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Guy Fawkes has been called “the last man to enter Parliament with honest intentions” - which was to blow it up.  410 years ago to this day he was caught with gunpowder in the basement of the House of Lords. Under questioning and torture he confessed to being part of “the Gunpowder Plot”, an attempt to kill King James I and replace him with a Catholic monarch (Fawkes was Catholic).  Fawkes was executed soon after, but Parliament was not done with him. They passed an Act to encourage the King's subjects to celebrate his King’s deliverance by lighting bonfires every Fifth of November.   Thus "Guy Fawkes' Night", an annual  celebration with fireworks and burning of his effigy. The Gunpowder Plot is just one of countless attempts to achieve change through violence. Unlike Fawkes' failed plot, many others plans succeeded - suicide bombings, 9/11, state-sponsored regime change. Some achieved their objectives, some failed. Running parallel in history wit...

No survey, no title. This has been the mantra of professionals involved in the issuance of titles. Whether you go through the courts or you go through Administrative processes, you will need to have your land surveyed before you can get your title. It’s a good thing that Cadastral Surveys have been completed throughout the Philippines, as DENR tells us. But having your land covered by a Cadastral Survey does not automatically mean you don’t need a subdivision survey anymore, as your plot may be part of a larger piece of land that appears on the cadastral survey.  Subdivision surveys for individual lots cost money. You will need a licensed Geodetic Engineer to do it. He does not work alone, but with a team. And they need equipment, transportation, meals. You can pay for it all, packaged in a contact. The cost is usually set for each locality by an association of surveyors, which establishes a tariff.  Having adjacent lots surveyed at one time could be cheape...