PUBLIC BEDROOM
You can’t remember sex. You can remember the fact of it, and recall the setting, and even the details, but the sex of the sex cannot be remembered, the substantive truth of it, it is by nature self-erasing, you can remember its anatomy and be left with a judgment as to the degree of your...
A TRAITOR FOR A SOLICITOR GENERAL
Philstar.com reported the following news item: OSG asks court to stop audit of ‘Big 3′ oil firms By Sandy Araneta Updated May 23, 2009 12:00 AM MANILA, Philippines – The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) urged a Manila regional trial court (RTC) yesterday to reconsider its decision ordering an audit of the “books of...
The ANATOMY of Moral Indignation
“ASUNCION, PARAGUAY-A third woman came forward Wednesday claiming Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo, a former bishop, is the father of her child-this one a 16-month-old boy she named after late Pope John Paul II. The growing number of paternity claims against Lugo less than a year into his presidency has embarrassed the government and put the...
A short-lived JUNTA TO IRON US OUT?
Revolutions are periods of history where individuals count most…..Norman Mailer We are always reminded about the man who rode the tiger and ended up mortally afraid getting off. Ferdinand Marcos toyed with it and became a hostage to his creation. General Ver and company was a tough pack to mollify. Marcos ended up monkey-grooming the...
LIKE A HOLE IN THE HEAD
By lowering the passing grade from 75% (fixed by the Rules) to 72.5%, the Supreme Court unbelievably jacked up the numbers of unemployed lawyers. It failed to see the economic and social cost of more lawyers into the mainstream in the face of the now sobering economic downturn. Who needs a litigation or a legal...
MEL TIANGCO BRISTLES
In the latest issue (April, 2009) of Joann Maglipon’s Yes Magazine, she listed the most influential or powerful personalities in Showbiz for 2008. This was picked up by the two giant networks’, ABS-CBN and GMA 7, entertainment reporters owing to the inclusion of their own talents and mainstays and TV executives. Of course it’s news...
WOMEN AT WAR
There seems to be a war going on in the distaff side. Remember what Chris Rock said? “Women HATE women. You get any two girlfriends in this room, been girlfriends for 25 years, you put a man in between them, “Fuck that bitch,” “Fuck that bitch.” Guys are not like that. Guys actually think that...
A VICE GOVERNOR’S DEADEND
Reflected glory is all the vice governor has, observed the former mayor of Sampaloc, Agnes Devanadera. She was describing the stature of Robert Racelis, belittling in fact, when he vied for the Governorship ten years ago, pitting himself against his former patron, the owner of Enverga University where Robert taught Law and Theatre. In that...
Tumbas Manipis
Bebe Gandanghari: Sa Pagtikwas Ng Iyong Daliri John Tumbas Manipis Bello Mula sa “Mga Piyesang Tumbas Manipis ng Aking Panahon” by John Bello (Kay Rustom Padilla at mga kauri) “Patay na raw si Rustom Padilla, nakalibing na, ang nabubuhay na ngayon ay si Bebe Gandanghari”- BALITA, Enero 20, 2009
MENDICANT COURTS
One Cebuano judge made himself too clear cut above the rest, yet the media failed to make out on what he just did. When Judge Gabriel Ingles declined his P18, 000.00 yearly honorarium from the town of Pinamungahan, Cebu, not a squeak was heard from the Philippine Judges Association. Judges from the National Capital Region...
with apologies to the Heckler………….
Humor is the most engaging cowardice. ………… Robert Frost The kidnappers of three workers of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have to organize themselves into a cooperative before they can be granted livelihood assistance and development programs, Sulu Gov. Abdusakur Tan said yesterday. A lawyer that he is, FG is now busy...