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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
In 2000, Quezon Power Ltd., a US$1B power plant located in Bgy. Cagsiay 1, Mauban, Quezon, started negotiating with the local assessor on the assessment and valuation of the power facilities for purposes of real property taxes (RPT). Mario Diamante, the municipal assessor was being assisted by the former provincial attorney of the former Governor...
Amid the gloom of a business summit at a time of financial crisis, former U.S. President Bill Clinton managed to deliver an upbeat message, telling delegates, “This is still a good time to be alive.” “This financial crisis proves, as nothing else should or could, the fundamental fact that global interdependence is more important than...
His driver now takes the initiative of opening his door once the Volvo stops to dislodge him. From the darkened rear of his top-of-the-line car, by Manila standards, he could see the sharp silhouettes of his Pillars of Makati, the well-appointed Rockwell. From across the Pasig River, he covets the 5-hectare detritus that was once...
Leading law firm victim of scam By PURPLE S. ROMERO, abs-cbnNEWS.com/Newsbreak 01/05/2009 9:40 PM The biggest law firm in the country allegedly fell victim to a multi-million-peso scam. Sources in other law firms told abs-cbnNEWS.com/Newsbreak that Sycip Salazar Hernandez Gatmaitan, one of the leading local law firms, was duped by a foreign client into advancing...
