With the implementation of the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools all over the region were forced to close. Metro Manila and other areas now shift to general community quarantine (GCQ). As a result, schools must address key legal problems in resuming their operations. We now examine certain problem areas in the situation of the operation of private educational institutions post-lockdown.

We discuss continuing and non-continuing crimes, their peculiar application to online posts, and their relevance to warrantless arrests and prescription.

We provide the basic framework for analyzing legal self-defense scenarios, to assist readers in forming their own conclusions on recent shootings.

We provide the primary considerations for starting and maintaining a business during the pandemic, including labor and supply chain issues.