of books would giddily smile , jump , and exclaim “ ang bango , amoy libro !” They would then proceed to start their hunt among the 20 thousand plus titles in the hall . A lot of people would always be crowding the adult fiction and young adult section . It was always full of people that we internally started to call it the divisor section of books . It was so packed that whenever it would be restocked , people would have to be told to make way for the gigantic boxes to be brought in place . The people would then crowd around the box and wait patiently for it to be opened and new books to be put in place . It looked like a peaceful rally for books !
The opening day crowd came very early for the first official day on Feb . 16 . Although the doors were scheduled to open at 9 a . m ., the lines started to form as early as 2 a . m . when a family arrived straight from Bulacan . By 9 a . m ., the line spilled over to the driveway of the World Trade Center . People had waited patiently for three hours for the doors to finally open . No one knew at that time that the Big Bad Wolf team was working overnight to get the books in place as there were delays . Many of the containers arrived later than expected from the port .
The doors finally opened at 9 a . m . and the crowd hurriedly piled into the hall . Wave upon wave of people came to see what two million brand new books looked like . By 2 p . m ., that time , the line to the cashier had spilled over to the main hall . Even with 42 cashiers working simultaneously , the line was so long that it stretched and snaked through the many miles of the main hall . It took people between 45 minutes to an hour in line before
FROM PAGE 7 they finally got their chance to pay for their books . All hands were induced then to help get the line moving efficiently . Founder Andrew Yap himself manned the front of the line to ensure a faster queuing system .
Congratulations to all involved in the BBW !
As far as reading goes , twomonth old Disney Siytangco is off to a great start . Disney ’ s parents are both avid readers . An animator and a professor in St . Benilde , his dad AJ grew up with a dad whose rule was , he ’ ll buy any book so long as it ’ s not comics . His mom , Margaret , a child education and post grad reading major and former teacher in Ateneo also grew up with a dad who would buy any and all books she wanted . And they ’ re continuing the tradition with their son . His mom had been collecting books since she was in fifth grade , collecting books even for her future children .
When the Ondoy flood destroyed thousands of her book collection , she started again . Reading was something she was determined to pass on to her child and AJ fully agrees . Because through reading , worlds get explored , ideas go out of the box , adventures are taken , and magic returns .
They have been to the BBW book fair twice , towing game little Disney around and they plan to go again . Because nothing can beat their cheap prices and the quality books that are rarely found in our local bookstores .
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They ’ ve gone above and beyond budget but figured it ’ s okay . Because as Walt Disney , my apo ’ s namesake , would say “ There is more treasure in reading than in any pirate ’ s loot on treasure island .” ( mb . com . ph ) VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV