Stories from Singapore
When you walk the streets of Singapore, prowl the malls or ride in the train, it isn’t unusual to overhear conversations in Filipino. There are, after all, about a hundred thousand Filipinos in Singapore. So many, in fact, that inside the Lucky Plaza along Orchard Road, one finds many shops and...
Source: House on a hill
Do we really require a moral leader?
When the Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky affair broke out in the 1990s and people were talking about impeachment, my position was that Clinton should be held liable for lying, perjury if under oath (he initially denied having relations with Lewinsky), but not for having an affair with her. Most of my...
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Her ever changing civil status
I used to admire Loren Legarda back when she was a young newscaster and TV host. She was refreshing and articulate with a personality that commanded attention. Several years later, she became different. She would newscast in a staccato voice and I couldn’t quite understand if it was the effect...
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The Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009 – A few reservations
It’s a welcome development that Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has signed into law R.A. 9775 or the Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009 last November 17, 2009. Under this new law, child pornography is now referred to as:
xxx “any public or private representation, by whatever means, of a child engaged...
Source: The Four-eyed Journal
The need to improve my handwriting
To those who know me personally and to a certain extent, my online friends (aka bloggers) I’ve always been a writer. Or someone with a gift of wielding the pen more powerfully than a sword. It began in high school when I’ve been consistently recognized for my essays and scripts.
However,...
Source: The Four-eyed Journal
What do you get when you read ‘The Pelican Brief’?
I’m having sleepless nights these days. It’s been two nights already. No, I wasn’t crying because I was jilted by a woman. Firstly, I don’t cry over a woman. Secondly, I don’t have a girlfriend right now, and I don’t have a plan of getting one. At least, not now.
It...
Source: The Free Lancer
A benighted and repressive Comelec
Just last week, in the column “Sometimes, TV doesn’t suck”, I asked whether religious persons make fair and objective leaders who will think, decide and act in favor of the common good rather than in compliance with their own religious biases. Today, I have to ask that question again in reaction...
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Rats in a sinking ship
Disappointed with the delay in the release of “Ingloriuous Basterds” and after discovering that we won’t be able to see it as a family because of the R-18 rating, we went to see “Law Abiding Citizen” last weekend. I wasn’t expecting much, the reviews hadn’t been good, but there...
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Supreme Court bans lawyers in small claims cases
With not much attention from the public, the Supreme Court approved last September 9 a new Rules of Procedure for Small Claims Cases (A.M. No. 08-8-7-SC) which took effect last October 1.
The Rules introduced a lot of innovations one of which is the banning of lawyers in such proceedings. According to it, no attorney will be allowed to appear in behalf of or represent a party at the hearing, unless the attorney is the plaintiff or defendant.
How’s that for “fixing” our court system? Read more at Law Monitor.
What’s in a Name?
I had to renew my Drivers’ License yesterday. It will be expiring this weekend *hint hint*. Good thing my dad brought me to LTO Aguinaldo/Cubao where there are significantly less people, cars and fixers. I abhor bureaucracy and its inefficiency and a crowded office makes it worse. I passed time waiting for my turnS (with an S because you have to wait for your turn several times as you have to go through several windows for processing, verification, cashier, 2 pictures and signatures, drug test and medical examinations etc. etc.) watching the Lakers-Celtics game (Go Celtics!).
